📫 Subscribe to our newsletter: https://athleticinterest.substack.com/ ⏱ Timestamps 00:00 How the NFL Failed in Europe 01:00 The Origins of European “Football” 03:48 The Real Thing & Ze Germans 05:35 Lessons to Learn 🎬 About Athletic Interest is a video essay series that investigates business stories from the world of sports. ✅ Follow Email list: https://athleticinterest.substack.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athleticinterest/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthleticIntrst 🍿 Watch more Most popular: https://bit.ly/36ZZ3Qe Latest video: https://bit.ly/2MpsDW6 📚 Sources [1] NFL: https://www.statista.com/statistics/193457/total-league-revenue-of-the-nfl-since-2005/ MLB: https://www.statista.com/statistics/193466/total-league-revenue-of-the-mlb-since-2005/ NBA: https://www.statista.com/statistics/193467/total-league-revenue-of-the-nba-since-2005/ NHL: https://www.statista.com/statistics/193468/total-league-revenue-of-the-nhl-since-2006/ MLS: https://www.sportico.com/valuations/teams/2021/mls-team-valuations-2021-1234634303/ European Football Leagues combined: https://www.statista.com/statistics/261218/big-five-european-soccer-leagues-revenue/ [2] ‘Tom Brady leads Buccaneers to victory in Munich: 'One of the great football experiences I've ever had’’ (Jeremy Bergman), https://www.nfl.com/news/tom-brady-leads-buccaneers-to-victory-in-munich-one-of-the-great-football-experi [3] ‘Why the NFL Offseason Is the Longest Drought on the Sports Calendar’ (Brandon Alisoglu) https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1175595-why-the-nfl-offseason-is-the-longest-drought-on-the-sports-calendar [4] ‘Origins of the WLAF’ (Tod Maher) https://profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/14-02-455.pdf [5] ‘Europe Takes to WLAF, but Will It Catch On Here?’ (Chris Dufresne) https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-21-sp-2214-story.html [6] ‘Football; It’s Baaack! World League Set to Begin Second Season’ (Gerald Eskenazi) https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/21/sports/football-it-s-baaack-world-league-set-to-begin-second-season.html [7] ‘Football: Notebook; Initials For W.L.A.F. May Soon Be R.I.P’ (Timothy W. Smith) https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/25/sports/football-notebook-initials-for-wlaf-may-soon-be-rip.html [8] ‘Why The NFL Hasn’t Won Over Europe… Yet (Cheddar) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOy8GNo0bII [9] ‘NFL folds Europe league, to focus on regular-season games abroad’ (AP via ESPN.com) https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2920738 [10] ‘NFL: Why did NFL Europe fail?’ (Ross Bennellick) https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/nfl-why-nfl-europe-fail [11] ‘NFL Europe attendance’ (kenn.com) https://web.archive.org/web/20070311023639/http://www.kenn.com/sports/football/nflel/index.html [12] ‘History of NFL international games’ (Max Molski) https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/nfl-international-series-history-games-outside-america [13] ‘The Hell of a Party: The NFL Returns to the Raucous German Fan Base It Left Behind’ (Rodger Sherman) https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2022/11/10/23450675/nfl-germany-buccaneers-seahawks-tom-brady [14] ‘Turnen And Sport’, Annette R Hofmann (ED.), part IV, ‘American Football in West Germany: Cultural Transformation, Adaption, and Resistance’ (Lars Dzikus) [15] ‘NFL could have sold ‘over three million’ Munich tickets’ (Kalinka Mehta) https://www.dw.com/en/nfl-could-have-sold-over-three-million-munich-tickets/a-63716411 [16] ‘TV study shows: American Football ranks second in popularity in Germany after first season’ (European League of Football) https://europeanleague.football/elf-news/tv-study-shows-american-football-ranks-second-in-popularity-in-germany-after-first-season [17] ‘NFL makes strong push for flag football with eye on Olympics’ (AP via NFL.com) https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-makes-strong-push-for-flag-football-with-eye-on-olympics [18] ‘New program is opening doors for international NFL hopefuls’ (ESPN.com) https://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/story/_/id/21230190/how-international-player-pathway-program-opening-doors-four-nfl-hopefuls [19] ‘Munich to host first-ever regular-season NFL game in Germany during 2022 season; Frankfurt also to host future games’ (Around the NFL Staff) https://www.nfl.com/news/munich-to-host-first-ever-regular-season-nfl-game-in-germany-during-2022-season- [20] ‘NFL could have two London franchises, says Roger Goodell’ (Ed Dixion) https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/nfl-london-germany-games-franchise-european-division-roger-goodell/ #football #nfl #superbowl