After enjoying a trip to watch the 49ers triumph at Wembley in one of the few games they managed to win this season, I can reliably inform you that the support for the teams was both passionate and loud, with the majority of the 90,000 crowd deciding to back the Niners and leaving their opponents playing football in an atmosphere that most NFL sides can only dream of.
However, instead of deciding to capitalise upon the huge surge in popularity that the NFL has enjoyed after it decided to bring one game a season to the UK, the NFL seems instead to be looking towards dropping the hugely successful International Series due to a lack of support from franchise owners. The current failure to agree to a new collective bargaining agreement also means that the renewal of the International Series seems to have slipped down the NFL agenda and this will no doubt upset the British fans currently poring over the Super Bowl 2011 betting odds.
With the UK probably boasting more than enough of a fanbase to support its own franchise, there had been a slight whiff of a suggestion that, should the NFL decide to increase the number of franchises, London could well end up with its very own team, something that looks highly unlikely at present. It doesn't seem probable that UK fans placing Super Bowl 2011 bets will have their own side to back in a couple of years' time.
Despite this, the fact that nothing is set in stone right now means that the London-based NFL fans can still keep their fingers and toes crossed that the NFL is going to get its act together and sign a collective agreement before kicking some sense into the bigger franchises such as the Patriots, showing them exactly why it's worth giving up a home fixture to play at Wembley.
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