Legendary sports agent Leigh Steinberg slams notion of overseas Super Bowl: 'Convention of Americana'

It's nary concealed 1 of nan NFL's apical priorities is continuing to build its marque globally.

But pinch nan summation of much world games successful different countries, including nan NFL play reportedly kicking disconnected connected a Wednesday pinch a crippled successful Melbourne, Australia successful 2026 (it will technically beryllium Thursday for Australians), nan mobility must beryllium asked: Will nan Super Bowl extremity up overseas?

Legendary sports supplier Leigh Steinberg can't spot it happening contempt each nan world momentum.

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A wide position of play successful nan first half during an NFL International Series crippled astatine Wembley Stadium. (Peter van den Berg-Imagn Images)

"The Super Bowl has go a normal of Americana," Steinberg told Fox News Digital during a caller telephone call. "So, it’s not conscionable an intermezo arena – it’s a taste event. Big business, large politics, large intermezo and large sports, on pinch fans, each coalesce successful nan city. To return that overseas, I deliberation would beryllium difficult."

The NFL’s first regular-season crippled successful its history was 2005, erstwhile nan Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers traveled to Mexico City to play. But 2 years later, nan convention launched its "International Series," a crippled betwixt nan New York Giants and Miami Dolphins astatine Wembley Stadium successful London, England that kickstarted nan push to proceed bringing NFL games to overseas fans.

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Of course, each convention wants to grow its reach, and nan NFL has done a tremendous occupation of scheduling much games by nan year, while besides interacting successful different ways pinch those fans, whether it's done nan NFL Draft aliases different activations. 

In 2026, location will beryllium a grounds 9 world regular-season games played, spanning crossed 4 different continents and 7 different locations.

Leigh Steinberg attends nan 39th Annual Leigh Steinberg Super Bowl Party astatine Storek connected Feb. 7, 2026 successful San Francisco, California.  (Jesse Grant/Getty Images)

Other than Melbourne and London, wherever location will beryllium 3 games, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Munich, Madrid and Mexico City will each beryllium big sites for nan NFL successful 2026.

But while fans proceed to devour these games, immoderate marking it connected their calendars to recreation to watch their favourite teams, do nan teams themselves for illustration it?

"They person mixed feelings," Steinberg said. "They really for illustration nan recreation facet of it, seeing different cultures and different things. But it takes a beingness toll. I mean, to alert from [the West Coast] to London is 12 hours. Then, to alert back, it’s 14 hours. When you commencement moving eastbound successful Europe, it gets longer than that. So, it takes a beingness toll.

"I deliberation that if you inquire nan coaches, they don’t emotion world games, because it takes them retired of nan regular and schedule."

Steinberg believes location needs to beryllium much investigation done connected nan effects that jetlag and recreation person connected nan quality body, and whether it's impacting nan value of play arsenic well.

There's nary stopping nan world push by nan league, but will location travel a constituent wherever it's excessively much, particularly for players and coaches to grip during a grueling season?

STEINBERG’S COMEBACK

While talking each things football, Steinberg besides discussed life and really his conflict done adversity led to him penning "The Comeback: A Playbook for Turning Life’s Setbacks into Victories."

Leigh Steinberg speaks onstage during nan 39th Annual Leigh Steinberg Super Bowl Party astatine Storek connected Feb. 7, 2026 successful San Francisco, California.  (Jesse Grant/Getty Images)

Steinberg had built an empire by representing nan champion athletes successful nan world, but he besides dealt pinch alcoholism and financial struggles, yet bringing him to stone bottom. But he rebuilt himself done those difficult times, and pinch this book, he’s hoping to thief others do nan same. 

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Also sharing stories of athletes dealing pinch akin adversities, Steinberg believes each readers should travel distant pinch this instruction learned. 

"Internal introspection," he said. "A realistic knowing of your ain values and priorities, whether it’s short-term economical gain, semipermanent economical security, belief values, family. It’s to person clarity internally successful position of what really constitutes a fulfilling life. Then, coming up pinch a scheme to get backmost to that."

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