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As the league continues to expand its international footprint, Goodell won't shut the door on a London franchise.
Every year, the launch of the NFL's European slate renews talk of the potential placement of a team in another country.
The NFL has been eyeing European expansion for a while now, and visions of an overseas team haven't gone away as the league has only gotten more aggressive in scheduling international games. In an interview with CNBC, commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is still evaluating its options.
Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski pitched Roger Goodell on Wednesday Night Football, but the NFL commissioner’s response was "lukewarm".
This past Sunday, Roger Goodell was hanging out with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and some of the platform’s content creators in San Francisco at the 49ers-Cardinals game. My colleague Jourdan Rodrigue was there in the suite and has a great story out today on the state — and future — of the NFL’s relationship with YouTube.
Those two dynamics could eventually overlap in the form of a Super Bowl televised not by a three-letter legacy network but a dot-com streamer. Lurking in a story from Jordan Rodrigue of TheAthletic.com regarding the league's current fascination with YouTube is an acknowledgment from Commissioner Roger Goodell that a streaming Super Bowl is not off the table.
On Sunday, Los Angeles came out firing, racing to a 19-7 halftime lead behind Matthew Stafford’s arm. Philadelphia responded after the break, cutting the deficit to five points. But the momentum of the game was overshadowed by a controversial third-quarter sequence that left fans fuming over officiating decisions.