Anyone who's paid attention to the NFL over the last decade should know the league is increasingly interested in bringing its product to London. first appeared in the United Kingdom in 2007. Five years later, Wembley Stadium started hosting multiple . Now, the are about as linked to South Florida as they are to Britain, and the demand for London Games tickets is .And if there were any doubt about
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