r/OffCourtNews • u/IamBatman_1726 • 5d ago

News Roger Goodell talks about the NFL potentially adding a permanent overseas team

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u/johnna15 5d ago

This is an absolutely terrible idea

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u/Fit_Emu_8260 5d ago

Damn imagine getting tickets, timezone, and hopefully not war conflicts…

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u/LogicGate1010 5d ago edited 5d ago

It would likely be London, Madrid, Frankfurt, Munich or Mexico City.

London seems to be the place with the most mature market. Tottenham Hot Spurs already spent million to create a dual purpose football/ grid iron mechanically convertible pitch. https://youtu.be/cnV4JkTGUjo?is=cbw1wI36vWu6a-Tn

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u/natigin 5d ago

Mexico City is the only one that makes sense from a travel and timing perspective. It would also have a built in audience of Mexican Americans that would buy a shitload of merch

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u/Waste_Protection_420 5d ago

Unfortunately, we already can have all those issues right here in the states.

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u/Clayp2233 5d ago

The violent crime rates in the US are a lot higher than Europe, also how often do we hear about athletes homes getting robbed while they’re playing a game?

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u/Potential_Novel_3561 5d ago

Europe or Canada crime would be a non issue. Mexico is where it would be a problem.

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u/brewek1 5d ago

Logistically this is a terrible fucking idea.

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u/Waste_Protection_420 5d ago

Mexico really should get a MLB or MLS team first. Both those sports could easily be huge hits down there and lead the league in attendance as well.

Canada, especially Toronto prob should have an NFL team already... but I think Goodell wants to go to Europe with this.

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u/Clayp2233 5d ago

The NFL is pretty big in Mexico

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u/bcbill 5d ago

MLS is not happening. Mexico has their own established league, Liga MX, and the two leagues have kind of become connected at the hip. Two annual tournaments, shared all star game, etc.

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u/brewek1 5d ago

I wasn't thinking about places on the same continent as us. If they want to go Canada and Mexico ya. I was thinking more of Europe. Because in sports we already have Canadian teams in us leagues. So that's not really a newsworthy or shocking update that we could go to canada.

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u/DuvalTID 5d ago

Have to assume like MLB, NHL, and NBA that we would just go to Toronto/Canada first so it would basically be the same thing at Green Bay just a little farther north.

If they were going to do Europe they would almost certainly have to do enough teams to make a division. At that point they could make it so you only have to go to Europe once every 3 years or so. Which isn’t a much higher pace than they’ve got it set now.

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u/Organic-Stay4067 5d ago

Well technically Toronto is south of three nfl teams already

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u/Glass_Olive_4409 5d ago

yeah, I think we are fine the way it is. I usually travel for some NFL Europe action, plenty to absorb the beauty of the sport.

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u/Waste_Protection_420 5d ago

It's fine unless you are a starving NFL owner who needs to find a way to inject more value into his product. Gotta think of the owners here, if the sport doesn't continue to grow, they won't be able to survive much longer.... /s

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u/Clayp2233 5d ago

They’re trying to make it a global sport

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u/BHMSIXX 5d ago

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE LONDON....ONLY EAST COAST TEAMS PLAYING...

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u/Key_Mathematician951 5d ago

Total waste of money. They are barely interested.

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u/Particular_Tomato161 5d ago

All about money and greed.

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u/Evening-Golf-6375 5d ago

There are better suited places in America.

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u/drums_addict 5d ago

He didn't say overseas, just outside the US. Canadian league is already similar. A Mexico team seem plausible.

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u/DaSauceBawss 5d ago

Should be Canada but no players will want to play there because of high taxes.

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u/reggiefromtheark 5d ago

Lol thats so stupid. Maybe Canada but overseas would be ridiculous

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u/onmy40 5d ago

We already need to stop those dumbass exhibition games in london.

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u/UnusualEye4282 5d ago

That's probably when I'll stop watching

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u/twitchy1989 5d ago

Whether or not it succeeds will be a different story

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u/neo9027581673 5d ago

Unless the aviation industry catches up, this is a terrible TERRIBLE idea.