The global appetite for the NFL has been growing “very, very rapidly,” executive Peter O’Reilly said last week, with the league gearing up for a season that will feature a record nine games outside the United States, including debuts in Melbourne, Rio de Janeiro ?and Paris.
London, Madrid, Munich and Mexico City will also host regular-season games this year.
“Every market ?we go ?to, we’re seeing that growth,” said O’Reilly, the NFL executive vice president ?of club business, major events and international, in an interview with Reuters.
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