The NFL’s global takeover is only getting bigger.
The league is expanding its international slate again, adding more regular season games abroad as it continues to push deeper into overseas markets.
On Tuesday, NFL owners approved an increase to up to 10 international games for 2027, an increase from the record nine that will be played outside the United States this season, with games scheduled for Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro, London, Paris, Madrid, Munich and Mexico City.
“Our strategy is not one and done so our goal is to go back to those markets that we’re establishing,” league executive Peter O’Reilly said, per NFL.com. “There are parts of the world that we are looking at for future years, maybe not ’27, beyond. Asia would be an example of that. Japan would be a good example within Asia of a market that has complexity.”
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has previously stated that he would like to play 16 games internationally a season.
Teams will also no longer be able to protect home games from international play.
They were previously able to protect two games from being moved from their home stadium.
O’Reilly also touched on the possibility of the Super Bowl one day being played internationally.
“I don’t know if I can fully parse that in terms of feasibility versus likelihood, but if you’re just talking feasibility, obviously, as we go to new stadiums around the world, we’re getting a better sense of those buildings,” O’Reilly said.
“As we go around the whole world, we get a sense of the passion there, and the partnerships, governmental partnerships, private sector partnerships, and otherwise. So I think all of that strengthens the foundation that you need to perhaps someday on a far off horizon have an international Super Bowl.”
Goodell has previously said that it “wouldn’t surprise [him] at all” if the Super Bowl is played outside the U.S. “one day.”
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