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- **Posted:** 2024-05-24T15:25:11.000+00:00
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🌍 Traveling for work can be tough. One day you’re enjoying a home-cooked meal and sleeping in your own bed 🛌, the next you’re eating at a Panera Bread in Detroit.

This week's SportsBall dives into the frequent flyers in the NFL this season and how international games are changing the landscape. Subscribe at sportsball.beehiiv.com

The NFL is no different and the recent schedule reveal shows that not all teams travel equally. While the Los Angeles Chargers face five games over 2,000 miles away, the Indianapolis Colts have none. 

Then you have the Packers 🧀 who will need to fly over 5,500 miles to get to their first game this season. 🛩️

This highlights the significant travel disparities across the league. The real game-changer? International expansion. 

Since 2007, the NFL has hosted regular season games overseas, with this year's first-ever game in Brazil 🇧🇷 between Green Bay and Philadelphia. These international games serve as strategic experiments, testing fan engagement and market potential each year with new destinations for the biggest league in sports.

The NFL’s “International Home Marketing Areas” also allow teams to market in specific countries, like the Browns in Nigeria 🇳🇬 and the Dolphins in Colombia 🇨🇴. These areas act as a "home away from home" for teams and build strong fanbases in places you might not expect.

With five international games this year, the NFL’s global footprint continues to grow, promising exciting matchups and extended viewing hours for fans.

Subscribe to the newsletter 📥 in the bio for the full story and follow SportsBall for more visuals explaining the sports world 📊

#NFL #InternationalExpansion #SportsBusiness #linkedinsports #sportsbiz #sportsball #datavisualization

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