LONDON (AP) – Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones would like to see the NFL put a team in London.
Jones, one of the most outspoken owners in professional sports, is in Britain to watch his team face the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday at Wembley Stadium.
“On a personal basis, and speaking for the Dallas Cowboys, we very much would like a team in London,” Jones said Thursday. “It has cachet. It has an air about it of international competition.
“London is one of probably two or three cities outside the United States that really does have all of the criteria that I would look at for having an NFL team. I certainly know that one of the reasons we’re here this week playing Sunday is to help encourage interest and increase the interest in the game, increase the interest in the awareness of our game.”
The NFL has been playing regular-season games at Wembley, the home of England’s national soccer team, since 2007. This season, there are three games, culminating on Sunday with the Cowboys (6-3) and the Jaguars (1-8).