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Going Off The Grid: Execs Talk NFL In London, Worst Sports Movies

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, our panelists discuss what they think of a potential NFL team in London and give their takes on the worst sports movie of all time.

  • Eiger Marketing VP/Partnerships Kyle Draper
    -- Has lived in nine different states and two countries during his career.
  • Wasserman VP/Brands J.D. Lubenetski
    -- Labels himself a declining golfer and kid chauffeur.
  • 15 Seconds of Fame CMO Mitch Rotter
    -- Still keeps up a large vintage comic book collection.
  • SI media reporter Jimmy Traina
    -- Sides with Martin Scorsese in the Marvel movies debate.
Going Off The Grid
 

An NFL team in London is... Worst sports movie of all time? Early March Madness prediction? Rory McIlroy or Brooks Koepka? Started Christmas shopping?
Draper
A matter of time
"Slap Shot 2"
Oregon Ducks back to the Final Four
Brooks!! USA!! USA!!
Mid-December at the earliest

Lubenetski
Challenging, but inevitable
"Fail to the Redskins" (future release)
Wide open -- Terps are dangerous
Rory, except in the Ryder Cup
Let me check my Amazon account
Rotter
A lofty goal
"BASEketball"
Kansas -- Rock Chalk
Brooks -- 1st major was in my home state of Wisconsin
Discouraged at our house until Black Friday

Traina
Only good if we get 9:30am games every week
"The Next Karate Kid"
College basketball started?
Brooks
Is it Dec. 23rd yet?

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