What Happened To NFL Europe?
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- Опубликовано: 7 дек 2017
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NFL Europe, The NFL's D-league, existed from 1991-2007. It had its quirks and oddities, but also produced super bowl winning talent. Why did it disappear? Find out here!
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My landscape professor clotheslined Vinatieri in high school on a kick return and got flagged for it. Vinatieri stood up and said “one day I’m going to be famous and you’re going to be nobody.” He wasn’t wrong lol
eh you dont believe that do you? i doubt theres a kicker on this planet with that much ego, they are the runts on a football team lmao
Landscape professor?
Lol no he didn't 😂😂
@@Bidwellz9 to play devils advocate a stud kicker in high school tends to really stand out, definitely a game-changer considering most teams cant reliably kick field goals >35 yards
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LOL as a German I literally wondered about this the other day. Thanks for solving that mystery and the quality content as per usual.
Hey if were to happen, Would you watch a German NFL team and if you where do you think it would play it's games as i'm always interested in the idea even if it is a long shot.
Tyler Spencer I study here as well and it is great. Where do you plan to go? Go Packers!
Marylandbrony if it was a serious team I would definitely watch. But I love football anyway and watch NCAA and NFL every week.
As for Locations I think Berlin and Frankfurt are obvious due to the amount of Americans/people with American roots living there. But Germans do like football and it has a growing fanbase. Two NFL games are shown on TV each sunday and there are fan clubs of teams in Germany.
Tyler Spencer Alright then lesson no. 1, don't say mia san mia. That is the slogan of Bayern München. Everyone hates them, it is equally bad as being a pats fan...
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bandwagon...
Oh boy, I'm late to the party here, but I hope you read this KTO - I have something to contribute.
The NFL Europe was actually the league that raised my interest into football. I lived in the Frankfurt area and I watched 3 home games of the Galaxy, when I was a kid and I totally freaked out, when they won the World Bowl in this season. Now...with that being said, there is actually a wild story to the Frankfurt Galaxy beyond the existence of NFL Europe, and it still lasts! This whole thing is actually worth a video:
The Frankfurt Galaxy - and in general all German teams of what I know - had a huge following, considering that football is a niche here. So...when Galaxy officially disbanded, the Frankfurt Fans founded the Club "AFC Frankfurt Universe" in 2007. Same uniform colors, very similar logo. And this team participated since then in the german league structure (we have promotion and demotion here). Frankfurt worked their way up to the second league (GFL2) in 2012 and they played very well in that division.
In 2014 one shady dude took over the role of the GM (if you want) and decided to revive the Frankfurt Galaxy (under the name "Galaxy Frankfurt by Universe"). With this a lot of changes came to the Club. The first Team got outsourced into a company (it's a bit like Franchising), while playing under the license of the Club. During this year the team managed to gain so much interest and attention because of this. They could hire players who could easily compete on the highest levels of Europe. The hype got so big, they had the biggest attendance in GFL1 and 2 combined and this phenomenon still lasts. 7000 was the highest mark of attendance. An average of 5500 came to watch the games in the 2015 season (other teams are happy to have 1000-2000 people). It was without question that the team would go undefeated through the season. They literally destroyed every opponent in their way in front of thousands of people. So they won the GFL2 and got promoted to the first division.
However, the shady GM dude lied to the league and his partners, the Club of AFC Frankfurt Universe. He never had the rights to use and advertise the name Frankfurt Galaxy (this could easily happen, because the GFL is an amateur league and a lot of responsibility is within the participating teams). Whenever he had a deadline to bring proof, he never made it.
At some point after the 2015 season, it came to light, that there was in fact a written warning coming from the NFL back in 2014, which the GM dude obscured. When this came to light it caused a whole lot confusion. AFC Frankfurt Universe cut the partnership to the company lead by that GM who held the first team, the contracts to all coaches and all the players. But that team had no rights to play in the league anymore, because the license was held by the AFC Universe Club. And both parties advertised for the next season, both sides made sponsoring contracts - which was a really ridiculous scenario. The Club had no team, and the Team had no license. Eventually a high profile mediator needed to settle that and the shady GM had to step down - because he would have ended up in a world of (bigger) trouble. Eventually - I'm not sure about this - the Company ended up under control of the Club and the players and coaches could play the next season.
Frankfurt was never officially listed as "Galaxy" on official league sites - because they feared lawsuits from the NFL. However Frankfurt had the Jerseys with Galaxy, the Fans chanted Galaxy, they advertised with Galaxy and the stadium had the highest attendance because of it. So one can say, the Frankfurt Galaxy was alive for a whole year from 2014 to 2015.
The aftermath of this: After the promotion, Frankfurt played as Universe again. But they could keep riding the wave they generated due to the revival of the Galaxy. There are still thousands of people coming every homegame. In both 2016 and 2017 seasons Frankfurt made it to the playoffs, even to the semi finals this year. The team is now one of the most professional teams in Europe. They have great facilities and an actual stadium to their disposal. One of the most prominent players currently playing for Frankfurt is former Running Back from the Baylor Bears Silas Nacita (the guy who was homeless and the NCAA ruled him ineligibel in 2015, because the University gave him shelter - if you remember that story). He is playing here now - he has even a youtube channel.
Anyways - I hope that wasn't too confusing and made up a good read. I tried my best to write it as understandable as possible. :)
10 years?
I am so sorry that nobody ever liked this paragraph enough.But i Like it
faszinierend!
Bro how you got this much time to write that
I was stationed in Hanau, Germany from 1994 to 1996. Although, I knew about them, I never got a chance to see the Galaxy play. However, a buddy of mine I was stationed with did go to a game and said it was really fun. Germans got into it and that alone makes me wonder if it can happen again in the future.
LaVar Ball was a TE for one season for the Monarchs. I’m not making this up 😉
Pichu London I know as well
better than gronk
Where he failed. He was a locker room cancer that couldn't back anything up on the field or court.
Jeb Voorhees yeah well no shit
I wanna say he was on the Carolina Panthers practice squad too.
I played in the United Football League for Jim fassel after a short stop in Green Bay in 2010 and 2011. Made all pro and actually won a Championship. That was a cool League, with solid Coaches. Their was many players from that league that made to the NFL.
It's legit ^
Jim Fasel was fired at Utah. Great offense, shit defense.
The UFL had a Cable TV deal with Versus which later became NBC Sports Network.
I hate that the ufl ended.
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collab with mike korzemba? thats a good look bro...keep grinding my guy
FlemLo Raps you should collab with KTO as well both of you guys love college ball
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4 points past 50 honestly seems like a pretty interesting rule and honestly could work in the NFL
It pushes teams to pursue kickers that can kick beyond 50 yards accurately, and to take those chances.
Commander Stama I miss that rule from NFL Europe. I mean you get 3 points instead of 2 for shooting from beyond the arc in basketball, so why shouldn't you be rewarded for kicking longer field goals. Besides, the NFL already has 1 and 2 point conversions, so why not have 3 and 4 point field goals?
The NFL doesn't want kickers to be the stars. They're very rarely on the field and aren't very marketable. So they're not going to increase their significance. They've already given consideration to removing kickoffs and extra points from the game.
Tubeite they also have 2 pointers in Major League Lacrosse. Makes sense since if a shot is coming from beyond the two point arc, a goalie should save it (this is coming from a goalie).
Could it theoretically end up with teams signing a specialist long field goal kicker in the same way you have long snappers for special teams?
The World Bowl globe/trophy looks like it should be activating some villain's secret weapon or opening a hidden door to a tomb when it is lowered onto it's stand.
Do a video about what football looked like 100 years ago? (1917)
Matthew Arnold The End
My dad played for the monarchs
R.I.P. London Monarchs! Stanford Bridge will always be your home!
I remember the stories of the claimers
your outro gets my adrenaline PUMPING
Edit: Thanks for the likes everyone
I wonder what's the name of the song.
Yeah what is that name
Aldous Young - THE FIX (aggressiver Beat)
What’s it called
Luke Lescinskas why does your profile pic look like the body guards protecting the crystal ball... Or is it just me
They could have maintained the league, 30 million a year is a drop in the ocean for the NFL
ChiefKene ikr thats how much it costs to pay the fool who is ruining their league
Player Breakdowns roger godell is making 200 million
ChiefKene you are 100% correct! Sometimes I think the NFL are tight asses with their money. I'm sure they make that much money in 1 day! Not to mention some super bowl tickets start at 5,000 per seat!
NFL Europe would have more chance of succeeding now with Pro Football being very popular, especially in the UK
@@jessejames9149 you think they are tight asses? they make billions off of players and didnt want to give the players (WHO MAKE THE BUSINESS WORK) a bigger share of the profits. the nfl is great to watch but ill never pay to go to a game or buy "official merchandise" from them
The reason the elephant brought in that trophy was to give the allusion that it was extremely heavy to symbolize it was the "Weight of The World"
Wasn't it also because ancient soldiers such as Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar tried to conquer the world with elephantries?
Plus it was also a marketing tool to create more buzz for the league. An elephant bringing in the trophy would create buzz!!
This channel is the REAL DEAL thanks brother for the uploads!!
Just because It's a different league, with different cultures, as you know how European fans are, It doesn't mean the league is "weird". European Customs are different from American Customs. So Tailgates are not usual over there. Luckily, there were no ultras and hooligan firms in the league.
hooliganism requires that people give a shit about it oh and as a european the shit the league did was weird as fuck and so were the fans. also Ultras are not a bad thing, you only think they're a bad thing because of SOME crazy ones, Ultras are the ones who keep the club's fans going, the guys who chant the loudest and go to every game.
"Weird" is subjective to the person making the observation. As a channel about gridiron football, he is pretty safe to assume his target demograhic is from the USA and that makes all this stuff "Weird" to us. Although having been to several US games (esp Ralph Wilson stadium) the tailgating wasnt that "weird".
@@pphyjynx8217 TF are Ultra's?
ForbesUpNX Lou's Fan groups in europe are called Ultras
@@pphyjynx8217 aye how big is Football in Europe? Do you only fallow the European leagues or NFL? Do they fallow College Football? Household names?
Again , good shit bro. love the vids , keep it up!
Your videos get better and better
KTO doesn’t lie… this is a pleasant surprise
I just came from Korzemba vid bro niiice
Some of my best memories are for the nlf Europe days. Watching the Scottish claymores and travelling to Amsterdam and Germany a bunch of times. German crowds for rhine and frankfurt were always strong, and Germany was a blast to go to. I even recognise some of the Scottish guys from your video lol
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We get a new one tho. European league of football is going to start this year. 6 german teams and a team out of poland and barcelona are involved. Longterm they want about 20 teams. And they have a huge chance as ran nfl and pro7maxx are showing the games live in germany. Pro7maxx is the tv channel that shows the nfl and the same group build this new league. Football had a huge hype in germany and many people watch it, and they gonna watch the european league of football too. Pro7maxx is a big free tv channel in germany and the little bro of pro7 wich is the biggest channel in germany. Everyone can watch for free. My expectation: sooner or later it is going to be the second biggest league for american football behind the nfl
But it's crazy how fast the buildet the leuge
@@niklasschenk686 they want to use the hype that is football rn in germany. The media contract puts it onto another level tho. The gfl isn't shown in germany. And never was anything else then the nfl. This new league was now created with the help of the tv company and all ganes will be shown live in free tv on a big channel. Totally different game. I am from stuttgart and I dont know how many people can be in attendance for the first game cause of covid and the stadium isnt the biggest but from what I saw rn there are like 15 seatplaces left for the first homegame. If they get good fansupport and fill the stadiums and they keep showing it in free tv talents out of other countries and teams are gonna take notice in no time and gonna join I hope
Foreal
Your channel is amazing!
Nice video. I've always wondered about this.
I used to enjoy the challenge of playing with the Cologne Centurions back in Madden 06 and trying to beat NFL teams.
I remember playing Madden '03 and just trolling all the NFL Europe teams.
Amsterdam Admirals!!
They should do it again
I remember trying to watch it a couple of times. It was unbearable and Amsterdam Arena ( where Amsterdam Admirals played ) was always empty
Well in order for this to happen we have to make Soccer look bad and obsolete because Soccer is number 1 in Europe and man does that sport sound boring
I love seeing Idahoan youtubers succeed, as a fellow Idahoan, keep up the good work KTO
would you consider to make a video on the newly founded European league of football? (new NFL Europe)
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Ahh my favorite RUclipsr posted again
Your outros are always so deep and hype. No one else on youtube does a better outro than KTO.
Omg yes!! I've literally wanted someone to do this video for ages, I loved this league
KTO would be a much better commissioner for the NFL than Roger Goodell. #KTOforCommissioner
but them kneeling is a good thing tho rowdy... i mean how unamerican can you get.. your so called troops fought for those players rights to protest hell for every us citizen to protest because they fought for freedoms of which allows said protests to deny those players is to deny the biggest thing your army fights for outside oil... and that my dear sounds like a big fuck you to your troops..
except they didnt? U.S. Army veteran Nate Boyer convinced Colin Kaepernick to kneel, rather than sit, while protesting police brutality during the national anthem. We sorta came to a middle ground where he would take a knee alongside his teammate. Soldiers take a knee in front of a fallen brother’s grave, you know, to show respect. When we’re on a patrol, you know, and we go into a security halt, we take a knee, and we pull security. from nate boyer. google is your friend.
Also papa John's withdrew their sponsorship with the NFL this year. This is due to the NFL protests hurting their sales, but I think it is actually their pizza, the taste quality of their pizza, that is really hurting their sales because I think their pizza taste terrible.
Tony B. Yes
I've been waiting for this video to be done for a while, thank you KTO
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Always look foraward to your vids man
So crazy you did a collaboration with Mike! I remember watching early NFL prediction videos lol
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A former player at my high school played in that league and actually led the league in receiving one year. Also this guy was on the 1998 Minnesota Vikings squad that went 15 and 1. Hes the only player in our school history to play in the NFL. They even retired his Jersey number.
I was just wondering about NFL Europe! Nice video!
Do a video on UAB football
Jack Dosi they exist now though. They were only gone for 1 year due to financial reasons
www.espn.com/magazine/vol5no12uab.html
Here's an interesting, but rather obscure article I remember outside the lines doing a story over this one I believe. But a video over a rather obscure FBS school would be interesting none the less.
@@TTURedRaider6 as a Alabama fan sure because UAB is the son of Alabama
Bro the intro had me thinking I was in a different website
I can't stop watching your videos, keep up the great work you have helped me get into football
Goddam man I love your outro song! Hearing that with a conclusion vid is always fun to watch at the end of the video!
Stopped studying for finals when I got the notification - failing out of college, but it's totally worth it #KTOGOAT
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lol, why?
Please do a Barry sanders vid
K
You put a lot of effort into these videos, keep it up!
Hell yeah bro that video with Mikey K was fire🔥
A London Nfl team would be sick
Canada is the most logical place for an NFL expansion. So many cities to give teams to.
What a great surprise for my birthday. Nice video!
KTO at It once again, Great Video!
Love kto
Wow
You the only youtuber where I watch the ads. Keep up the great work dude
Man your content is stellar. keep it up
Please do Barry sanders please just something
Aww why didn't you play NFL 2k5
I need to get nfl 2k5 lol
I still play 2K5. My franchise is in the year 2023 and my star quarterback with 56 overall is AJ Feeley 😂
2k5 does not NFL europe teams
XFL is back!
That was a perfect, non awkward way to make a collab and I liked this and that video. 👍
Another great video. Great job man
6:55 what's this music
I play madden 05
Zachary Johnson so
Nvm
Best madden ever
Great video! Didn't even know about NFL Europe, even though they produced one of the best kickers that played for my favorite team!
bro I cant stop binging these videos. they are amazing.
Do a Barry sanders vid
The NFLE is returning. Sorta.
European League of Football
You don’t post enough, I really enjoy your videos and it’s upsetting that I see them as little as I do
KTO, I gotta say, you have the best outros of any youtuber I've ever seen
First
Nah, I'm just kiddin, I'm not 9 years old.
Going back to Scotland
My favorite RUclipsr finna gain clout. Good job bro🗣
Man kto videos are to addictive it’s a must watch at this point
The AAF would have been amazing if it’s owners hadn’t been shit with money.
I really enjoyed it. Still in Mourning.
I don't think American football will ever succeed in europe because the average european doesn't even know what the rules are, American football in europe is as popular as cricket in the us
I agree, most think its stupid. They dont like all of the breaks in between plays. They are used to the constant flow of soccer, rugby, and hockey
Its a cultural thing, expect basketball which is kind of popular expecially in southern europe baseball and american football are almost nonexistent among european youth .The average european kid grow up playing mostly soccer and has no clue about american football, how can people enjoy this sport if they don't even know the rules?
Although american football is a little bit more popular in germany than the rest of europe it's always a niche sport. You can't have a nfl europe with german teams being 99% of all the teams
The NFL regularly sell out 80,000 tickets a game in London.
There’s no way cricket could do that in the US.
Great content. You are truly excellent at what you do my friend. Thank you so much.
I had Season tickets for the Frankfurt Galaxy from 2002-World Bowl 2007 (Last game)
Best time of my life. Such great memories. Thank you for this video!
NFL. It’s national football league it should be called EAFL
European American Football League
What if Carson Wentz wentz to the Browns?
He played for the browns for a while
Hey KTO been a fan of yours since the beginning , love your videos , keep up the good work ! could you do a video about Carson Wentz , that would be amazing
I love your videos. Are you self taught on your editing skills?
USFL video?
Rowdy Jr. why hate on trump lol you sound like a kid who just learned about what republicans and democrats are
National football league, in a different nation
TimRT Howard So what...Nabisco sells cookies internationally. Any major brand with National or American in its name does.
TimRT Howard an no competition an no rythem
Nba has a canadia team
They used to have two, in Vancouver which moved to Memphis as the Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors.
Congrats on the collab man.
I never really understood the story behind the WLAF, NFL Europe, etc. I will definitely do some more research of my own now. Thank you for all of your hard work in making this video!
Do you plan on collabing with Urinatingtree?
Yes KTO needs to know three simple words FUCK YOU SPANOS
What's up
Nice vid keep up the good work!👌🏻
Thanks for this video i always wondered why they had those teams
"And teir tailgates were strange"
Maybe because "tailgating" as such has been a totally nonexistent thing in the European sports scene? ;)
Man those Europe teams in madden were some good times I remember beating them with the Patriots in madden 06 92-0 once.
I never knew this league existed lmao but now I know. Awesome video as always and keep it up
Hey man, love your videos!! And I heard your a boise local which is awesome because I am to. I also saw from your d1 story that you went to borah and I just wanted to point out centennials freshman team beat them. Aye but keep up the videos, love watching them!!
Something I wonder is why the NFL doesn't look for a Mexican Team. The game is very popular over there. I'm sure if they start a team, they'd have a lot followers.
Revert Revertz Rather not get shot
Revert Revertz Mexico isn’t particularly safe as of now
Neither is america and there are 32 teams
The NFL and CFL should have a merger
The leagues aren't comparable financially. CFL stadiums typically seat 30 to 40k, with average attendance at 25k. NFL crowds are 60 to 80k, and with much higher ticket prices it's effectively more than quadruple the CFL's revenue. I'm sure the NFL would nevertheless welcome a team in Toronto, but there's additional political issues with Canadians seeing any NFL expansion up there as an attempt to kill off their version of the game. That's why the NFL is even considering expanding to Europe rather than Canada.
they are two different sports
maninredhelm it's partially because it's not the highest level of competition. The bills games in Toronto were really popular because it's world class. If the NFL absorbed the CFL teams and logos and let them play with NFL teams they would sell way more tickets
Man just imagine if they adopted an Champions league system with the other leagues of the world. The front row of each one qualify by point diferencial and wins which the team leading wins the championship and go against one another in a round of twenty something all the way to the world bowl. It's not gonna happen but think about it
It was an awesome collaboration...especially since it was the one I have been wanting to see.
Korzemba and KTO collab? Christmas came early!!