Certain activities define the character of a nation. Similarly defined by the National Football League (NFL), the American character probably more than anything else. Perceived as the American Professional Football Association in 1920, soon took the name National Football League in 1922. Undoubtedly the greatest of all U.S. professional leagues in the NFL has 32 teams from various U.S. regions and cities made.
Seeds in the genre of college football in the NFL is a direct descendant of rugby. Rugby, which were then imported into the U.S. from Canada in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. is in its infancy, was synonymous with college football at McGill University in Montreal, invites the Harvard University in Quebec to play the Canadian version of rugby.
Meanwhile, there was a professional football speed despite the popular games of the college football elite. This was done primarily on the East Coast, while professional football was stole the show in the Midwest. The American Professional Football Association was founded in Ohio with the legendary athlete Jim Thorpe as president. It began with eleven teams and not necessarily a league. The main objective was to the end to steal players from other teams to win a football game.
With the birth of the NFL, the rules were strict and the laws began to be applied. However, sat down to meet the team and leave the same pace. It was in 1970 and 1980, NFL Football, which finally secured their position in the heart and culture in America as the most important soccer event in the nation. Super Bowl, a name that was the last game of an NFL franchise accepts black nor a national holiday.
What sealed the NFL Football has been at the heart of every American to worship the created. It was not just the games, the event, entertainment, TV coverage has arrived and all the charm of the soccer series. To get even more to the show, the NFL presented the pre-season exhibition games. And add a little more flavor to the game, the NFL decided to play internationally with them. This is known as the American Bowl.
In 1991 he founded the World League of American Football for development purposes in mind. This organization, now called NFL Europe teams from Germany and Holland known. In 2003, the NFL league of its own cable TV station, NFL Network.
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