The NFL has been showing us over the year just how little they care about patriotism and the American flag. They allowed the kneeling during the anthem and have just gotten progressively worse as time goes on with their pandering to the left. But now they are taking their anti-American pandering to the next level by sucking up to China. I guess they are trying to find someone who will watch their games.
The NFL did so with a statement they put out with the following map explaining they were expanding their fanbase internationally.
The statement:
“NFL fandom begins with our clubs,” said Christopher Halpin, NFL Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer. “This important initiative enables NFL teams to develop meaningful, direct relationships with NFL fans abroad, driving fan growth and avidity globally. We were very pleased with the number, creativity, and level of commitment of club proposals across the board in this initial application period and look forward to teams launching their efforts early
next year.”
As part of the International HMA program, clubs will have access to international markets for at least a five-year term, during which a club will have rights to pursue activities in that international market that are consistent with what they can do in their domestic HMA. This includes in-person and digital marketing, corporate sponsorship sales, fan events and activations, youth football activities, merchandise sales, and co-marketing relationships with other sports and entertainment properties in the market.
Clubs can begin to activate in their awarded market(s) on January 1, 2022.
“Today’s announcement is a significant milestone in our efforts to broaden the NFL’s global reach by building long-term relationships with these international markets that will play a large role in the continued growth and expansion of our sport for years to come,” said Joel Glazer, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Owner/Co-Chairman and NFL International Committee Chairman. “Much of our league success is rooted in the strong connection that our individual teams have built with their fans, and this initiative creates many more avenues for engaging and energizing our international
fanbase.”
This is only going to cause more division if the day ever comes where we have to take on China. But it seems like businesses are trying their damnedest to get Chinese money. I get that the NFL needs all the help they can get with all the pandering they have been doing to the left, but they wouldn’t need to if they had just stayed out of politics and showed some pride in their country.
dan