Every year, the Super Bowl is arguably the most American sporting event there is, drawing attention from nearly the entire country from sea to shining sea – sports fans and non-sports fans alike. But in a pretty shocking twist, it sounds like a foreign city in a different country is making a push to host the big game instead, but football fans in the United States are not having it.
This week, London Mayor Sadiq Khan revealed that he would like to see the city play host to the Super Bowl in the future, saying that it is “really important for us.”
“The Super Bowl is really important for us,” Sadiq Khan said according to The Athletic. “We have a number of American football games and I want it to come here because we want American sports fans in Europe to come to London to watch them, not just go to America.”
While it’s certainly an interesting idea, football fans in the United States did not take kindly to the possibility of the most iconic American sporting event moving overseas to London.
No. Football is an American Sport.
— LetsGoBigBlue! (@RatKiller2023) May 30, 2024
ABSOLUTELY NOT https://t.co/UMM3vtWM2b
— summer 🏜️🌵 (@summerbreeze002) May 30, 2024
Yea, no thanks. https://t.co/rz8fcb9NoV
— J P S (@JPSpartan) May 30, 2024
Sure and I’d like Wimbledon to come to Charlotte https://t.co/ydmaxPpDK6
— sCs (@RocknCarolina) May 31, 2024
And I want to date Sydney Sweeney
— 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔱𝔥𝔰𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔩𝔲𝔨 💔 (@southsideluk) May 30, 2024
Ha! Never
— S. Joshua Macktaz, Esq. (@DUIAttyMacktaz) May 31, 2024
Send our national holiday overseas?
— Star (@j__star2) May 30, 2024
Europeans: “that’s not real football”
Also Europeans: “let us host the Super Bowl”
Super Bowl should always be played in the US. It’s our sport.
— 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘🐦⬛ 🏈 (@EdgarAllenOmar) May 31, 2024
There’s obviously a possibility that this could happen, especially with the NFL placing emphasis on expanding the game internationally, but it’s clear that it would not be a popular move.
