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Beginning with the 2005 season, the National Football League has hosted regular season American football games held outside the United States.
[edit] BackgroundPrior to 2005, the NFL's primary method of promoting its game abroad was through the American Bowl, a series of preseason games played around the world, and the NFL Europe League, a developmental league based in Europe. Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League, has considered expanding the league's appeal overseas ever since the end of NFL Europa. Goodell has openly discussed the idea of holding a future Super Bowl game in London[1] The NFL is also investigating the possibility of adding a 17th regular season game to all teams, taking the place of the fourth pre-season game.[2] Aside from the United Kingdom, other prime areas to get games would be Germany; Mexico; and Canada. Mark Waller, NFL senior vice president, international, doubts Asia or Australia would be targeted because of the travel concerns, but he doesn't dismiss anything.[2] Waller notes that there won't be 16 different venues for the 17th games. More likely would be a "mini-season ticket" of perhaps four games in one city or country.[2] There was discussion that this "17th game" could take effect as early as the 2009 NFL season; however, 2010 would be the earliest this could be implemented (because of concerns about playing on Labor Day or over the 2010 Winter Olympics, and because of the league's rigid scheduling formula).[2] Games in the United Kingdom are broadcast on Sky Sports with a HD option and also on the BBC with BBC Two showing the first half and BBC Three the second half, with color commentary by Jerry Rice. On radio, the games are broadcast by BBC Radio 5 Live, with Arlo White commentating. Typically, the games in Europe are played on the last weekend of October. Normally this is the same weekend as Major League Baseball's World Series (although in 2009, this was not the case because the World Series is playing one week later than usual), that week has no Sunday night game, allowing for the International Series to be the featured game of the day. These games are always played at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time to account for time zone differences. Games played in Canada or Mexico would not be subject to these restrictions. Also, on the last Sunday in October, daylight savings time ends in Europe, one week earlier than it ends in the United States. Because of this, a game with in London a 1:00 pm EDT kickoff would begin at 5:00 pm local time instead of 6:00 pm. Since 2007, all games have featured one team from each conference. [edit] 2005Further information: Fútbol Americano On October 2, 2005, the Arizona Cardinals defeated the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 31–14 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, under the name NFL Fútbol Americano. It was the first regular season NFL game held outside of the United States.[1] The game drew the NFL's highest game attendance at the time with 103,467 spectators.[1][3] [edit] 2007 The Miami Dolphins hosted the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium in London, England on October 28, 2007. The Giants defeated the Dolphins 13–10 in the first regular season NFL game held outside of North America. The first 40,000 tickets sold out for the game in the first 90 minutes of sales.[1][4] The game was aired on Fox, but was not available nationwide in the United States. Portions of the midwestern and Rocky Mountain areas of the United States did not get to see the game on television.[citation needed] [edit] 2008The San Diego Chargers and New Orleans Saints played at Wembley Stadium on October 26, 2008. The game ended with New Orleans winning, 37–32.[5] Like the 2007 game, this matchup was not seen nationally, having only regional coverage on CBS. However, Jim Nantz and Phil Simms, the network's top announcing team, were assigned to the game, and opening ceremonies were carried live before cutting away to local games. [edit] 2009The New England Patriots defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35–7 in the 2009 edition. The game was televised regionally in the United States by CBS (as New England was the designated "visitor") and on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.[5] [edit] Game history
[edit] Possible future teamsBefore the Chargers and Saints were announced to be the two teams headed to London in 2008, the Kansas City Chiefs and Seattle Seahawks were identified as teams interested in playing a future game in Europe.[6] In particular, Seattle, which had been slated to play the China Bowl before that game was canceled, has shown a continued interest in playing a game abroad. Under the current NFL scheduling formula, Kansas City is scheduled to play at Seattle in 2010. Tampa Bay was also mentioned as a team during this time, and indeed received the 2009 game against the Seahawks' China Bowl opponents, the Patriots. [edit] TorontoFor more details on this topic, see Bills Toronto Series. The Buffalo Bills received a unanimous vote of approval to play one regular season game at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario in the next five seasons, and a pre-season game in every other year, beginning in 2008.[7] This will be separate from the regular International Series. [edit] See also[edit] References
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