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The NFL is the wealthiest professional sports league in the world by revenue, [7] and the sports league with the most valuable teams. [8] The NFL also has the highest average attendance (67,591) of any professional sports league in the world [9] and is the most popular sports league in the United States. [10]
The National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) with ten teams from four states, all of whom existed in some form as participants of regional leagues in their respective territories. The league took on its current name in 1922.
The NFL realigned to create four divisions in each conference with four teams in each division. Arizona (NFC East) and Seattle (AFC West) joined the NFC West. NFC Central renamed NFC North. AFC Central renamed AFC North. NFC South created. Tampa Bay moved from the old NFC Central. New Orleans, Atlanta, and Carolina moved from the NFC West.
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States and the highest professional level of American football in the world. [1] It was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before adopting its current name for the 1922 season.
The National Football League (NFL) has had a long and complicated history in Los Angeles, the second-largest media market in the United States. Los Angeles became the first city on the West Coast to host an NFL team when the Cleveland Rams relocated to Los Angeles in 1946; they played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from 1946 until 1979.
League membership was fluid prior to the mid-1930s. In 1933, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles were founded. 1936 was the first year where there were no franchise moves, [170] prior to that year 51 teams had gone defunct. [155] In 1941, the NFL named its first Commissioner, Elmer Layden. The new office replaced that of President.
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California Football League, 1974–1982; American Football Association, 1978–1983; International Football League, 1984 (never played) [31] World League of American Football 1991–1992 [a] /NFL Europe 1995–2007; Professional Spring Football League, 1992; Fan Ownership League, [32] 1996 (never played) Regional Football League, 1999 [33] [30]