How Patrick Mahomes and Tommy DeVito factored into one NFL owner voting against international growth

IRVING, Texas — The NFL is continuing its global push by expanding its international game sampling from four to eight games beginning in 2025 after voting upon it at Wednesday’s league meetings. The measure didn’t pass with unanimity, but it did go through with a good laugh.

The lone “no” vote, according to sources, came from the Chicago Bears. George McCaskey, the chairman of the Bears, issued the one dissenting vote. Not because the Bears don’t want to leave the country, mind you, but because of some of the fine print.

In previous years, the league has allowed teams to protect four home games from being selected to go internationally. With the new measure voted upon Wednesday, those protections were cut in half to two. The point being that higher quality games could be selected to go out of the country.

McCaskey spoke up in the meeting on this topic. According to sources, he told membership that fans will want to see some of the best quarterbacks come to town, and he wanted to preserve the right to host those games.

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“We have generational talents coming in,” McCaskey said, according to a source in the room. “Fans want to see Patrick Mahomes coming in. They want to see Josh Allen…

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Author : Jonathan Jones

Publish date : 2023-12-14 15:57:57

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