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Steelers Mexico!

Djfan said:
Can't quite figure why the league felt the need to get involved with a team getting to be repped in a foreign country, but it's still pretty cool

https://triblive.com/sports/go-acer...lers-as-an-international-home-marketing-area/
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Riding coattails is my guess. The coattails of what the Steelers of past have busted their ***** for and made this a money-making franchise and the fans all over the globe.

I'm glad to see it I guess, but it pisses me off in another way. Never mind me...I'm in a foul mood today.
 
You know we're going to be giving up at least one home game to play there somewhere within that 5-year window.
 
Gay. Don’t drink the water and watch out for the cartels.

Hector Luis Jorge Gonzales Garcia Don Julio IV approves this deal.
 
TDX27 said:
You know we're going to be giving up at least one home game to play there somewhere within that 5-year window.
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Mexico City = 7200 foot altitude. Yikes. (Ryan Clark would've never played there.)

Plus, I wonder if they still have a huge air pollution problem. Prolly. Can our resident Steeler Nation Member "Acerero" chime in? Dónde estás, hombre?
 
TDX27 said:
You know we're going to be giving up at least one home game to play there somewhere within that 5-year window.
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With 17 games on the schedule now, this seems like like the initial step to create a full international schedule with these "home markets." Basically, every team would have 8 home and away games, then 1 international game.
 
Djfan said:
Can't quite figure why the league felt the need to get involved with a team getting to be repped in a foreign country, but it's still pretty cool

https://triblive.com/sports/go-acer...lers-as-an-international-home-marketing-area/
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About 8 years ago I went down to Mexico on a mission trip. About 300 milrs south of Varacruz. It was a very poor part not in tourist influence. Closest village 100 population and about 30 miles another about 400 population.

I saw a small few STEELERS jersey / shirts / hat / etc. Everyone waved and pointed at my STEELERS T'shirt. When we got done with the building we were doing and was packing etc. to leave for home I broke out and gave most of my cloths to some of the Mexican workers and the STEELER shirts went to my new friends. They were so happy.

POINT being the STEELERS Franchise is all over Mexico and I'd bet they aren't giving merchandise away. The people are a proud Hard working people and part of that following the steelers is due to the HARD Working STEELERS stigma.

To bad our TEAM stigma is changing before our eyes and it's out of control whether it be from the Coaching or the ownership, something needs to MAN UP.



Salute the nation
 
Drink IRON City said:
About 8 years ago I went down to Mexico on a mission trip. About 300 milrs south of Varacruz. It was a very poor part not in tourist influence. Closest village 100 population and about 30 miles another about 400 population.

I saw a small few STEELERS jersey / shirts / hat / etc. Everyone waved and pointed at my STEELERS T'shirt. When we got done with the building we were doing and was packing etc. to leave for home I broke out and gave most of my cloths to some of the Mexican workers and the STEELER shirts went to my new friends. They were so happy.

POINT being the STEELERS Franchise is all over Mexico and I'd bet they aren't giving merchandise away. The people are a proud Hard working people and part of that following the steelers is due to the HARD Working STEELERS stigma.

To bad our TEAM stigma is changing before our eyes and it's out of control whether it be from the Coaching or the ownership, something needs to MAN UP.



Salute the nation
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That's my point. It will happen no matter what the nfl does. They need to focus on other things, not this.
 
Drink IRON City said:
About 8 years ago I went down to Mexico on a mission trip. About 300 milrs south of Varacruz. It was a very poor part not in tourist influence. Closest village 100 population and about 30 miles another about 400 population.

I saw a small few STEELERS jersey / shirts / hat / etc. Everyone waved and pointed at my STEELERS T'shirt. When we got done with the building we were doing and was packing etc. to leave for home I broke out and gave most of my cloths to some of the Mexican workers and the STEELER shirts went to my new friends. They were so happy.

POINT being the STEELERS Franchise is all over Mexico and I'd bet they aren't giving merchandise away. The people are a proud Hard working people and part of that following the steelers is due to the HARD Working STEELERS stigma.

To bad our TEAM stigma is changing before our eyes and it's out of control whether it be from the Coaching or the ownership, something needs to MAN UP.



Salute the nation
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Senor DIC.


Or as they say iSeenor Deek!
 
I like that our huge fan base extends as far as it does. I worked with a few Mexicans they were always good people in my eyes. It is money for the NFL but for those fans it gives them an experience that a lot of them would never have encountered in their life.
 
slashsteel said:
I like that our huge fan base extends as far as it does. I worked with a few Mexicans they were always good people in my eyes. It is money for the NFL but for those fans it gives them an experience that a lot of them would never have encountered in their life.
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Steeler fans are worldwide. I’m just not a fan of the international play for any team.

Football is a strenuous sport as is. The far travel has to have a negative toll. The nfl feels it’s better for “marketing/merchandise/commercialization” as if they don’t do that enough already. This isn’t the Steelers nor Mexico it’s an nfl greed machine trying to sound nice
 
MTC said:
Senor DIC.


Or as they say iSeenor Deek!
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Definately, not the sterio-typical people that society projects. Seriously poor but VERY hard working people who believe in GOD. I was walking along in the village and this parrot was sitting in this door window. I stopped and started talking to the bird and it was pretty kewl inter-action. The very old woman came to the door & neither of us spoke either's language. We hand signaled and talked with smiles etc.

You are right about don't drink the water because in all homes they buy bulk bottled water ( not little bottled plastic, 25gal jars) and it cost them money. She saw I was out of water and insisted to fill my bottle,..... how much more kind could one be. (yes I forcefully made her take 100 peso) but her act was done with no payment in mind.

When I became a STEELERS fan it was 1968. I grew up with the "TRUE" steelers way. Hard working lunch bucket team. It meant something more than the game itself. Up until about 10years ago this started to change.

MANY here know exactly what I am talking about and for those to young to have lived it can only read / learn from those who have. When Art Sr. had the team and they were perinial losers even then the Team posed that workman like TOUGH grit lunch-pail representation.

I plumbed (1996)a detroit lions LB's house who was on the chanmpionship teams of the 50's, he told me the one thing about the PITTSBURGH STEELERS was he always dreaded playing them. He said it wasn't the win / loss part of the game but it was the beating they took physically everytime they played. Other teams as well felt the same way. He said it was the general concensus around the league.

That physicality of the STEELERS is no longer a factor, the team is SOFT like it or not.

I will always be loyal and fanatic for my STEELERS but also see a changing of the gaurd to lower expectations and weak-***.





Salute the nation
 
Drink IRON City said:
Definately, not the sterio-typical people that society projects. Seriously poor but VERY hard working people who believe in GOD. I was walking along in the village and this parrot was sitting in this door window. I stopped and started talking to the bird and it was pretty kewl inter-action. The very old woman came to the door & neither of us spoke either's language. We hand signaled and talked with smiles etc.

You are right about don't drink the water because in all homes they buy bulk bottled water ( not little bottled plastic, 25gal jars) and it cost them money. She saw I was out of water and insisted to fill my bottle,..... how much more kind could one be. (yes I forcefully made her take 100 peso) but her act was done with no payment in mind.

When I became a STEELERS fan it was 1968. I grew up with the "TRUE" steelers way. Hard working lunch bucket team. It meant something more than the game itself. Up until about 10years ago this started to change.

MANY here know exactly what I am talking about and for those to young to have lived it can only read / learn from those who have. When Art Sr. had the team and they were perinial losers even then the Team posed that workman like TOUGH grit lunch-pail representation.

I plumbed (1996)a detroit lions LB's house who was on the chanmpionship teams of the 50's, he told me the one thing about the PITTSBURGH STEELERS was he always dreaded playing them. He said it wasn't the win / loss part of the game but it was the beating they took physically everytime they played. Other teams as well felt the same way. He said it was the general concensus around the league.

That physicality of the STEELERS is no longer a factor, the team is SOFT like it or not.

I will always be loyal and fanatic for my STEELERS but also see a changing of the gaurd to lower expectations and weak-***.





Salute the nation
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I can still hear John Vincenza (spelling?) saying "Blue collar football." Now it's "latte, manbun, prius" football.
 
Drink IRON City said:
Definately, not the sterio-typical people that society projects. Seriously poor but VERY hard working people who believe in GOD. I was walking along in the village and this parrot was sitting in this door window. I stopped and started talking to the bird and it was pretty kewl inter-action. The very old woman came to the door & neither of us spoke either's language. We hand signaled and talked with smiles etc.

You are right about don't drink the water because in all homes they buy bulk bottled water ( not little bottled plastic, 25gal jars) and it cost them money. She saw I was out of water and insisted to fill my bottle,..... how much more kind could one be. (yes I forcefully made her take 100 peso) but her act was done with no payment in mind.

When I became a STEELERS fan it was 1968. I grew up with the "TRUE" steelers way. Hard working lunch bucket team. It meant something more than the game itself. Up until about 10years ago this started to change.

MANY here know exactly what I am talking about and for those to young to have lived it can only read / learn from those who have. When Art Sr. had the team and they were perinial losers even then the Team posed that workman like TOUGH grit lunch-pail representation.

I plumbed (1996)a detroit lions LB's house who was on the chanmpionship teams of the 50's, he told me the one thing about the PITTSBURGH STEELERS was he always dreaded playing them. He said it wasn't the win / loss part of the game but it was the beating they took physically everytime they played. Other teams as well felt the same way. He said it was the general concensus around the league.

That physicality of the STEELERS is no longer a factor, the team is SOFT like it or not.

I will always be loyal and fanatic for my STEELERS but also see a changing of the gaurd to lower expectations and weak-***.





Salute the nation
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I live in a high populated mexican neighborhood. Hard working sure. But the saturday night circus music has to go mayne. I am not a fan of the loud bass mexican music
 
Hines57 said:
These guys love the Steelers in Mexico.
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Why you theenk I love mi Mejican hermanos like I do? (shaddup about Adelitas)
 
suncitysteel said:
Mexico City = 7200 foot altitude. Yikes. (Ryan Clark would've never played there.)
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Wow, didn't realize it was that high. My pops went from there to Yucatan and ended up having to go to the Doctor he was so messed up, and the Doc (without even checking vitals first) immediately told him it was due to the altitude adjustment. When I was looking up Mexico City, I just noticed Bogotá Colombia is at almost 8700 feet. Geez.

And his experience was the same as yours, Señor Deek. Very hard-working and family oriented people who loved seeing him rock the Steelers gear. As is my experience when I go south of the border. Great people, most. Some are so poor and desperate though that you have to know where to stay away.
 
Steelworth said:
Wow, didn't realize it was that high. My pops went from there to Yucatan and ended up having to go to the Doctor he was so messed up, and the Doc (without even checking vitals first) immediately told him it was due to the altitude adjustment. When I was looking up Mexico City, I just noticed Bogotá Colombia is at almost 8700 feet. Geez.

And his experience was the same as yours, Señor Deek. Very hard-working and family oriented people who loved seeing him rock the Steelers gear. As is my experience when I go south of the border. Great people, most. Some are so poor and desperate though that you have to know where to stay away.
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Like I said, I was way out of tourist influence. Those there policed theselves and there was ZERO danger of anykind. I had my keys returned from falling out of my pocket. I had merchants give me back corect change they could have kept. Loved being there. Over the course of ten eleven days I had several phrases / words and was communicating to a degree. Body language / facial expression helped a lot both giving and reading.



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