NFL Owners Want to Rule the World

February 20, 2025

National Football League (NFL) owners are trying to conquer the globe. The owners have decided the league needs to go back to Australia and has scheduled a regular season game in Melbourne. A game that will feature the Los Angeles Rams and some other team. The National Football League tried Australia before in 1999 with a pre-season game in Sydney.

National Football League owners are looking to get Australian dollars, money from Brazil, pounds and euros. And NFL owners want Mexican pesos. National Football League owners also would like to get Flag Football into the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The NFL is not playing a game in Mexico City in 2025 because the local stadium is being renovated to accommodate 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup matches, the NFL sees gold in Mexico.

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The NFL is going to Madrid, Spain in 2025. Then the NFL is going to Berlin, Germany in 2025. The NFL will continue playing games in London, England. But not everybody is happy with the NFL’s attempt to conquer the globe. National Football League Players Association executive director Lloyd Howell is against the NFL adding an extra game for a global stop and is concerned with the National Football League conquering the globe strategy. He is worried about the players’ safety and health playing in venues that do not host National Football League games.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaking on behalf of the National Football League ownership group has suggested that the league plays 16 international games annually. This is all about money, nothing else. The NFL can cash in with a one-off game from gate revenues but it is more about selling caps and t-shirts than it is about developing football players in Spain or Australia. Goodell, apparently, is not worried about foreign relations impacting the quest to conquer the globe. The National Football League wants to bring the circus to town.