Can NFL Europe Be Brought Back to Life?
NFL Europe was a short lived trial, of the NFL being played outside of its home country, the US, and being played on European soil. The league operated from 1991 up to 2007 in Europe, and was run by the NFL which runs here in the US. Although it lasted for 15 years, it never really caught on, and never really caught up to the popularity of the major sport in Europe, soccer.
Personally, I don’t think NFL Europe would make a strong comeback. Although people attended games, it was only a fraction of the turn out that soccer games get in Europe. People there just don’t understand the game, and they don’t have the same passion for the game as individuals do in the US.
Football is really an American sport, and has never really caught on in any other country (or continent) for that matter. Playing a game or two a year in England is still being done by the NFL. But, trying to revive an actual league in Europe, and have it be a successful league, is going to be a very difficult task for the NFL to do, and will most likely not be lucrative if the NFL were to try again.
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