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Goodell: NFL Eyeing 8 International Games In 6 Countries Next Season

The NFL plans on playing international regular-season games in Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Germany, and the U.K. in 2025, commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed Sunday morning in Munich.

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The NFL plans on playing international regular-season games in Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Germany, and the U.K. in 2025, commissioner Roger Goodell confirmed Sunday morning in Munich.

The Giants-Panthers game in Germany concludes the NFL’s five-game 2024 international slate, but owners have already approved the league to play up to eight games outside the U.S., beginning next season—and it appears they are wasting no time.

A game in Madrid has already been announced. The NFL will also return to London for several games, as well as playing at least once in Germany.

Speaking Sunday morning on NFL Network’s NFL GameDay in Germany, Goodell said the league also expects to return to Brazil, where it debuted in Sao Paulo in September, and Mexico City, where it last played in 2022. 

“We’re also looking at the potential of another game in the U.K. area, in Ireland, possibly,” Goodell said. Last month, Goodell hinted at soon playing in Dublin, and said that the Steelers want to play there.

“That totals eight,” Goodell said of the international game count for 2025. “That’s what we’re shooting for.”

In the future, additional countries in which the NFL could play games include Australia, France, Italy, and even the Middle East. The league is also exploring selling broadcasts of those international games as part of a new TV package that could bring in more than $1 billion annually.

Goodell has also previously said the NFL would like to eventually play 16 games per season in foreign countries and is open to the possibility of playing a Super Bowl in London.

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