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NFL Looking Into Hosting Games In Mexico, Canada, China And Beyond

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Is the NFL going to Los Angeles? London?

More than likely, yes. At some point.

But the league has other locales in mind.

Earlier this week it was reported that the NFL is considering foreign sites, including Brazil, for future Pro Bowls.

On Thursday, NFL.com's Albert Breer reported that the NFL is looking into hosting games in Mexico, Canada and China.

"The work we're doing now is to ask, 'How do we accelerate the agenda in Mexico, Canada and China?'" Mark Waller, the NFL's international chief, told Breer. "Those would be our next stage, and we have offices in those three countries. And then, after those, where should be our focus?

"I think we've concluded that Brazil and Germany are the next two frontier markets, which is where the Pro Bowl idea comes from."

Three NFL games will be played in London in 2015, and Waller told Breer that the league "absolutely" plans on having a team play full-time in the European city by 2022.

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