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The NFL has a shaky gentleman's agreement not to blow up the Canadian Football League..or they'd have expanded there years ago.

I don't think its impossible that the CFL is absorbed by the NFL someday

 

 

Jags would never have to deal with je5 lag, they would get a buy before their trip to set up shop elsewhere, and either way the team going to London is at a disadvantage whether the bye is before or after.

 

What Jet lag? It's a 6 hr flight from NY to London. Plenty of us do it all the time. A fit athlete with days to recover either side will have no ill effect at all. Basketball players travel all over with flights as long, less time between games and time zone changes and play 82 games a year!

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The largest and most popular sport in the world is soccer. Some soccer teams are worth more money than any American teams. If you think about the future with that in mind it is easy to understand why America wants to expand worldwide. The NFL already has at least one owner who was not American born and also owns a soccer team. Shahid Khan owns the Falcons and the Fulham FC.  Where American football is played over seas it is very popular. Years down the road there is a good chance it can become as popular worldwide as soccer. As it stands right now the term "World Champions" really is not true because American football is not played worldwide. Years down the road IMO it will be worldwide with the money that can be made. I also think American football will someday be an Olympic event. Baseball and Basketball have already went worldwide so American football will follow.

 

Shahid Khan owns the Jaguars, not the Falcons.

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