Why you better get used to NFL staging games in London. Sep 2. 1, 2. 01. 7Kevin Seifert. NFL Nation Close. ESPN. com national NFL writer. ESPN. com NFC North reporter, 2. Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1. Nfl Wembley Games Tickets' title='Nfl Wembley Games Tickets' />The National Football League NFL is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference NFC. In 2. 00. 7, the NFL played its first regular season game in London. We all blinked, and 1. International Series schedule. The NFLs steady push outside of U. S. borders, especially toward the United Kingdom, has spurred ongoing questions about where it will all lead. Facing Mirrors Movie Torrent there. Does the league really want to establish a transatlantic franchise Could it Indications increasingly point to a compromise answer that would create a virtual franchise via an eight game regular season slate, and it could happen sooner than you might realize. Mark Waller, the NFLs executive vice president for international, said in a conversation this week that the leagues quick sellout of all four games in London is a really meaningful signal about the UKs interest and ability to support an eight game schedule in short order. Nfl Wembley Games Tickets' title='Nfl Wembley Games Tickets' />Lets take stock of the issues involved. The Jaguars have been the closest thing to a home team for NFL fans in London, having played there annually since 2. Ricky SwiftIcon SportswireGetty Images. Hold up. Why are you bringing this up now Because the first 2. London game will be played Sunday at Wembley Stadium. It will be the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars. Week 3 is the earliest the NFL has staged a London based game. Jeez. The Jaguars sure seem to show up in a lot of these games. Youre right. Starting with the 2. The NFL announces the four games that will take place in London next season, the first time the league will play four games in the UK capital. For fans in the United Kingdom. Offers history, rules, news, glossary, forum, and photos. Jaguars committed to playing one game per season in London, and that deal has been extended through 2. The agreement guarantees the NFL a willing partner in this project, and UK fans dont seem to mind getting the team that has the leagues second worst winning percentage. I know this isnt a Jaguars story, but one more question Why would they give up a home game for this every year The biggest reason is that they make more money from a London home game than they do from games played in Jacksonville, one of the NFLs smallest and least lucrative markets. Team president Mark Lamping has said that about 1. What is the end game Namely, would the NFL place a fulltime franchise in London Individual match tickets for the 2015 NFL International Series at Wembley Stadium connected by EE are now on sale. After a trio of fantastic matches in 2014, 2015. Sports fans are different. Theyre angry. And theyre beginning to scare NFL owners. NFL_International_Series_2010.jpg' alt='Nfl Wembley Games Tickets' title='Nfl Wembley Games Tickets' />Jaguars annual local revenue comes from the London game. NFL teams do not share local revenue. Jaguars owner Shad Khan, meanwhile, has of another sporting interest in the area after purchasing soccers Fulham FC. It has been 1. 0 years since the NFL staged its first regular season game in London, a sloppy, soggy contest Eli Manning calls it a mud fest with a historical significance that far outweighed the quality of play. John Harbaugh had a little fun with the media regarding a photo of the Queen with Ravens face paint that was posted and then deleted from Twitter. Making their first trip to London, the Ravens have just two items on their agenda this weekend beat the Jaguars and fly home. Related. Hopefully the NFL packs the rest of the London schedule with more competitive teams. Eh. Only one 2. 01. Miami Dolphins this season. The list also includes the Cleveland Browns, the only team that has a worse winning percentage this decade than the Jaguars. The Los Angeles Rams, who last made a playoff appearance in 2. Historically, these games are not among the NFLs best, although they were more competitive and interesting in 2. Doesnt seem to matter to the Brits, huh Nope. They sold out the two games at Wembley and two at Twickenham Stadium in short order. Comprehensive National Football League news, scores, standings, fantasy games, rumors, and more. Begegnungen, 2 Stadien WembleyStadion und TwickenhamStadion und eine Menge Spass Das waren die NFL London Games 2017. Wir bedanken uns bei allen. After expanding to four games in London this season, all sellouts, starting with Sundays JaguarsRavens matchup, the next step for the NFL in the UK could be a doozy. That means more than 3. NFL games in person in London this season. Is that 3. 00,0. 00 different people or 3. The latter. Whats interesting is that, according to Waller, about 4. You know what that sounds like, dont you No, what A fan base. If you think of that number in terms of season ticket membership and season ticket base, Waller said, thats a really good indicator of the depth of fandom. Twickenham Stadium got in on the NFL action for the first time in 2. Giants and Rams. This year, with the league bumping up its London allotment to four games, Twickenham has two games. Kirby LeeUSA TODAY Sports. Interesting. Is there anything else that hints of the slow build toward a virtual franchise Yes. For the first time, the NFL is staging games in consecutive weeks. Wembley will host games in Weeks 3 and 4, while Twickenham is set for Weeks 7 and 8. What did Waller say about that Here you go One of the things weve always felt is that if we were ever to have a team here at any point in the future, the schedule would have to work in terms of back to back games in the UK and back to back games in the States. It gives us a chance to test the back to back games from a playing perspective. Its not the same teams, but at least the fields and the stadium and everything else. Three of the games, including this Sundays, will kick off at 9 3. ET. Why do they keep doing that This is one instance when the NFL decided not to put the interests of the American television audience first. A 2 3. 0 p. m. kickoff time in London is much more accessible to UK fans than 6 p. ET. Who cares The NFL. One of the things thats always important, Waller said, is that you fit culturally with what works in the market that youre in. The reality in the UK is that Sunday afternoon is a sports time. Sunday night is not. There is no EPL soccer on Sunday night. There is no rugby. Its just not what people do. I dont want to belittle how inconvenient it is for U. S. fans. I totally understand that. But thats where the trade off lies. But how many of these fans are authentic UK sports fans and how many are displaced Americans The NFL estimates that about 5,0. United States. Another 5,0. Europe, mostly Germany and Scandinavia. The rest hail from London or other points within driving distance such as Liverpool, Newcastle and even Scotland. So the vast majority are people who live in the UK and presumably have for a while. Anything else to share Just that the London series remains a growing, successful enterprise that isnt going away. In fact, it could get bigger pretty quickly. 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