Talking to BBC Sport NI in June, Pittsburgh’s director of enterprise growth Dan Rooney stated the Steelers had been engaged on the “alternative to play a stay recreation in entrance of Irish followers” and it’s understood the NFL carried out feasibility assessments in Dublin earlier this yr.
The Aviva Stadium has hosted sell-out American soccer school video games lately, showcasing the assist for the game, and in 1997 the Steelers performed a pre-season recreation at Croke Park, the house of Gaelic video games.
The NFL have expanded their worldwide match sequence with common season video games now being performed in London, Brazil and Germany this yr with Madrid confirmed to welcome a recreation in 2025.
As a part of the Worldwide Participant Pathway, quite a few Gaelic footballers have trialled for contracts within the NFL with former Derry participant Jude McAtamney at the moment signed to the New York Giants’ apply squad and former Down goalkeeper Charlie Smyth with the New Orleans Saints’ apply squad.