Roger Goodellcommissioner of the NFL, stated this Friday that the league plans to schedule up to 16 international matches per season in the future.
“This will become more challenging for us. We actually believe that we can be a sport global, so I see us playing at least 16 away games at some point in the international market in something that it could take us 10 years“said Goodell, who is in Detroit, Michigan, where the NFL Draft.
How many international matches will there be in 2024 and where?
For the season 2024 the nfl have programmed five games international and seeks to have at least eight from 2025.
In the first game of this year they will face Green Bay Packers in view of Philadelphia Eagles on Friday, September 6 in week 1, a game that will be held at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil; It will be the first regular season game to be held in South America.
The other four duels will be in Europe. Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings, who are still waiting to announce their rival, will play at Tottenham Stadium in London, and the Jacksonville Jaguars They will perform at Wembley Stadium.
The other duel, in which the Carolina Pantherswill be at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
How long would it take the NFL to do up to 16 international regular season games?
The commissioner also discussed the possibility of the NFL expanding its competition with a international franchise.
“That It could take us more than 10 years. It’s difficult because you have many challenges. We can solve logistics with a competitive side. You arrive on Sunday night at the end of the regular season and you say: Seattle, you’re going to London. “It is a difficult 12-hour flight, it is complicated,” said Goodell.
The commissioner also referred to the possibility that the NFL season extend its schedule from 17 to 18 games, which would cause the superbowl It will be played in mid-February and not in the first week of that month.
“I prefer to replace a preseason game with a regular season game. With that we would reach 18 games and two preseason games instead of three; “It’s not something crazy.”
The manager pointed out that extending the regular season by one week would delay the Super Bowl to the weekend before ‘Presidents’ Day’, which is celebrated on the third Monday in February and is a holiday in the United States, which would allow fans have Monday off after NFL final.
