The Sports Xchange

Owners passed a resolution to extend the NFL International Series through 2025 including the option to expand games outside of London’s Wembley Stadium.

The vote was taken at the NFL’s annual fall meeting Wednesday, where the hot topic is relocation centered around the Los Angeles market and three teams — the Chargers, Raiders and Rams — considering a move.

Three NFL games will be played in London this season, including last week’s Dolphins-Jets game that drew a sellout crowd of 83,986.

It’s that popularity that the NFL used to endorse the expansion of games to sites that could include Mexico City and Germany.

“This marks an important step in our long-term international growth,” commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement Wednesday. “Fans in the UK have responded incredibly well to the regular-season games we have played in London since 2007. They have demanded more NFL games, and we have worked to accommodate them. We think it’s time to expand our International Series to other countries and respond to the growing interest in our game not only in the UK, but elsewhere around the world.”

Already the NFL approved the series through 2016 and has an agreement to play at Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium beginning in 2018.