Earlier than this season’s sport at Wembley, for instance, the Jacksonville Jaguars flew out to London early within the week, whereas the Rams arrived the day earlier than the sport and returned to LA instantly after their 35-7 win.

“Some groups will keep close to the observe website, some may have prolonged commutes for the gamers after that journey, after they’re getting over jet leg,” stated White. “It relies upon which crew they play for, so it is the shortage of standardisation that feels arbitrary.

“The sport requires a specific amount of relaxation, preparation and restoration to ensure that gamers to be secure, so all of that must be accounted for if we’ll discuss [travelling] even additional away or having extra worldwide video games. That is a matter of negotiation.”

The NFL’s present Collective Bargaining Settlement (CBA) with the NFLPA permits as much as 10 regular-season video games to held abroad per season.

The Minnesota Vikings grew to become the primary crew to have two worldwide video games in the identical season in 2025, taking part in in Dublin and London on successive Sundays, and linebacker Jonathan Greenard stated he “wouldn’t love to do back-to-back [again]”.

However White stated gamers gave a “whole lot of optimistic suggestions due to the way in which they went about it. That’s the trick.”

He added: “It’s doable that 16 video games worldwide will get to be an excessive amount of, however that is for the gamers to determine as soon as they’ve all the data.

“We do have some sense of what makes a optimistic expertise when travelling internationally, and we’re gathering information.

“It is about ensuring that the gamers are on the centre of that debate.”