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Originally Posted by dauls
 Non-hockey alert! 
Confirming earlier speculation, it has been announced that two regular season NFL games will be played in the UK, most probably London, in 2010.
Two as yet un-named teams have agreed to be the home teams in London, their opposition has yet to be confirmed. The fixtures will be announced by the middle of January at the very latest.
Cardiff and Edinburgh would like to host NFL games, as would cities in Germany, China, etc. But the teams appear to be very comfortable spending a week in London, maybe the players all want to visit Buckingham Palace.
League bosses in the US are keen to play games outside London and have hinted there could be as many as four games per season played in Britain by 2012.
The old "Super Bowl in London" chestnut has also reared its crazy head again!
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Do the Buffalo Bills games in Toronto get much coverage, or are they ignored? |
The games probably got a lot of coverage, but I am not certain how much. I did not watch the games myself so I can't give you a proper answer.
I wonder if they will alienate the home fans by moving so many games away? That is revenue for the stadium that is lost(concession stands, parking, etc.), and that is a game that a home-town fan will not be able to attend(because the average fan cannot afford to travel to the UK to attend a football game, no matter how diehard they are
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It will be interesting to see how this experiment(and that is what this is) unfolds down the road.