mianfei
Club Legend
It has recently occurred to me that the NFL might gain status in global sports through escaping the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pandemic struck at the beginning of the league’s off-season – the perfect time for the NFL to gain fans from rival sports. Even if the pandemic lasts into the 2020 NFL season, the NFL could play behind closed doors more easily than most other leagues because of its unrivalled television contracts.
I am well aware that the NFL has long failed to expand outside the United States, but if major foreign sports cannot return by the time the 2020 NFL season begins, is it plausible that the NFL would gain many new non-American fans who have been starved for sports in the spring and summer?
The pandemic struck at the beginning of the league’s off-season – the perfect time for the NFL to gain fans from rival sports. Even if the pandemic lasts into the 2020 NFL season, the NFL could play behind closed doors more easily than most other leagues because of its unrivalled television contracts.
I am well aware that the NFL has long failed to expand outside the United States, but if major foreign sports cannot return by the time the 2020 NFL season begins, is it plausible that the NFL would gain many new non-American fans who have been starved for sports in the spring and summer?