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'Money-grab' or celebration? NFL kicks off London series
Neither the Washington Commanders nor Indianapolis Colts qualified for last season's play-offs
Once upon a time, tickets for NFL games in London were like gold dust.
All 43 games have been near capacity at Wembley, Twickenham and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
According to the NFL, its UK fanbase has swelled to 18.6 million, with 4.5 million of those considered 'avid' fans.
So in the build-up to this year's London series, why were thousands of tickets still available for two of the three games?
Next week's clash between the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottenham sold out in hours.
But the crowd for Sunday's game at Tottenham between Washington Commanders and Indianapolis Colts only reached 60,907 after ticket prices were slashed, and large sections remain unsold for the Wembley game on 18 October.
The NFL is playing a record nine regular-season games abroad this season but 19 years after the first London game, has the NFL reached a saturation point in the UK?
Most of the fans BBC Sport spoke to at Sunday's game had travelled from the United States
Tickets to see Indianapolis beat Washington 30-13 on Sunday went on sale in July at £79-£245.