Fuck your New York. Fuck your Houston. Fuck your boring American expansion team.
It's time we recognize how important the truly global nature of the NSFL and the sport of American football are to the continued success of both in the 21st century. Though leagues like the NFL are bound by economic considerations, the boundless power of the internet allows us the opportunity to recognize growing communities of football players and fans across the globe. With a team in Canada in the NSFL and DSFL representation for Mexico and the UK, we've barely scratched the surface of what we can and should be doing when it comes to creating a more interesting, fun, and engaging league. We should commit to bringing both of the next two NSFL franchises to international audiences, audiences that may not be able to see their native cultures and communities represented on the global stage of football.
Europe and Oceania are obvious targets, and I would be ecstatic to see a team in Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, or anywhere else in those regions, but what interests me most are two countries that have been rapidly growing and expanding the presence of American football within: Brazil and Japan. Both countries have exciting growing amateur leagues as well as a abundance of wonderful fans of the existing leagues. I've decided that my favorite locations are both countries respective financial centers: São Paulo in Brazil and Tokyo in Japan. For Tokyo, I love the idea of bringing the vibrant and awesome imagination of Japanese media into the branding with a name like the Tokyo Guardians, featuring a mech/robot mascot, or the Tokyo Kaiju, the Japanese name for giant monsters like Godzilla. For São Paulo I love the idea of including representation for the countries vibrant and unique fauna, ultimately choosing the São Paulo Tucanos as my favorite choice for branding for this location.
I think these are two amazing options that I would love to see realized by the next sets of expansion GMs. Just please for gods sake, please don't bring another couple of teams based in the US into the league, there's plenty already.
It's time we recognize how important the truly global nature of the NSFL and the sport of American football are to the continued success of both in the 21st century. Though leagues like the NFL are bound by economic considerations, the boundless power of the internet allows us the opportunity to recognize growing communities of football players and fans across the globe. With a team in Canada in the NSFL and DSFL representation for Mexico and the UK, we've barely scratched the surface of what we can and should be doing when it comes to creating a more interesting, fun, and engaging league. We should commit to bringing both of the next two NSFL franchises to international audiences, audiences that may not be able to see their native cultures and communities represented on the global stage of football.
Europe and Oceania are obvious targets, and I would be ecstatic to see a team in Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, or anywhere else in those regions, but what interests me most are two countries that have been rapidly growing and expanding the presence of American football within: Brazil and Japan. Both countries have exciting growing amateur leagues as well as a abundance of wonderful fans of the existing leagues. I've decided that my favorite locations are both countries respective financial centers: São Paulo in Brazil and Tokyo in Japan. For Tokyo, I love the idea of bringing the vibrant and awesome imagination of Japanese media into the branding with a name like the Tokyo Guardians, featuring a mech/robot mascot, or the Tokyo Kaiju, the Japanese name for giant monsters like Godzilla. For São Paulo I love the idea of including representation for the countries vibrant and unique fauna, ultimately choosing the São Paulo Tucanos as my favorite choice for branding for this location.
I think these are two amazing options that I would love to see realized by the next sets of expansion GMs. Just please for gods sake, please don't bring another couple of teams based in the US into the league, there's plenty already.
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