“NFL Going Global”: Tampa Bay Buccaneers to play a home game in Germany in the upcoming season


“NFL Going Global”: Tampa Bay Buccaneers to play a home game in Germany in the upcoming season

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The NFL is undoubtedly one of the biggest leagues in the world. Innumerable youngsters across the globe aspire to be a part of the league and now, new opportunities are arising for them. The game is expanding its horizons and fans are thoroughly elated.

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NFL is popular in many countries along with the States and now, much to the delight of the global fans, an NFL league match will be played in Germany. This is a huge step towards making the league popular in the territoties that haven’t been touched thus far.

Bucs to play a home game in Germany

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers

This is for the very first time that a regular-season game will be played in Germany. Moreover, according to Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the team that is willing to give up it’s home game to play in Germany is Tampa Bay Buccaneers. However, who will feature against the Bucs is yet to be decided.

The date of the highly-anticipated clash is also not decided as of yet. The Bucs’ home opponents in the upcoming season are the Falcons, Ravens, Panthers, Bengals, Packers, Chiefs, Rams, Saints, and Seahawks. According to reports, the game will be played in Munich.

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The home stadium of the top football club Bayern Munich will be utilized to carry out the clash. In addition to this, the NFL has agreed to play in Munich in 2022 and 2024 as well as in Frankfurt, Germany, in 2023 and 2025. This is a huge opportunity for the league, and especially for the Bucs to expand their fan base even further.

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