Forty Team NFL Expansion Concept | Charlie ND

2:05 The Packers are a 100 year old franchise steeped in history and tradition. I'd bet that most of the fans at Packers games aren't from Green Bay but rather from the rest of Wisconsin or even other surrounding states (I'm from Minnesota, and there are A LOT of Packers fans here), who are able to drive to Green Bay for the game. If the Packers had either never existed or folded early on, Wisconsin would likely have a team in Milwaukee (which used to host a lot of Packers games). Hawaii has a population of 1.3 million scattered across seven main islands and many smaller ones, and is located smack dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean over 2,000 miles from the American mainland. Not only would it be an incredibly small market, but it'd also be an incredibly isolated market. Once Hawaii gets a replacement for Aloha Stadium they should host the Pro Bowl again, but I don't think a Hawaiian team would work.

London doesn't need a NFL TEAM, SAN Antonio Yes.

The NFL in Salt Lake City would do well. Utah has a vibrant football crowd. Both the University of Utah and Brigham Young University regularly fill their stadiums as do the smaller schools. A Utah based team would likely draw fans and support from all over the Great Basin, western Wyoming and eastern Idaho. While the video mentions the population of the Salt Lake metro area, that is only Salt Lake County and southern Davis County. The greater Wasatch Front including Ogden, Provo and Orem sits at 2.66 million so there is a decent potential fan base within a 45 minute drive of an NFL stadium.

I spent some time in San Antonio years ago and the locals really wanted a NFL team back then.

As a Lions fan, that joke was funny af! Sometimes even i forget 😢

We had a joke in Texas during the Oiler days: Did you hear the rumor that San Antonio might get an pro football team? Well, it will never happen, because if San Antonio gets one, then Houston will want one too.

This season the NFL is bringing a game in Berlin, Germany. I remember back in the day where preseason games were played in Japan, Ireland, Sweden and Spain. Games in Japan where played at the Tokyo Dome known as the American Bowl during the 80s and 90s

Remember that Honolulu had a team in the WFL in the 70s, and there were logistical problems. The University of Hawaii football team gets to host an extra game to cover their travel costs to the mainland, so any NFL team would always have to host 9 games each season. You would probably have to put two teams from the same market in the same division to even out the schedule. The Canadian government threatened to pass legislation to keep the WFL out of Toronto to protect the CFL. They'd probably do it again if the NFL tries. Another thing to think about is that the NFL would have some competition with college football in some markets, depending on how good the teams are.

San Antonio and Austin should team up and share one team. Call them the TEXAS OUTLAWS so no one city gets recognition. Plus build the stadium in the middle like in New Braunfels. While the new stadium is under construction the team can play 4 home games at the Alamodome and 4 in DKR to build the fan base.

Really interesting video. Being a die-hard, life-long CFL fan, I sometimes am concerned about the NFL coming to Toronto. I know all the CFL execs fear that if TO got an NFL team, that would mean the death of the Argos and if there was no CFL team in TO, then the CFL would fold. I'm not totally sure about that, but since TO is such a huge TV market, it seems no one is willing to roll the dice with letting the CFL try and survive without TO. I've enjoyed watching the NFL lately. I used to find it so boring. Run, Run, pass, punt. But thankfully the NFL has taken on more of a wide-open (CFL-like) feel to it. We have to remember that the CFL had the two point convert almost a decade before the NFL adopted it--so a lot of good things have come to the NFL via experimentation in the Crazy Football League. No one can argue with the energy that the NFL produces with their big TV money and bigger than life player talent. I've also noticed that many venues now have as much cheering for the visiting team as the home team. Rivalries are great for that! Many of you are too young to know, but the CFL used to be very big. There were grey Cups in Toronto and Montreal over the years that drew close to 70,000 fans. And in fact in the 1970s and 1980s linemen could make more money in the CFL than in the NFL. However when TV money got big in the US, that's when things changed. The CFL is still a gate-driven league, whereas an NFL team with only 25% of their seats full could still make money because of TV revenue. All this to say, its not that I'd mind an NFL team in Canada, but I'd not like the CFL to die. I'd like to see more talent in the CFL to bring back the joy of the game. Also, I don't think that the NFL is more popular with young people because the game is better, its just that the NFL has most of the money and so they can promote and advertise and appeal to the younger crowd. Hard to do when a league is strapped for cash. Anyways, great video. Keep up the good work!

In my opinion the biggest challenge of expanding to 36 or 40 teams is to create a new good working schedule formula. I tried it a bit but the results never made me happy about it.

Recently Roger Goodell said that Europe has the market for 4 teams, London alone could support 2. If I had to pick 4 Euro teams if there is credence to that comment, I'd have London, 2 German teams and either Amsterdam or Brussels. I think Paris could maybe sneak in based on just size and money but the NFL hasn't really been pushing that one as an option.

I think that Honolulu would be a great place to hold the Super Bowl in every year.

Haven’t ever watched you before but that was a top level video, good job!

Good well researched video. Love it when these type of videos from all channels pop up in my recommended

Interesting and well argued video. I live in London and I don't think the NFL should have a franchise here for a few reasons. The logistics would be a huge challenge - realistically a London team would need to be based on the American east cost for away games. Taxation rates here are also much higher than in the US - it would put players off and a UK franchise would be at considerable disadvantage in free agency. Time zones are also an issue - you couldn't have London home games in a prime time slot as they'd be starting around 1am British time. I think London has a pretty good deal with three matches a season or so, and they should keep it that way. There's definitely enough interest to support a franchise but imo it just isn't practical.

SLC blends in with the other cities next to it. We could fill a stadium. The AAF was garbage with advertising. I did not even know we had a team.

I think a London expansions team should come with another team in Europe, I nominate Munich. We’ve already seen the wild success of the Germany game and apparently the NFL is super popular over there. Plus there’s a huge US military base over there, so it could give the opportunity to give the troops another taste of home while on duty.

I would really like to see NFL teams in Toronto and Mexico City, as well as maybe Vancouver, if not in Europe as well, without relocating teams like the Bills or Cardinals tho. Teams first in Canada and Mexico would just be a lot easier, both logistically and as far as player health and traveling goes. I also think both countries easily have the fanbase to support at least one NFL team

One drawback with Honolulu is that it can't host a 1 PM Eastern game, and even the 4 PM Eastern window would not be pretty (10 AM locally during the early part of the season). This would pretty much box them in to Sunday night. Saturday night is off limits for most of the season due to the NFL's antitrust exemption. Other nights would fall during the workweek in Hawaii.