# NFL Europe **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 26, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-europe/70166 "2001-06-26T02:59:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sublime1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Sublime1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublime1300)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-europe/70166/1 "2001-06-26T02:59:43Z")
Why do I see so many American guys playing on teams in the NFL Europe? It shows the guys getting interviewed and they don’t even have accents like they should have from france or Germany. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-europe/70166/2 "2001-06-26T03:11:29Z")
NFL Europe is kind of a farm league for NFL teams. They send players over there to improve their skills and get more game experience. Kurt Warner, Rams quarterback, used to play in NFLEL until the Rams decided to add him to their roster for the regular season. ---
**Author:** ![Rhetoric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rhetoric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhetoric)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-europe/70166/3 "2001-06-26T03:20:08Z")
Actually, I think Kurt Warner came from the Arena Football League (AFL). This is the indoor league here in the US. He played for the Iowa Barnstormers if I remember correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Rhetoric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rhetoric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhetoric)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-europe/70166/4 "2001-06-26T03:30:41Z")
Being a farm league is a good way to describe it. Although, instead of an entire NFL Europe team being designated to an NFL (USA) team, the individual players are under contract with different teams. I think there are only 8 teams in the league. One team could have players under contract for the Cowboys, Eagles, Redskins, Giants, etc. Some aren’t under contract at all. World Bowl IX is on Sunday on FOX between Barcelona and Berlin if you’re interested. ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-europe/70166/5 "2001-06-26T03:46:06Z")
Well, it is American football, after all. There is not much of a support infrastructure in Europe to turn out many skilled native players. The only football games I saw when I was in Europe (prior to the formation of NFL-Europe) were American military teams playing each other. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-europe/70166/6 "2001-06-26T03:54:33Z")
Rhetoric, I forgot about the AFL. He did play in NFLEL at one point, though, about 1996 or 7, when it was still the World League of American Football, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-europe/70166/7 "2001-06-26T04:05:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhetoric \* > \*\*Actually, I think Kurt Warner came from the Arena Football League (AFL). This is the indoor league here in the US. He played for the Iowa Barnstormers if I remember correctly. > \*\* Warner indeed was over in Europe. He likes to tell the story about how, when he was playing for the Amsterdam Admirals, he had to pass a whole bunch of whorehouses on the way to church.