# Who is the audience for the NFL overseas games?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-audience-for-the-nfl-overseas-games/993031>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** football-nfl\
**Created:** [November 12, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-audience-for-the-nfl-overseas-games/993031 "2023-11-12T17:25:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-audience-for-the-nfl-overseas-games/993031/21 "2023-11-15T00:25:57Z")

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> [@Dahu](#):
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> My team back then were the Patriots, for no other reason than they had England in the name.

The new England is so much better than the old one! 🙃

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**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-audience-for-the-nfl-overseas-games/993031/22 "2023-11-15T01:00:10Z")

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> [@Procrustus](#):
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> It’s not just who goes to the stadium. I have friends who moved to Portugal, and they love a chance to watch a game on TV at a “reasonable hour.”

Undoubtedly, but the OPs question highlighted the fact that it looked like the crowd at games as decked out and into it, so I focused on the stadium POV. Also happens to be the only POV that I have any first-hand knowledge of :).

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-audience-for-the-nfl-overseas-games/993031/23 "2023-11-15T01:10:27Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> I still believe the best gridiron football team name ever is the Bologna Warriors.

Too bad it’s a different sport, but they should totally play a game against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball.

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