Sources say that the two NFL games at Wembley in 2013 brought in 32 million pounds for London. In 2016 the NFL is expected to play four games in London. Those four games are expected to bring in an estimated 58 million pounds for London. The main goal for London is to have a NFL franchise by 2022. A franchise in London would bring in an estimated 102 million pounds for the city. With rates of income tax lower in the US than in the UK, a London team would cause problems for the league and its relationship with the NFL Players' Association.The NFL operates under a collective bargaining agreement between the team owners and the players which limits the total amount each team is able to spend, but also sets minimum salaries based on each player's time in the league.
I think a NFL franchise in the NFL is a bad idea for a number of reasons. Teams located in America are not going to enjoy flying over seas to play an NFL game. The London franchise will be completely isolated from all other teams in the NFL. Most NFL players are from America, whose families live in America. Being away from their families might give the better players in the NFL an incentive not to play for the London franchise. With income tax rates higher in the UK, I would expect that the franchise in London would have to pay their players more. I do not see an NFL team doing that.
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This is a bad idea,with adding a franchise in London. The team would be too isolated from the league's base (U.S.A.), so very few players if any would want to play there.
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2) NFL players in London would have to be paid more than than NFL players in the U.S.
Question: Should the NFL have a team in Canada and/or Mexico?
I don't see this ever happening. The only side it would benefit, would be London. I believe it would really hurt the franchise that would be relocated to London. I don't think any big-time free agent players would want to sign a contract with that team, since they would have to play in London eight times a year. I don't have any statistics, but I don't even know how playing games in London benefits the NFL. I'm sure most of the players might like going over to play a game in London once a year, but I doubt any of them would like playing there eight times a year, unless they have family over there. I don't see a franchise moving to London any time soon. To answer Kevin's question, I don't think it would be too bad of an idea to have a team in Canada. All of the other three major sports have a franchise located in Canada.
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