As if subjecting the United Kingdom to the Jets and Dolphins wasn’t enough, the NFL announced on Wednesday that the league will extend the ability to play international regular-season games through 2025.
The initiative will broaden the NFL’s reach beyond the United Kingdom. Germany, Brazil and Mexico are among the countries the league has targeted.
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“This marks an important step in our long-term international growth," said Roger Goodell, per NFL.com. "Fans in the UK have responded incredibly well to the regular-season games we have played in London since 2007. They have demanded more NFL games, and we have worked to accommodate them.
“We think it's time to expand our International Series to other countries and respond to the growing interest in our game not only in the UK, but elsewhere around the world."
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Off to NYC today for the NFL owners fall meetings. Los Angeles, more international games (Mexico, Brazil, Germany) among items on the docket
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) October 7, 2015
NFL: International Series has boosted fan base in the UK to the point league estimates it has 13 million fans there. Imagine same in Mexico!
— Alvaro Martin (@AlvaroNFLMartin) October 7, 2015
Just another indication that the NFL believes it can grow into the world’s game.
Except it can’t.
Grab the attention of X-amount of fans in Germany, the NFL will never receive the same welcome as Borussia Dortmund.
yellow wall RT @Bola24Jam: Fans Dortmund yang selalu kreatip sampe mati. #Respect pic.twitter.com/7iUhjcDdEW
— HASAN BASRI (@HASANBASRl) March 18, 2015
Force the Jaguars to face the Bills in Brazil, Sao Paulo will forget come Monday morning.
Mar de mãos Souuuu tricolor de coraçãoooooo Vim ver o Flu meu grande amor GRAÇAS A DEUS SOU TRICOLOR pic.twitter.com/YIDyUPGLv4
— #JuntosPeloFlu (@BraveTricolor) October 5, 2015
All the NFL would succeed in doing is infuriate the labor it owns.
@nfl in london is ridiculous. Players must get some sort of incentives for not speaking out against it.
— Mr.SayTen (@MrSayTen) September 30, 2015
A weekly 9:30 a.m. game in London could be the one way the NFL would budge on Thursday nights, but players might hate that even more.
— Mitch Goldich (@mitchgoldich) September 27, 2015
Besides, there are better ways to grow the NFL across the globe. Subjecting other countries to watch Ryan Fitzpatrick and Ryan Tannehill in person isn’t one of them.
NFL sending the Jaguars to London for a game yearly is a hilarious way to get back @ them for sending tired old soccer players to the MLS.
— Jack Tully (@jacktully) August 22, 2015
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