LONDON (AP) — Cleveland Browns co-owner Jimmy Haslam says it's a bit of a burden to play a game in London.

The NFL is staging a record-high seven games abroad this season, including the Browns against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday in the English capital, in its aggressive push for international growth.

“I’ll be honest, if the commissioner was sitting here, I’d tell him, I would much rather play at home in Cleveland than travel all the way over to London,” Haslam said at a sports conference. “But hey, we’re team players. We want to do everything we can to boost the league and so we’re going to do our share."

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell actually had sat at the same stage earlier in the day and reiterated the league's plans to eventually hold 16 games internationally each season —

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