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00:02 - Rick, as the NFL gets ready for its international series
00:06 over the next three Sundays
00:08 and they have expanded their international footprint
00:11 in Europe, what do you know about the reach of the NFL
00:14 and what is next on the horizon?
00:16 - Yeah, a lot of different questions there
00:19 as they say to unpack.
00:21 First, the Jaguars have gone last couple of years
00:24 as a courtesy.
00:25 They were the first in in all earnest
00:28 and there was a lot of discussion
00:30 because Shaad Khan is an international businessman
00:32 who does a lot of work in London and England
00:35 that this may be the kind of precursor to maybe moving.
00:38 But if they did a deal and it looked good,
00:40 then they have some problems with their retail
00:43 and stadium development deal there in Duval.
00:45 So this may take on some other significance
00:48 beyond just the Jaguars playing their normal games there.
00:50 Second, the NFL looks obviously at Germany successfully,
00:54 looks at Tottenham as well as Wembley successfully.
00:57 And now for the first time you see Peter O'Neill,
00:59 the VP of international stuff,
01:01 talking about Spain in a couple of games in Madrid,
01:05 talking about Rio and Sao Paolo.
01:08 And so this becomes an opportunity
01:11 just like the NHL in Australia this last weekend
01:15 to expand the horizons.
01:16 The NHL, big, NFL as normal, bigger, flag football,
01:21 we talked about 58 countries internationally inclined
01:25 for the Olympics.
01:26 So look, the NFL did not start internationally,
01:29 but they're expanding internationally
01:31 like everything else does.
01:32 - Rick, we see those football games go to the UK
01:35 and overseas every year.
01:36 Can you explain to the people
01:37 what you actually get out of that?
01:39 Being like the Jacksonville Jaguars being the home team,
01:41 is it more financially secure for them
01:43 to play a home game there as opposed to in Duval County?
01:46 Do they get a bigger gate?
01:47 What is their split from the NFL?
01:50 - The NFL basically treats it case by case.
01:52 They reimburse the teams for all the expenses
01:54 they have to pay to go there.
01:56 They usually give the team for on-field compensation
02:00 a bye week after.
02:02 They get them there early.
02:03 They participate in a lot of NFL events.
02:05 The value seems to increase as an international team,
02:09 but more important than that,
02:10 it's that eighth home game,
02:12 or ninth every other year now, plus the pre-seasons.
02:15 Some leases require compensation.
02:18 Others don't allow them at all, like the Green Bay Packers.
02:21 You haven't seen them and you won't
02:22 unless they renegotiate their lease
02:24 'cause they can't go.
02:25 And the bottom line is,
02:26 there's a lot of different circumstances for each team,
02:30 but the NFL usually makes up the difference.
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