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re: Roger Goodell reiterates NFL having an international team is inevitable
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:10 am to teke184
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:10 am to teke184
Hard to just put one team in the EU. Would need four and start its own division to cut down overall on traveling. Could have US based teams spend 2 weeks at a time there. Still, given the overlap between soccer and football seasons, hard to see how that many NFL teams in the EU could make it economically through an entire season.
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Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:11 am to WestCoastAg
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Mexico City: Often ranked highest or very high when pure logistics matter. Closer travel (under ~800 miles from Houston), large existing interest, high attendance at past games, and a renovated Estadio Azteca. Easier player travel/time zones and potential for more frequent games make it appealing as a lower-friction first step. Some rankings put it ahead of or equal to London for a single expansion team precisely because of this.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:12 am to UltimateHog
This idea stems from greed and hubris.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:13 am to UltimateHog
No fan wants this so inevitably it will happen
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:15 am to UltimateHog
Canada?…
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:16 am to UltimateHog
Goodell sees the NBA and MLB having significant international markets, with star international players, and wants the same for the NFL. However, he apparently does not realize that football is not a new sport and the NFL is not a new league. If there was bit appetite for American football internationally it would have already taken hold by now organically. It hasn't! Trying to force it isn't going to work.
While the NFL may not have the international reach the NBA and MLB have, it is far and away the most popular sport in the US...which is the most lucrative marketplace in the world. Foster that rather than working to, eventually, dilute your product. The NFL is already taking more and more home games from fans to play all over the world.
While the NFL may not have the international reach the NBA and MLB have, it is far and away the most popular sport in the US...which is the most lucrative marketplace in the world. Foster that rather than working to, eventually, dilute your product. The NFL is already taking more and more home games from fans to play all over the world.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:22 am to UltimateHog
Imagine as a player having to give 1/2 of your salary to British or Canadian taxes.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:23 am to UltimateHog
A team in Toronto and Vancouver would work. I like the CFL and Canadians like it, but you can have both and figure out a way to do it.
There should be another NBA in Canada as well.
There should be another NBA in Canada as well.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:31 am to WestCoastAg
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Just such a weird thing for them to do. You'd think Toronto is such an easy lay up but guess they want to protect the Bills?
Toronto is 100 miles away and Canadian Bills fans are mostly in the Niagara Falls area and East of Hamilton.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:39 am to UltimateHog
He'd pimp his grandchildren out if he thought he could get away with it.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:40 am to whichyalnoaboutseven
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More money!!! Let’s not worry about it the product sucks!
The entire ethos of enshittification in a nutshell.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 8:55 am to UltimateHog
A team that splits its home games 50/50 between San Antonio and Mexico City would make more sense.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 9:20 am to Buckeye Fan 19
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They’d probably want to arrange it so they play 3 straight road games each time they travel to the U.S., then 3 straight home, etc., so they only make 3 trans-Atlantic trips per season. But don’t know how well being gone from home 3 straight weeks would sit with the NFLPA.
I wouldn't be shocked if they did choose London if the team had a city that was kind of their "base of operations" in the US. Player housing potentially, practice facility, all that. It might even be their main facility and they just play the games in London.
IDK if I see even a quarter of the guys drafted to that team actually living in London.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 9:22 am to UltimateHog
The players / NFLPA will be the ones to kill this
No one will want to sign with a team across the Atlantic. Even in London it’s still a completely different culture and you don’t even have any friends nearby. You probably won’t have your family either because of how disruptive that would be to uproot kids
I can’t imagine they could even consistently field a team outside of those on drafted rookie contracts who had no choice
No one will want to sign with a team across the Atlantic. Even in London it’s still a completely different culture and you don’t even have any friends nearby. You probably won’t have your family either because of how disruptive that would be to uproot kids
I can’t imagine they could even consistently field a team outside of those on drafted rookie contracts who had no choice
Posted on 8/19/26 at 9:51 am to RemouladeSawce
Previous stories about this have said any team in London or elsewhere would have a US base, likely Atlanta. So, they’d have a practice facility there, and they would limit in-season trips to three by using back-to-backs. However, I’ve never read how they’d account for playoffs.
And even if the above came to be, I still think that travel would hurt free agency for a London franchise.
And even if the above came to be, I still think that travel would hurt free agency for a London franchise.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 10:05 am to bstaceyau19
They only care about money. They will do whatever makes them money.
Whenever someone comes up with some issue about travel, or calendar, or competitive balance or fairness, you are wasting your breath.
They don't care about any of that shite. When they have someone with the billions to make it happen, it will happen. That is the only issue they wish to solve.
How big does the check have to be and who will write it. When you hear them talking about solving issues. Those are the only issues they have to solve.
Whenever someone comes up with some issue about travel, or calendar, or competitive balance or fairness, you are wasting your breath.
They don't care about any of that shite. When they have someone with the billions to make it happen, it will happen. That is the only issue they wish to solve.
How big does the check have to be and who will write it. When you hear them talking about solving issues. Those are the only issues they have to solve.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 10:12 am to WestCoastAg
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but guess they want to protect the Bills?
Why would they protect the #30 market? For that matter, why allow them to build a new stadium? It’s a declining market that eventually one day they should be out of.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 10:14 am to chalmetteowl
I agree which is why it's odd to see them apparently prefer Mexico City over Toronto. Like just seems like a bizarre thing if true
Posted on 8/19/26 at 10:28 am to ShrimperDan
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I wouldn't be shocked if they did choose London if the team had a city that was kind of their "base of operations" in the US. Player housing potentially, practice facility, all that.
It might even be their main facility and they just play the games in London. IDK if I see even a quarter of the guys drafted to that team actually living in London.
The main facility/headquarters being in the U.S. is an interesting idea and honestly just from a feasibility standpoint, maybe something they’d have to do. There are just so many things to also consider like preseason games (could just play on the road), OTAs, minicamps, bringing unsigned guys in for tryouts, signing guys off waivers / practice squad, etc., plus “forcing” guys to live in England / trying to sign guys who’d have to live there…
That could also be a way to bring Mexico City into play; I think having guys live in Mexico would not be very appealing, but maybe you could build a facility / headquarters in or near San Antonio or Austin and the team could fly into Mexico City for their home games similar to it being a road game.
ETA: And as funnystuff said, maybe even split games between Mexico City and San Antonio. Green Bay did that for a while, playing 5 in GB and 3 in Milwaukee into the 90s. Could maybe do a 5/4 between MC and SA so it’s still “primarily” Mexico City, but cuts down on travel a bit than having 8 or 9 games there.
This post was edited on 8/19/26 at 10:36 am
Posted on 8/19/26 at 10:36 am to UltimateHog
Imagine getting drafted #1 overall and somehow London is entitled to 45% of your salary.
I would holdout forever.
I would holdout forever.
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