Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's whether the NFL's incessant international expansion is a good thing or a bad thing for local fans.

The Steelers will take their team to Ireland this fall, the first NFL team to host a regular-season game in that country. That's one of five countries where the NFL will be evangelizing American football this year, along with England, Germany, Spain and Brazil. Next year, Australia will join the mix, at the very least. Mexico will also be back on the list sooner rather than later. I doubt it will stop there.

The NFL has a good business case for attempting to grow the sport from an American pastime to an international one. But how does it impact the established fans in the United States? Alan breaks it down. #steelers #herewego #nfl

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