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Originally Posted by Igottago
No harm in trying, but I can't see them garnering a very dedicated support base in some of those markets. London/Manchester are already nuts about football. Just not the kind of football the NFL is. The hardcore and passing sports fan over there already have their interests, and I think most hardcore soccer or rugby fans over there would not only not enjoy the NFL, they would downright make fun of it. The "we already have real football" and "its like rugby for women because of the padding" comments would run rampant. I think lots of people would just view it as some sort of American infringement on their traditional sports market. Just look at the outrage when an American was buying the majority share of Man United.
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The point of this is not to expand teams into Toronto, London or Mexico City ... well, maybe one day Mex City, but it is really all about awareness, and maybe in the long run pave the way for NFL europe to be more global. But the NFL as we know it will not change, they won't be outside the US (AAA farm teams notwithstanding) and even if they did, there is probably 2 or 3 cities in Mexico they would be in before Toronto.