Why are the Giants and the Dolphins playing a regular season game in Europe?
The popularity of the NFL is growing. Especially in other countries. The game that took place in Mexico drew an attendance of over 104,000. The NFL is a business first, and a sport second. This is a great way for the business side to make significant money, by attracting even more European fans. I think it’s a great thing. The more popular football gets, the more people who play it, the better the NFL players with inevitably get. It should be noted that in the agreement to play these games in other countries, they MUST be nationally televised. So this will likely be on ESPN. Outside of the lose revinue of the home team from tickets (which is more than made up playing over there), the only bad is that the home teams fan get one less home game this year.
