NFL calls off China exhibition game

Associated Press

NEW YORK ― The exhibition game scheduled for China in August was
cancelled Monday by the NFL, which said it wanted to concentrate its
"global resources" on next October's regular-season game in London.

The game had been set for Aug. 9 in Beijing, the second of two
consecutive contests between the New England Patriots and Seattle
Seahawks, who had been scheduled to meet in Seattle the previous week.
There was no word on whether that game will be played.

Although San Francisco and Arizona met in Mexico City in 2005, the NFL
has never played a regular-season game outside North America. The first
will take place in London on Oct. 28 between the New York Giants and
Miami Dolphins, with Miami designed the "home" team.

Mark Waller, head of NFL International, said that game takes precedence,
forcing the cancellation of the first China game, which now is
tentatively scheduled for 2009 ― the Olympics will be held in Beijing
next summer.

go take your pills and say your prayers, micky mouse ! you are
hallucinating again.

On Apr 18, 6:03 am, Micky Wong wrote: