NFL is headed to Australia

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NFL is headed to Australia: Rams named designated team for league's first game ever Down Under

This historic game will take place in 2026, and likely in Week 1

www.cbssports.com

 

[blindseyed]

Holy cow, isn't that like an 18 hour time difference? Will be interesting. Our luck it'll be us and then our next game will be Thursday night football lol

 

[MadCardDisease]

Holy cow, isn't that like an 18 hour time difference? Will be interesting. Our luck it'll be us and then our next game will be Thursday night football lol

They would have to play the game almost a day in advance. So if the NFL wants the game to be on a Sunday they would have to play the game in Australia on a Monday.

 

[PitchShifter]

They would have to play the game almost a day in advance. So if the NFL wants the game to be on a Sunday they would have to play the game in Australia on a Monday.

Yeah, the games US games start here around 4-5am Monday morning for the early window, and then 7-8am for the later games, with Sunday Night Football at like 10:00am, Melbourne time.

 

[Jetstream Green]

When business and making money overrides the objective of the sport, which is making sure there is a fair playing field to decide which team truly deserves to be the best according to their record. Yes, I get it that it is entertainment and that is just as valid as my stance because that is now what people focus on. So, send teams all over the globe regardless of how it might affect the game and their upcoming game... and hey, let's make it an 18-game season too lol

 

[Zeem_Freeze]

They would have to play the game almost a day in advance. So if the NFL wants the game to be on a Sunday they would have to play the game in Australia on a Monday.

I think the game would have to be Aussie Saturday if we wanted it to be live on a US Sunday.... idk, not sure... this hurts my head.

 

[Shane]

Who cares?

 

[daves]

They would have to play the game almost a day in advance. So if the NFL wants the game to be on a Sunday they would have to play the game in Australia on a Monday.

I suspect they'll make it a week 1 Friday night game in the U.S., just like the one in Brazil in 2024. Friday 5:30pm Pacific time equates to Saturday 12:30pm in Melbourne. Only -5 hours difference for the Rams - less of a change than for an east coast team traveling to Frankfurt (+6 hours), and in a "normal" NFL time slot as opposed to the super early morning games they play in Europe - though on the other hand, the flights would be MUCH longer since it's in the southern hemisphere.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Holy cow, isn't that like an 18 hour time difference? Will be interesting. Our luck it'll be us and then our next game will be Thursday night football lol

Followed by a Monday game

It's the Cardinals after all

Alas....

 

[Dan H]

Followed by a Monday game

It's the Cardinals after all

Alas....

Yeah you’d hope they’d get a bye or something the following week.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

I want to see the refs signal TDs and FGs this way for that game.

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[slanidrac16]

Money grubbers

 

[DeAnna]

That's an away game I would attend! Last time I was in AussieLand was 1992 - I'm due for another visit.

 

[Stout]

I am never setting foot on that subcontinent. I put it to an Aussie I met at a con once that his country is literally trying to kill everyone the moment they land, and he cheerfully agreed

 

[daves]

I suspect they'll make it a week 1 Friday night game in the U.S., just like the one in Brazil in 2024. Friday 5:30pm Pacific time equates to Saturday 12:30pm in Melbourne.

Oops, I got the time offset wrong as it will be 10:30am in Melbourne. And as I pointed out in another post, the NFL is legally prohibited from playing on a Friday night that late in September, so it'll be Thursday night in the U.S. and Friday morning in Melbourne.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

Oops, I got the time offset wrong as it will be 10:30am in Melbourne. And as I pointed out in another post, the NFL is legally prohibited from playing on a Friday night that late in September, so it'll be Thursday night in the U.S. and Friday morning in Melbourne.

I appreciate you informing all of us

 

[PDXChris]

Who cares?

Ben Graham probably does.

 

[Harry]

Teams would need a bye for the following week. Good place to pick up a punter.

 

[Harry]

I understand Europe because travel-wise they would work in a schedule, but Brasil and Australia seem silly. Expansion wouldn’t work there.