Two days after Roger Goodell teased “a very global NFL,” a report from Sports activities Enterprise Journal acknowledged that group house owners might vote on an expanded slate of worldwide video games.
Based on the proposal, groups can be required to surrender a house sport for a world sport as soon as each 4 years. That may reduce the eight-year rotation established in 2022 in half, successfully doubling the variety of worldwide video games every season.
“We’re really excited about that,” Goodell said final week when requested about getting into new markets. “I don’t see that as much as expanding the number of franchises as I do expanding the opportunity for people to really just enjoy the game.
“I am convinced that this game is going to be a global sport,” Goodell continued. “We could’ve sold over our two games in Germany 4.5 million tickets. They sold out in minutes. And it’s literally the same with the U.K. I think you’re going to see a very global NFL, not necessarily with franchises, but maybe like have one playing games on a global basis. And I see that happening in the next five to 10 years.”
For the reason that eight-year rotation started, there have been 5 annual worldwide video games – 4 video games throughout the rotation system, in addition to an additional Jaguars sport at Wembley Stadium. If this verdict have been to move, that quantity might doubtlessly go as much as 9, with eight in rotation plus the Jags’ Wembley sport.
Per SPJ, this could allow the league to develop worldwide contests to new nations like Brazil and Spain with out eradicating already-popular video games in Germany and London. Long run, the NFL might enhance stock in burgeoning NFL markets like Germany and Mexico.
Based on the report, the system wouldn’t should be totally applied on the onset. Nonetheless, one supply advised SBJ that the present worldwide stock is “insufficient” to the league’s present demand.
