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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 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]
During the 1950s, the National Football League had grown to rival Major League Baseball as one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the United States. One franchise that did not share in this newfound success of the league was the Chicago Cardinals – owned by the Bidwill family – who had become overshadowed by the more popular Chicago Bears.
Bill Belichick is sharing his career wisdom in a new book. On Jan. 31, the legendary former NFL coach announced the forthcoming publication of his new book The Art of Winning: Lessons from a Life ...
The 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems. The National Football League was established on September 17, 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The APFA changed ...
John Warnock, who helped invent the PDF and co-founded Adobe Systems, has died. The Silicon Valley entrepreneur and computer scientist died Saturday surrounded by family, Adobe said in a statement.
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] International Football Federation, 2000 (never played) Spring Football League, 2000 [34] XFL, 2001; World Football League, 2008–2010