Every year, the arrival of the first NFL game in London brings with it some sort of strategic news leak aimed at goosing interest in American football.
I’ll buck the comment trend here and say as a non US fan, international games are great. I think the NFL should do as many as are feasible without taking away home games from home city fans and without adverse effects on players.
I’m in Australia which is possibly going to get a game in 2025. Hopefully it will come to Melbourne but if it’s Sydney I’ll definitely fly up regardless of who is playing. It opens up the sport to international fans and grows the game.
No one cares about home games.
It’s a dogshit excuse for football because it makes it impossible for teams to be physically or mentally prepared. It completely destroys the competitive balance of the sport. Single broken games are a huge deal in a short season.
International games are trash and completely undermine the competitive integrity of the sport.
16 international games per year is too many. 16 neutral-site games, with some International and some at those large college stadiums, would be awesome.
Imagine Steelers-Eagles at Penn State, or Browns-Bengals at Ohio State.
1 international game per year is too many.
It’s a fundamentally broken setup, just like TNF.