London NFL Franchise Within Six Years

Published by djmick on October 21st, 2009

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NFL UK managing director Alistair Kirkwood has said a franchise could be based in London within the next six years, if the games at Wembley continue to flourish.

A third game at Wembley takes place on Sunday, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosting the New England Patriots, and with another 85,000 sell-out on the cards the games continue to grow.

The first game in 2007 did come in for criticism because the newly-laid Wembley pitch was dug up as rain lashed the capital, but as the Giants won and then went on to claim the Super Bowl, any negativity has largely been forgotten.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has spoken of the possibility of playing another regular season game at Wembley, and Kirkwood believes that will be the first step on the road to an NFL team being based in London.

via SkySports

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