The Jaguars and Patriots will cap the NFL’s 2024 London Games on Sunday at Wembley Stadium, with the pair of 1–5 teams each desperately seeking a victory. Jacksonville has been playing in London since 2013 but has ramped up its international strategy this decade.

It’s Jacksonville’s fourth game in the U.K. in the past two seasons, and the second “home game” the franchise has moved abroad during that period. The Jags are showing no signs of slowing down—and fans have mixed feelings.

A major factor throughout the next three seasons: the newly approved renovations to EverBank Stadium, which will cost the team and city at least $1.4 billion and require the Jaguars to find a temporary venue (or venues) for the 2027 NFL season, when Jacksonville and other AFC clubs will have an “extra” ninth home game as part of the league’s 17-game schedule.

The team has largely narrowed its U.S. options for 2027 to Camping World Stadium in Orlando and the University of Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (aka “The Swamp”) in Gainesville.

“We have a lot of work to do on that decision,” Jaguars president Mark Lamping told reporters in London earlier this week. Lamping said the club has done surveys with fans, sponsors, and employees, but one of the most important factors is football operations.

Because of the renovation deal, the Jaguars can move up to six home games to London over the next three seasons, including up to three in 2027. So, theoretically, Jacksonville could move one home game to London in 2025, two in 2026, and three in 2027, in addition to any overseas games in which it’s the visitor.

Front Office Sports spoke with Jaguars fans in Jacksonville and London to gauge how they feel about the team’s international strategy. Read David Rumsey’s full story on the Jaguars here.

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Number of games involving SEC teams in the 10 most-watched college football broadcasts so far this season, according to Nielsen national TV ratings. Seven of those games aired on ABC as they were home games for an SEC team, and Disney owns the broadcasting rights to the conference. 

Disney is paying $710 million per year for the rights to air the SEC—about two-thirds of the deal the Big Ten secured with Fox, NBC, and CBS—which amounts to $1.15 billion annually.

Each of those partners has just one game in the top 10 most-watched games so far this year. Only four of the 10 involved a Big Ten team.

Front Office Sports tees up every weekend sporting slate with a ledger of the purses and prize pools at stake. Here’s what’s up for grabs this weekend:

PGA Tour: Shriners Children’s Open, Las Vegas

• When: Thursday to Sunday
• Purse: $7 million
• First place: $1.3 million

LPGA Tour: BMW Ladies Championship, South Korea

• When: Wednesday to Saturday
• Purse: $2.2 million
• First place: $330,000

NASCAR Cup Series: South Point 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway

• When: Sunday
• Purse: $8.2 million
• First place: Individual payouts are no longer disclosed

Men’s tennis: Six Kings Slam, Saudi Arabia

• When: Wednesday to Saturday
• Purse: $14.3 million
• First place: $6 million

WNBA ⬆ Game 3 of the WNBA Finals averaged 1.39 million viewers, the most-watched Finals game in 23 years, according to Sports Media Watch. The series, which could wrap up after Game 4 Friday night with a New York Liberty road win, has a viewership average of 1.29 million through three games, which is up 77% versus last year’s four-game series.

Georgia Bulldogs ⬇ A day before their highly anticipated matchup against Texas, Jared Curtis, a five-star recruit in the class of 2026, decommitted to the SEC powerhouse. In a post on X, Curtis explained he wants to explore his options to “make the best, most informed decision” on his future school. 

Chicago Fire ⬆⬇ The franchise, which currently shares Soldier Field with the NFL’s Bears, is seeking a soccer-specific stadium in Chicago. “If we can find the right parcel in Chicago, I think we’ll move forward on it,” Fire owner Joe Mansueto said. The MLS club, however, will have to get in line as it is far from the only team looking to find a new home in the Windy City as the Bears, White Sox, and Red Stars have all expressed the desire for new stadiums in some capacity. 

Hulu ⬇ Technical difficulties interrupted the livestream of Thursday’s Game 3 between the Dodgers and Mets. Users were either unable to log in to their accounts or had the live feed cut out from around the second inning until the fourth inning.