David Kahn, Columnist

NFL Can Follow the Money to London

The NFL is currently the only American sports league capable of pulling off overseas expansion. Here's why.

January 14, 2015 at 12:00 PM UTC

David Kahn has been general manager of the Indiana Pacers, president of the Minnesota Timberwolves, head of the Oregon Stadium Campaign for Major League Baseball and is currently teaching two courses on sports economics at New York University.

Oakland's Menelik Watson probably wouldn't mind playing at home.
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There will be the usual amount of chatter this week about the National Basketball Association one day having teams in Europe, but it’s impossible to conduct an NBA postseason with a team based across the pond, playing one best-of-seven series after another.

The National Football League, however, with its condensed three-week playoff system followed by a two-week break before the Super Bowl, could make the travel and logistics of such a postseason work, making it the only American sports league capable of pulling off overseas expansion.