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2026/2027 NFL Thread

Sooner than later the NFL will expand by adding teams from one or more continents. Most likely Berlin, London or Madrid in Europe, Mexico City, Mexico or less likely Melbourne in Australia. When that happens, the Conference names become outdated. It doesnt make sense to have a European team playing in the American Conference, though Mexico City would fit in nicely. So do the conference names change? Does the NFL change to the IFL?
 
I don't see it.

I can't imagine the fan base is there, and the travel.time/cost for teams.
 
elbacalao said:
Sooner than later the NFL will expand by adding teams from one or more continents. Most likely Berlin, London or Madrid in Europe, Mexico City, Mexico or less likely Melbourne in Australia. When that happens, the Conference names become outdated. It doesnt make sense to have a European team playing in the American Conference, though Mexico City would fit in nicely. So do the conference names change? Does the NFL change to the IFL?
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Why would they do that when they already have the real football?
 
NFL league in Europe, remember that, was such a huge success. It lost a lot of money for the league and the NFL shut it down. So no, Throwball won’t make more money than football…the real football. It won’t happen but if it does it’ll flop just like it did before. The current NFL games overseas are a novelty and nothing more.
 
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the europe league failed because it wasn't NFL players.

it is highly unlikely a team could survive in Europe. They will definitely keep playing games there, but I highly doubt a team moves permanently.
 
mikev said:
the europe league failed because it wasn't NFL players.

it is highly unlikely a team could survive in Europe. They will definitely keep playing games there, but I highly doubt a team moves permanently.
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Tottenham (who thinks their a big club) built their toilet bowl looking stadium to replace their former ground, Shit Hart Lane, to partially entice a potential NFL franchise.

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What do we think of Tottenham?
Shit!
What do we think of shit?
Tottenham!
 
The fact that the fields are almost identical size, means every European football stadium could be a throwball (handpig) stadium.
 
For those of you just not paying attention....It's already in the works.... Next season they are expanding the international games to 10 from 8. They wouldnt do this if people werent showing up. It's going to happen. You either expand or die. The NFL owns the sports market in the US, they have to expand.
 
elbacalao said:
For those of you just not paying attention....It's already in the works.... Next season they are expanding the international games to 10 from 8. They wouldnt do this if people werent showing up. It's going to happen. You either expand or die. The NFL owns the sports market in the US, they have to expand.
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Gosh. If there were already a country close by that has some gridiron history and speaks majority English...and already has teams from the NHL, NBA, MLS, and MLB located there...
 
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Strained relations will prevent this from being a possibility. Which is a shame because I think that's a great idea. There's also Mexico, which is an obviously good place to expand, but for the same reason above, not possible any longer. Maybe in a couple years that can be looked at again.
 
I doubt owners would vote to approve expansion and lose a chunk of the TV revenue they get. Not sure NFLPA would agree to it, either. Hard to have players part of a union when they're not in the country.

I think "fake expansion" is more likely. Each team gets 8 home and 8 away games, plus a neutral site international game in London/Mexico/Germany/Spain whatever.
 
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