The NFL — and by extension football — dominates American airwaves.
And to be blunt, it’s not even close. Other sports leagues, other television programs, and other networks all look at the NFL’s television ratings with palpable envy.
Outside of America, however, the NFL isn’t even the most popular form of “football,” as “fútbol” — or soccer — is far and away the most popular sport in the rest of the world.
To make headway into that soccer-saturated market, the NFL has been promoting various international games over the last 20 years or so as part of its “International Series.”
For instance, this year alone, the NFL has featured games in Brazil (the Los Angeles Chargers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 27-21), Germany (the Indianapolis
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