Sorry…
For “a couple of years ago” read 1991. There’s even a team in Amsterdam, so that shows how much impact it’s had on you (and it’s the same story over here of course).
There have been several attempts at popularising American Football in Europe. Channel 4 in the UK televised NFL games for a few years in the '80s, NFL teams have played exhibition games at our biggest stadiums and the organisers have ploughed a lot of money into subsidising teams with zero local support. I won’t be celebrating when it folds though and I can’t understand why this thread was launched.
btw, Shankly died a Blue y’know.