World / The NFL Is Trump’s America—and It’s Invading Ireland The league is not coming to Dublin to plant a tree. Dublin’s Croke Park stadium, which is set to host Ireland’s first regular-season NFL game on September 28, 2025. Some in and around the league read this decision as a middle finger to NFL players after a decade of player-led anti-racist resistance. The argument I was taking to Ireland was that in our country’s slide into authoritarian quicksand, the NFL is not a bystander but an aggravator. NFL owners overwhelmingly back the current regime financially and politically.