The Atlanta Falcons are in exercise, having played a regular season game last year in London.
As the NFL announces its express plan for global dominance, does Falcons owner Arthur Blank need his club to pack its bags again?
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Atlanta Falcons finish tight with Kyle Pitts in London, England
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan in London, England
While the Falcons aren’t “hosting” an outdoor game in the U. S. As they did last season, there is a chance they will travel as a “visiting team”.
Two NFC South rivals, the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, will host london and Munich, respectively.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced earlier this month that Munich will host one game in 2022 and that there will be 4 games in total in Germany over the next 4 years, two in Munich, two in Frankfurt. We now know that the Bucs will be in this game. His rival will be announced when the schedules for the next season are published, which will take place at the end of March or April.
In addition, there will be a game in Mexico next season, hosted by the Arizona Cardinals.
Notable for us? Not especially.
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But then the macro view.
Over the years, Tokyo, London and Mexico City have been among the venues for NFL games. But there may be a bit of reluctance. . .
The individual owner, speaking, might not be in favor of abandoning a lucrative home game in his own stadium in exchange for a game abroad.
The league continues to participate in several games in London and a game in Mexico City with Germany now in the Combinado in the future and, in theory, there is enough potential profitability for everyone to get involved.
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Arthur Blank of the Atlanta Falcons
And of course, in numbers, the Falcons will eventually be worried again. . . because starting in 2022, there will be at least 4 seasons of overseas games and the NFL team will take turns hosting an overseas game once, once, and eight. Seasons.
The move to games featured all 32 NFL teams, with the Green Bay Packers as the last club to play a regular season game overseas next season in London.
And for that macro vision: a long-term vision, because the NFL will make money here (TV deals, expansion, popularity, all that) there’s a wonderful price in the Atlanta Falcons being the “team of Germany. “
Mike Fisher, as an editor and columnist for newspapers and radio and television, where he won an Emmy Award, has covered the NFL since 1983, is one of the two best-selling books about the NFL and is the NFL informant as a radio personality on Dallas Cowboys Flagship Station 105. 3 The Fan.