Packers, Giants Voice Scheduling Concerns If NFL Plays Games in China

April 7, 2016   ·   Joseph Zucker   ·   Jump to comments

Having already expanded to England, and with a game scheduled in Mexico City in 2016, the NFL is eying up China as the next country in its International Series. 
According to ESPN.com's Ashley Fox, though, the league is meeting some resistance from at least two teams:
The Los Angeles Rams are expected to be one of the teams to play in China, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in March that the league has "multiple teams that are interested," but not everybody is crazy about the idea. Executives from teams such as the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants, two of the NFL's glamour franchises, are on the record with their objections. With so much at stake each week, there are concerns that flying half a day or more each way could put a team at a competitive disadvantage -- for that game and beyond.
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