The NFL’s long-rumored plans to hold a game in Germany came to fruition Wednesday, setting up a 2022 season that will feature five games on foreign soil.
Germany will host its first regular-season game next season, with Munich serving as the initial host site. The NFL will play two games at FC Bayern Munich Stadium and two in Frankfurt over the next four seasons.
This will push the league back to its pre-pandemic place regarding international games. The pandemic nixed the 2020 international schedule and limited the 2021 slate to two England games. In 2022, England will host three games to go along with the Germany debut and the league’s return to Mexico City. The NFL played three games in Mexico City from 2016-19.
As part of Shad Khan‘s previous agreement, the Jaguars are the only team certain to host an international game next season. One of their eight 2022 home games will take place at Wembley Stadium. Over the next eight seasons, every NFL team is required to play at least one home game overseas.
hope that 1 home game overseas is reflected In the season ticket package prices!
i understand broadening your fan base but dont alienate your home fans!
ha! Eventually you will all own nothing and be happy!
sounds like what happened to NASCAR
Might as well have one in Moscow too…
I foresee the Bengals “hosting” a game in Germany. Cincy and Munich are sister cities and with the Bengals in SB56 it’s an easy choice imo
Will the NFL pay the stadium
Employees that are now going to miss a game day /week paycheck?
that’s dumb AF . Home games should not be sacrificed . One away game should sice it’s a away game in another country . Stupid crap taking a home game from teams .
17 games will mean after the 2022 season will mean 8 home games, 8 away games and one game at a neutral site. Nobody loses a home game in that case.
Quit taking games away from our fans to games overseas as the people there don’t care about our brand of football. The travel screws up the players and is hard for them to get readjusted mid season.
Need to play a Steelers v. Raiders game in Ukraine. In the Donbas region. Ship 80,000 Steelers and Raiders fans all painted up there. Give them all the beer and liquor they want. Let the game end in a tie with tons of crappy officiating and bad calls and then have the only exits empty out right on the Russian border.
Might get bloody, but roll cameras…
Why should Europeans even care about the NFL when they have their own brand of football and no attempt is made to accommodate them when playoff schedules are made? German fans will have to stay up past midnight to watch the Super Bowl.
I have BBC Sport in my bookmarks as US coverage of the Premier League is deficient. You’ll be surprised to know that the BBC has NFL and NBA stories along with British sport.
As well, Bayern Munich’s home stadium is officially the Allianz Arena.
I’ve watched Sky Sports coverage of events such as the World Snooker Championships in the past and find the broadcast commentators there far more tolerable than most American talking heads.
Just let David Hasselhoff play the halftime show. BOOM, sellout crowd. Joking aside, Germans follow football more than pretty much any other European country