Texans, Raiders game in Mexico now official

“Expanding our International Series of regular-season games to Mexico marks an important step in our continued international growth”, Goodell said in a release from the league sent out shortly after the announcement.

– He would not say whether an National Football League court victory on next month’s appeal in the case involving Tom Brady’s role in “Deflategate” would result in a reinstatement of the New England Patriots quarterback’s four-game suspension. That’s just part of the Raider game day experience. The NFL doesn’t give byes that late in the season anyway, meaning the Raiders will play the week after playing the Texans.

So playing a home game elsewhere, particularly in the potentially profitable Mexican market, makes sense for the Raiders, too.

In December, Beckham, a receiver for the New York Giants, was allowed to stay in a game despite drawing three personal-foul penalties for unnecessary roughness, including one for a diving helmet-to-helmet hit on cornerback Josh Norman, whose Carolina Panthers will play in Sunday’s Super Bowl. “This has to work for the communities, and it has to work for the teams long term”.

The Texans have an interest in the Mexico City market and see it as a chance to increase their fan base in Mexico.

The goal this time around is to provide a better viewing experience for fans and not to shatter attendance records at the stadium, which is expected to seat 87,000 people once a renovation plan, including upgrading its telecommunications capabilities and modernizing the locker rooms, is completed. “I’d love to. We’re the Oakland Raiders right now, that’s where it’s at”.

Even so, the NFL and other major sports leagues have fought efforts to legalize traditional sports gambling in New Jersey, saying it jeopardizes the integrity of their games. “We’re sharing somebody else’s stadium”. This year, the team will play one fewer home game and play in Mexico City this November. In a recent memo to teams, the league noted that “there is no prohibition under league rules on a team moving to any particular city”. Unlike games in London, there is no automatic bye week tagged to travel back to the United States.