To all of those folks that are against the "game not to be mentioned by name unless you pay the NFL a royalty" being played in London, how many of you have ever been to one or can afford to go to one?

Personally, I don't have a skunks chance in a perfume store of ever attending one, so, if they want to have one in London, let them have at it. Just don't play it at 8AM Eastern time:D

I would venture to say that anyone who can afford to go to the "game not to be...................." can afford the round trip to London.

And look at the big stink that little brown nipple caused.

OMG!! :o

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Precisely.I've been to a few.

In any case, sure, I could afford a trip to London - but I shouldn't HAVE to travel to London to attend the championship of an American game.

A few super bowls? Tickets to those sell for thousands of dollars don't they?

I've bought tickets to a couple, but I've been to others as gifts from companies I've worked with.

But when I bought the tickets I think they were only around $1800 after market both times. What really got to me was the $150 for parking I paid one year.

$150 for parking!?!

I think I'll stick to Madden :haha:

Even more ridiculous is the average of around $1700 a year smokers spend on cigarrettes.

I bring that up (as a former smoker, nonetheless) because a friend of mine and I were just talking about the costs of attending the Superbowl, which came up due to this thread. He tried explaining to me that I was nuts to have paid to attend said games in the past due to their expense (if you know my wife and I personally, you'd understand that we are notoriously cheap and picky with our money, despite being fairly well-off). As he's explaining how crazy I am, he goes all-in in our Hold 'Em game for $120 and lights his 3rd smoke of the hour (true story).

After taking his money, I asked him if he wanted to hit the game with me in 2010. He explained that its too expensive. I responded that, if he'd quit smoking and stop betting the farm on a straight when there's clearly a flush on the board he'd have more than enough extra money to use, he went quite quiet.

I know this anecdote (true as it is) isn't really related to the topic, but I couldn't help myself with the irony - had I said I was a smoker no one would bat an eyelash at my $1500 - $2000/year habit. Mention that I buy Superbowl tickets every so often, and its a shocker.

Just wanted to illustrate this as a lesson in human perspective. It interests me because my reaction would have been no different. :know:

A fine anecdote/analogy if you don't mind me saying :up:

I'm afraid I'd fit into your friends category :doh:

I'm coming up on 2 years since my last cigarette. If I can do it anyone can.

I admire your will power :up:....I've tried and failed on numerous occasions in the past. Three months is my best effort and to be totally honest I can't say anything in particular started me off again :doh:

I had a long record of failures as well. What seems to have finally done it was having a heart attack scare me off them long enough for the length of quit time to become a reason in itself for not succumbing to the temptation.

After all there's a lot more pride in saying it's been "6 months" or "a year" or now almost "2 years" since i last smoked than just "last week".

Now that really concerns me......about three years back I was involved with something work related that was extremely stressful and after the usual symptoms 'chest pain and tightness, combined with breathlesness' had the force doctor suspecting a possible heart attack. He gave me an ECG and sent me for blood tests and a chest x-ray.

Thankfully I got the all clear and it was put down to fatigue/stress.....but my fag intake actually increased. :oops:

I'm literally afraid to even have a single smoke at this point due to the pride I have in not having smoked for so long.

I don't usually preach to smokers about quitting but let me tell you jimbuna, medication is THE way to go. I used the patch and lozenges. Worked like a charm. :rock:

Back to Superbowl ticket costs, the terms "only" and "$1,800" should never be used in the same sentence.