Is American football (NFL) big in other countries?

Question

When they show the superbowl in so many countries my first thought is "Are other countries even watching?.. and if so do they even understand the rules of the game? What team would they root for (NY, New England, Indianapolis, Dallas)?"

Answer 1

Most people in the world are interested in soccer. From Asia to Europe, people go wild over soccer but not football. Football is American game, very few countries watch it.

Answer 2

AFL is huge in Australia

Answer 3

NO.Football to many others is not the same including Austrailia.

Exception in canada it's the CFL that rules except for in Toronto where the NFL is more popular than the CFL

IN Toronto people root for many different NFL teams their is not just one

Answer 4

Nope, not in Australia

Answer 5

No, NFL is not big anywhere else except Canada.  In Australia we get about one hour of packaged highlights late one night every week.  We did get the Superbowl live however - on our Monday morning.  Most people have no idea about the rules.  My husband follows the Dallas Cowboys and is still learning the rules.  We saw them play in Dallas  years ago when we were there on a visit and that is what started his interest in the game.  It is very different to Aussie Rules footy.  Our game is very continuous and free flowing whereas American football is very stop start.  I thought the cheerleaders worked harder than the footballers!

Answer 6

no they have there own teams but diffrent rules