You have to wonder what the fans in London make of the annual NFL game in Wembley Stadium. Is it looked on as a curiosity? An annoyance? A welcome distraction from all those yellow cards and bicycle kicks and flopping? Only our English counterparts really know. As for fans in the U.S., things are complicated.
Take the NBA, perhaps the franchise with the most invested in European marketing after the NFL. Fans think the idea of the NBA playing games in Europe is inevitable, and even think an NBA star will play for a team like Olympiakos one day (Josh Childress doesn't quite count). And yet when it comes to the question of whether or not this is a good thing for the league, the country is pretty clear in saying "no".
It seems unlikely that the NFL will catch on in Europe, but stranger things have happened. If SportsNation's opinion from a few months ago is correct, the NFL is the least likely American sport to make a splash overseas.
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