Two-time Super Bowl winner Osi Umenyiora is on a mission to find a home for American Football in the UK.
After retiring from the sport after thirteen years as a player (most NFL careers typically lasting just three) Osi was in the right place at the right time. Discussions were taking place to take NFL around the world, with a view to putting roots down for an internationally recognised UK-based team.
The website will show 10 consecutive Thursday Night Football games, which are also being shown on US television networks CBS and NBC, making the sport available to an international audience. Last year, Yahoo streamed an NFL game from London's Wembley Stadium which was watched by viewers from 185 different countries.
“[Twitter] is built around live events already,” said Brian Rolapp, the NFL’s executive vice president of media. “We want to see how they use the unique platform, and syndicated tweets all over the Internet is going to be interesting.”
Sky Sports has been awarded exclusive rights to the NFL’s Sunday night football games for two years.
Previously broadcast by Channel 4, Sky Sports will now air two early kick-offs on Sunday at 6pm and 9pm culminating with a midnight game.
In addition to this are the Monday Night football games alongside regular Thursday games.
(Picture from Channel 4: Nat Coombs, left, and Mike Carson host Channel 4's NFL coverage)
Viewers will now be able to watch over 100 games each season on Sky Sports with additional digital and On Demand offering.
