The British are coming…for the Super Bowl?

It seems the United Kingdom has set its sights on the biggest sporting event in the United States.

During an appearance on C-SPAN is week , the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson suggested that the biggest single day spectacle in sports should be held on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

“I’ve made a big pitch for the first Super Bowl outside the U.S. to take place in Britain,” Mandelson told the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Thursday.

“I want that Super Bowl in Britain. I don’t care when it takes place, but I want it announced during my time as ambassador. We love it. We love it.”

The audience mostly reacted with shock and laughs, but considering the NFL’s increasingly aggressive push to expand foo

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