The NFL is playing a record high of seven overseas games to spread football around the world, but is it working? In 2007, the NFL launched its first overseas NFL series, but games have been played since 1926, just six years after the NFL’s launch in 1920.

The NFL’s expansion has definitely helped their profits because “Last season, the league pulled in $13 billion in revenue, and the average team is worth about $6.5 billion,” according to CNBC’s Official NFL Team Valuations. The league has played one game a year in London since 2007, with the number increasing over the years. This increase in overseas games has expanded the NFL beyond the United States.

American Football is one of the few sports that is native to a single country, which limits the diversity the NFL showcases. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world because it has spread from Europe to the rest of the world. If the NFL were to expand, it would benefit the league’s diversity and attract players from around the world, which would be beneficial for its overall popularity. In recent years, the NFL has been trying to increase diversity.

One way they are doing this is by using the Rooney Rule, “which the league created in 2003 and requires clubs to interview minority or female candidates for open head coach, general manager, coordinator, quarterbacks coach, and senior-level positions,” according to ESPN.

The recent efforts to host more overseas games would align with the NFL‘s overall objectives. Currently, there are not many immediate changes, but these changes will expand the league’s diversity in the future, making the game of football a worldwide phenomenon.