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NFL planning 8 international games for 2025 UPD and more in 2026

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Big Z Man 1990 said:
A game in Australia would likely have to be played at what would be 11 PM on the East Coast of the US, in order to put the game early afternoon in Australia. This would mean NFL Network would go head-to-head with after dark college football on multiple networks.
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If you played the game at Noon on Sunday in Melbourne, that would be 8:00 pm Staturday, ET.
 
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In addition to the international games, there should be 8 NFL games played in non-NFL cities in the United States every year, primarily in large college stadiums. For example, Ohio Stadium in Columbus, home of the national champions, can host a Bengals game and a Browns game in years the AFC teams have 9 home games and neither is scheduled to host a game overseas, tickets for which can either be sold separately or as a 2-game package. All the gameday traditions for Ohio State games would be carried over to the NFL games.
 
rojac said:
If you played the game at Noon on Sunday in Melbourne, that would be 8:00 pm Staturday, ET.
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They would probably have to do a Friday night in the first week of the season like they did with the Brazil game. That way its before the high school games begin and avoid college.
 
Big Z Man 1990 said:
That doesn't apply to games played outside the US I don’t think.
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Its about broadcasting. That's why the Brazil game was on a Friday night. They didn't want those games on TV because it would prevent people from watching college games or going to high school games.
 
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Big Z Man 1990 said:
In addition to the international games, there should be 8 NFL games played in non-NFL cities in the United States every year, primarily in large college stadiums. For example, Ohio Stadium in Columbus, home of the national champions, can host a Bengals game and a Browns game in years the AFC teams have 9 home games and neither is scheduled to host a game overseas, tickets for which can either be sold separately or as a 2-game package. All the gameday traditions for Ohio State games would be carried over to the NFL games.
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These are the stadiums I could see hosting home games for nearby NFL teams:

Alamodome (San Antonio, TX): Dallas, Houston
Arizona Stadium (Tucson, AZ): Arizona
Autzen Stadium (Eugene, OR): Seattle
Bagwell Field at Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium (Greenville, NC): Carolina
Beaver Stadium (College Township, PA): Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium (Manhattan, KS): Kansas City
Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S. Campbell Stadium (Tallahassee, FL): Jacksonville
Boone Pickens Stadium (Stillwater, OK): Dallas
Camp Randall Stadium (Madison, WI): Green Bay
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, FL): Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa Bay
Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium (Charlottesville, VA): Washington
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (Austin, TX): Dallas, Houston
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium (Lawrence, KS): Kansas City
Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field (Mississippi State, MS): New Orleans
Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Frank Broyles Field (Fayetteville, AR): Kansas City
Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium (Columbia, MO): Kansas City
Frank Howard Field at Clemson Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC): Carolina
Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Norman, OK): Dallas
Jack Trice Stadium (Ames, IA): Chicago, Kansas City, Minnesota
Jones AT&T Stadium (Lubbock, TX): Dallas, Houston
Kenan Stadium (Chapel Hill, NC): Carolina
Kroger Field at C.M. Newton Grounds (Lexington, KY): Cincinnati
Kyle Field (College Station, TX): Dallas, Houston
L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium (Louisville, KY): Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Tennessee
Lane Stadium/Worsham Field (Blacksburg, VA): Washington
LaVell Edwards Stadium (Provo, UT): Denver
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN): Indianapolis
Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL): Chicago
Memorial Stadium, Tom Osborne Field (Lincoln, NE): Kansas City
Michigan Stadium (Ann Arbor, MI): Detroit
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (Morgantown, WV): Pittsburgh
Neyland Stadium (Knoxville, TN): Tennessee
Nile Kinnick Stadium (Iowa City, IA): Chicago, Kansas City, Minnesota
Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame, IN): Chicago, Indianapolis
Ohio Stadium (Columbus, OH): Cincinnati, Cleveland
Pat Dye Field at Jordan–Hare Stadium (Auburn, AL): Atlanta
Rice–Eccles Stadium (Salt Lake City, UT): Denver
Ross–Ade Stadium (West Lafayette, IN): Chicago, Indianapolis
Saban Field at Bryant–Denny Stadium (Tuscaloosa, AL): New Orleans
Sanford Stadium (Athens, GA): Atlanta
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, TN): New Orleans, Tennessee
Spartan Stadium (East Lansing, MI): Detroit
Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Gainesville, FL): Tampa Bay
Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge, LA): New Orleans
Vaught–Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field (University, MS): New Orleans
Wayne Day Family Field at Carter–Finley Stadium (Raleigh, NC): Carolina
Williams-Brice Stadium (Columbia, SC): Carolina

Additionally, the NFL should also stage games at venues in non-NFL metro areas which have a large capacity but are designed either for auto racing or horse racing (similar to the CFB Battle at Bristol), like the Bengals can host the Ravens at Churchill Downs in Louisville, which would bring Lamar Jackson back to the city where he starred in college.
 
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NFL games in college stadiums do not serve any purpose, so no, they should not do that.
 
GKJ said:
NFL games in college stadiums do not serve any purpose, so no, they should not do that.
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Disagree. If large-enough college stadiums occasionally hosted nearby NFL teams, the gameday traditions for the colleges that call these stadiums home could carry over into the NFL games, as I already stated for possible Bengals and Browns games at Ohio Stadium. As well, Bears and Colts players can touch the "Play Like a Champion" sign at Notre Dame Stadium on their way out the locker room like ND players do, Smokey the Cannon can be fired after the Cowboys or Texans score at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, and much more. But most significantly, the marching bands would play the applicable school's fight song each time the home team scores.
 
Big Z Man 1990 said:
Disagree. If large-enough college stadiums occasionally hosted nearby NFL teams, the gameday traditions for the colleges that call these stadiums home could carry over into the NFL games, as I already stated for possible Bengals and Browns games at Ohio Stadium. As well, Bears and Colts players can touch the "Play Like a Champion" sign at Notre Dame Stadium on their way out the locker room like ND players do, Smokey the Cannon can be fired after the Cowboys or Texans score at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, and much more. But most significantly, the marching bands would play the applicable school's fight song each time the home team scores.
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None of this serves any purpose to the NFL. Zero.
 
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Voight said:
They should be OK tho since its not in the US?

It applies to any professional games that are within 75 miles of a high school or college football game taking place the same weekend.
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The act actually prevents any TV station within 75 miles of a high school or college football game from broadcasting the NFL game. The NFL game location has no barring.
 
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GKJ said:
None of this serves any purpose to the NFL. Zero.
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It just so happens the Seahawks host the Chargers in 2026, when NFC teams are scheduled to have 9 home games.

The Seahawks can take advantage of that by playing the game at Autzen Stadium, as they are the most popular NFL team in Eugene. Having the Chargers be the opponent would make the game a homecoming for Justin Herbert, who spent his entire pre-NFL life, including college, in Eugene.
 
edog37 said:
The NFL markets & televises its combine. Money is everything to the NFL. They could easily do this & make a ton of money.
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Where is the money coming from in renting out college stadiums, and why aren’t they doing it right now?
 
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GKJ said:
Where is the money coming from in renting out college stadiums, and why aren’t they doing it right now?
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The fans would pay through ticket surcharges & percentages food, merchandise, etc.

They aren’t going it now because they have other irons in the fire (international games). But that’s not to say they couldn’t or wouldn’t do it.
 
edog37 said:
The fans would pay through ticket surcharges & percentages food, merchandise, etc.
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House gates aren't much in terms of NFL revenue. Sponsorships and television rights are the biggest money makers. There is a reason they're focused heavily on the international market: more fans = more money for sponsorships and television rights deals.
 
sneakytitz said:
House gates aren't much in terms of NFL revenue. Sponsorships and television rights are the biggest money makers. There is a reason they're focused heavily on the international market: more fans = more money for sponsorships and television rights deals.
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Those streams I mentioned would cover the “rental fee”.

And agreed about the intl games. That’s the priority. That said, it doesn’t mean they would never do the college route.
 
edog37 said:
The fans would pay through ticket surcharges & percentages food, merchandise, etc.

They aren’t going it now because they have other irons in the fire (international games). But that’s not to say they couldn’t or wouldn’t do it.
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The fans do that right now in the stadiums they’re in. They don’t do it because they don’t need to. The league gains nothing by hosting by a game in Columbus or Austin. International games serve very specific purposes as they are investments in those markets. The league doesn’t need to do that anywhere in the US.
 
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GKJ said:
The fans do that right now in the stadiums they’re in. They don’t do it because they don’t need to. The league gains nothing by hosting by a game in Columbus or Austin. International games serve very specific purposes as they are investments in those markets. The league doesn’t need to do that anywhere in the US.
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The league has consistently shown it will sell itself for a $1 more
 
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