The NFL has come to England via Crystal Palace (article)

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Crystal Palace is not your average Premier League Club. One need only travel to Selhurst Park on game day to see that. No other English ground will bombard you with cheerleaders at the opening of the match and no other fan base could embrace a figure so divisive as Alan Pardew. Many fans see the tactics of Crystal Palace as a novelty act, but not me. I see their tactics for what they are: a direct copy of what has been successful for NFL franchises over the years.

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While articles like this may make those of you in England cringe, I say it's a good thing to equate the NFL atmosphere to Crystal Palace. There are still a ton of potential fans in America that haven't made up their minds yet on whom to support and with no American player on Palace, this kind of press may make the difference in gaining American supporters. Then again, maybe all we need is to send The Crystals on an American tour...