{"id":3491,"date":"2022-05-24T08:34:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T12:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2022-05-25T08:53:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:53:41","slug":"philadelphia-eagles-to-be-first-nfl-team-with-commercial-rights-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/philadelphia-eagles-to-be-first-nfl-team-with-commercial-rights-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles To Be First NFL Team With Commercial Rights In Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Africa has been growing in popularity for leagues like the NBA, and now the NFL&#8217;s Philadelphia Eagles are poised to enter the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Daily\/Closing-Bell\/2022\/05\/23\/Eagles.aspx\">the Sports Business Journal<\/a>, the Eagles will become the first NFL franchise to be granted international commercial rights in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an expansion of the NFL&#8217;s international marketing program, the Eagles will acquire media, sponsorship and promotional rights in Ghana, as well as Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They will become the 19th team to join the NFL&#8217;s burgeoning program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year ago, the NFL launched the program by pairing up 18 teams with eight different countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rams lead the program as the only team with four countries: New Zealand, Australia, China and Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now in its second year, the program grants 19 teams access to 30 international home marketing areas within 10 different countries, and each team has five-year terms in their markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Philadelphia Eagles stand out as they are the first team in the program with commercial rights in Africa.<\/p><div id=\"first-129486612\" class=\"first-content first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream2 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet this isn&#8217;t the team&#8217;s first experience with the continent or Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eagles&#8217; cheerleader Ariana Dunbar, who is Operation Smile&#8217;s global partnerships coordinator, traveled to Ghana to run a surgical program there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It was very emotional,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philadelphiaeagles.com\/news\/ariana-dunbar-travels-the-world-to-help-those-less-fortunate\">said Dunbar.<\/a> &#8220;I didn&#8217;t fully realize the magnitude of the impact until I was there working with our local counterparts in Ghana. 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