NFL to potentially double the amount of international games in 2025
The NFL is heavily invested in trying to expand its international brand and that can't be any more evident than the league's latest decision to increase international games from four to up to eight in a single season. The league made the decision on Wednesday. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, it is set to take effect […]
The NFL is heavily invested in trying to expand its international brand and that can't be any more evident than the league's latest decision to increase international games from four to up to eight in a single season.
The league made the decision on Wednesday. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, it is set to take effect in 2025. This comes after the NFL announced the first-ever game in South America on Tuesday.
International games aren't easy on NFL teams. We've seen plenty of tough starts and tough games, overall, since the league started playing overseas in 2007. It'll also be very interesting to see if teams stay in whatever country for consecutive weeks, like the Jacksonville Jaguars did earlier this year. That helped the Jags, as we saw, beat the Buffalo Bills and it was also a far better on-field product than what we're used to seeing.
It remains to be seen what the official locations will be, but it's logical to guess that Brazil, Mexico City, London, and Frankfurt will host two games, apiece. The NFL has played in all four locations and is familiar with each country's infrastructure and capabilities, as they are with the NFL and its needs/wants.
Either way, the NFL continues its march toward world dominance and, possibly, laying down roots with a franchise in another country.
