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It was meant to be jokingly.
NFL schedule/U2 Tour
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It was meant to be jokingly.
Varitek
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Uhhh...except the stadium that hosts 2 NFL teams?
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If U2 had swung around to the NYC area just a week later, it looks like they would have been able to do a third show at Giants Stadium as both the Giants and the Jets are away that weekend!
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some of those "small places" haven't seen u2 in 25 years or more, unlike philly.
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BradF23
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Exactly...and since there is an insanely high number of different combinations that can be used to put together an NFL schedule, the owners are gonna tell the league to make both work. An NFL team isn't going to care what specific weeks they are at home and away, as long as the schedule is kept fairly balanced without a lot of consecutive home or road games...But once you move one game, it affects another game (unless you're swapping it with a bye week), and there would be a bit of a domino affect...
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Whether the Jets still qualify as an NFL team is questionable.
Shawn Bonneau
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See Post #20
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U2 is much better than football.
Shawn Bonneau
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Toronto, they really had no choice. They'd have to play Toronto to get in another Canadian show and it's a MAJOR market for U2. Canada loves them, probably more than that States (Charts prove this) and crowds do too. A Baseball Stadium was their only option. They'd wanna avoid it as much as possible where it's an awkward setup. They will play Olympic Stadium next year, another Canadian baseball stadium
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i'm not one to judge but i would have to guess that most "die hard" fans know who the announcers for the teams they "die hard" for are.
tell that to the jets and their highly upset hebrew followers.
the League rules all. the owners have a say, but ultimately the League does what it wants, and the schedule matrix is done months ahead of time. it's not like they just put it together last week and realized that the two was performing.
BradF23
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According to the story that aired on the NFL network, there is a lot more to it than that...
Isn't the Skydome in Toronto both a football field and baseball diamond?
Shawn Bonneau
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Is is both, but it's setup like a baseball field with a wide outfield and the whole works.
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I would actually agree with you there except for the fact that I live in California and my favorite football team plays in Philidelphia.I dont hear too many radio broadcasts or local televised Eagle games in California know what I mean.
no. let's just say you're an eagles fan and leave it at that.
it's merrill reese, btw. he's been doing it for like 30 years. he's a legend. a die hard fan might know that, despite location.
Popmart Shopper
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Whatever I dont need some half rate fairweather fan to tell me what kind of a fan I am.I KNOW WHAT KIND OF FAN I AM.So dont waste my time.BTW I thought this was a U2 fan board not an NFL board.
Hewson
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if you'd like to talk nfl, you may do so here: http://www.u2interference.com/forums/f223/nfl-2008-part-two-191360.html
please keep the discussion in this thread related to the u2 tour and teams' nfl schedules. thanks.
please keep the discussion in this thread related to the u2 tour and teams' nfl schedules. thanks.
Whatever I dont need some half rate fairweather fan to tell me what kind of a fan I am.I KNOW WHAT KIND OF FAN I AM.So dont waste my time.BTW I thought this was a U2 fan board not an NFL board.
right then.
enjoy your die hardness.
Popmart Shopper
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It seems weird that U2 is not playing in Philly though.It would be cool if they wore team jersey's of each teams staduim stops for the encore.
Hewson
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well u2 is doing other things like the stones... such as selling out stadiums without a smash album 
don't tell u2 fans... they get upset about being compared to the stones.
don't tell u2 fans... they get upset about being compared to the stones.buzzkill27
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I find it interesting the whole "why couldn't U2 play Philly" scenario...they wanted to play Philly the Eagles were playing 2 back to back home games there...so they couldn't and that was that
As far as the "why couldn't they turn around after DC and play Philly" scenario....that's easy...the band are headed headed north to south and then east to west,for a good reason.....THE WEATHER!!..band would be playing with fire headed back up north just to play Philly in October plus the road crew wouldn't be pressed for time headed back up north with the stage setup and then having to back down to Atlanta...the tour itinerary makes total sense each city on the tour is further south and then further west than the previous city and when you are factoring in weather conditions...it makes total sense...Raleigh is a lot closer to Atlanta than Philly is.
As far as the "why couldn't they turn around after DC and play Philly" scenario....that's easy...the band are headed headed north to south and then east to west,for a good reason.....THE WEATHER!!..band would be playing with fire headed back up north just to play Philly in October plus the road crew wouldn't be pressed for time headed back up north with the stage setup and then having to back down to Atlanta...the tour itinerary makes total sense each city on the tour is further south and then further west than the previous city and when you are factoring in weather conditions...it makes total sense...Raleigh is a lot closer to Atlanta than Philly is.
