I had the opportunity to watch the PIT/BAL MNF game from London. It is interesting because, the channel they air it on (five IIRC) received the feed from ESPN, and whenever ESPN went to commercial or when they went to half time the channel would switch to studio in England where two sportscasters would answer questions from viewers regarding the game. Most of the questions were basically ripping the game, asking why this sport was perceived as a tough guy sport. It may seem like I am portraying the NFL viewers there in a negative light. The questions asked, were generally "please explain why this is better than rugby" and "they keep talking about the field conditions, but is doesn't look as bad as the XXXX soccer game" (I cannot remember which soccer game the viewer referenced). And, it seemed to very few people interested in it. I had to go back to my hotel room to watch it. The pubs I visited had no desire to watch it.The general feeling I got was it was an unwanted American sport--as on viewer that wrote the show put it "yet another watered down product of America."Maybe I just went to the wrong bars. Maybe it was just a bad tme of the year.
