Question for British and European Saints fans
Thank you Zorro. I don't understand why there is a lottery for the game. Why cant people just come up and buy a ticket like they do over here for normal NFL games? I realize its a one time deal and you want to be fair so that people get a even shot, but it would be better to just let people buy the tickets themselves and with their own money.
Well it isn't really a one time deal seeing as it has been confirmed that for the next 3 years there will be NFL fames in the UK.
The thing is that if it became a first come first serve basis a lot of people would be very dissapointed. For last years game, due to there being a lot of Giants and Dolphins fans in Europe, I think nearly a million applied for tickets.
The lottery system at least makes it fair, especially if you are not in the UK and plan to come over for the game.
They can't keep everyone happy, but what annoys me is that due to the fact there are a lot less Saints fans here than neutrals, there may end up being under a hundred home fans in a stadium of 90 000 capacity.
The selection of the Saints/Chargers is only because of last years game being boring and they want a good offensive battle.
I'm also not sure if you have the same problem in America as we do with touts, people who buy lots of tickets and then resell them at many times face value, keeping real fans out of the stadium. The lottery system which limits tickets mostly stamps this out, although if you google you could probably find some being sold already