Well....2024 is just an odd year. And Super Bowl 'mania' has reached an epic level.
Throughout the 1980s/1990s....other than around Army/Air Force bases in Germany....there just wasn't much interest.
Since 2010? It's just odd....each year....you can probably say another quarter-million German folks have stepped up and gotten 'fired-up'.
Since the Covid-era? Things have intensified....with the commercial networks actually playing Sunday night games (from early afternoon schedules).
If you walk into a grocery....there's various party treats being put up for sell.
If you asked German guys to name their name....they actually have a preference (mostly for the Chiefs, 49ers).
Is this crossing over to college (NCAA) games? Not yet, but I expect within a year....Saturday coverage will also be offered on RTL.
The one single NFL game to be played in the fall of 2024 in Germany? Carolina Panthers against a mystery team....in Munich. Oddly, they are avoiding chatter over who the second team will be.
All of this leading to NFL expansion? Well....some chatter has started up that 3 teams in Europe will get the nod by the end of 2025....London, Frankfurt and Munich. The BS mostly goes that by 2027...the teams would exist.
If you'd said back in the 1980s that this much interest would exist, and that actual teams in Germany would exist....people would have laughed. But....here we are.
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The Super Bowl starts around 11-12PM German time, doesn't it? Will folks stay up for it and then call in sick for work on Monday, LOL.
I recall once while stationed in Germany that it started at 1 AM Monday and the CO gave us half a day off.
A fair amount of people are hyped up, and home-parties are figured to be in abundance. I should note this Monday is Rosemontag....which is NOT a German federal holiday, but most employers will figure some way to give the day off. I believe in the Pfalz (state)....it is a recognized state holiday.
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