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NFL Will Play Games in Canada, England in O8

By Mark

The NFL will almost certainly approve the Buffalo Bills plan to play at least one home game in Toronto next season and will return to London for another regular season on the heels on the successful debut this past season. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lead a list of four teams likely to play in the game. The Bucs owner, Malcolm Glazer is also the owner of Manchester United in the English Premier League. According to ESPN, the other three teams under consideration are the Chiefs, Saints and Seahawks.

While this past season's game was played in the new Wembley Stadium, the site of next season's game has not been decided, with Wembley one of several options under consideration. It is likely that Man U's home Old Trafford is one of the sites, as I think would be, Arsenal's home, Emirates Stadium.

Full post as published by Sports Biz on January 21, 2008 (boomark / email).