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Sooner or later the NFL will realize it’s distancing its fans here in its pipe dream that it’ll someday be relevant overseas. Between taking away home games and putting games on streaming they’re just slowly driving people away (or at least down on their list of importance).

Do any other international sports leagues send their teams to the US or Canada (or wherever) for regular season games?
 
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Psu00 said:
Sooner or later the NFL will realize it’s distancing its fans here in its pipe dream that it’ll someday be relevant overseas. Between taking away home games and putting games on streaming they’re just slowly driving people away (or at least down on their list of importance).

Do any other international sports leagues send their teams to the US or Canada (or wherever) for regular season games?
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Yes, but these NFL games overseas sell out.
 
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Psu00 said:
Sooner or later the NFL will realize it’s distancing its fans here in its pipe dream that it’ll someday be relevant overseas. Between taking away home games and putting games on streaming they’re just slowly driving people away (or at least down on their list of importance).

Do any other international sports leagues send their teams to the US or Canada (or wherever) for regular season games?
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MLB just sent them to South Korea.
 
Midnighter

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Psu00 said:
Thanks. I forgot about that. Slightly different though between a 162 game season and a 17 game season to be giving up home games.
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Also, Korea is already baseball crazy. Plus this:

 
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The Phillies play the Fets in London on June 8 & 9. I think this is the third or fourth time that MLB's gone to London.
 
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A couple of weeks in England and Europe is one thing for the NFL. Even Mexico is understandable. But I think they are getting close to jumping the Dolphin when they get far away, like Australia. It just demonstrates that TV considerations are greater than the collective in-person attendance.
Australia's warmer months are end of NFL season, just when the lesser teams are suffering in attendance here. Send the 4-12 vs 5-11 games Down Under late December, where the weather and the attendance may be better.
 
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manatree said:
TV considerations have been the prime mover for decades.
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Certainly.
Difference of late is the willingness to take away home games from fans, sometimes in successive seasons.
The NFL does a good job with their local and remote fan experiences. I think this chips away at that goodwill for the ticket-buying fan base.
Probably about half the fans don't care all that much, as it saves them the cost of one game day expense. But probably about half are disappointed. Corporate luxury box owners likely miss out on a key corporate hosting event for their top customers.
At some point enough has to be enough, revenue-wise. Maybe not.
 
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