Many different western sports activities like baseball, rugby, football and Formula 1 Racing are being a success in branching to different countries and feature received hype withinside the global markets. American soccer has struggled on this regard and become extra of American than another sport. Just currently the sport is gaining movement international with specific championship league matches, out of which the maximum famous being the National Football League (NFL). There are critical federations viz European Federation of American Football (EFAF) and International Federation of American Football (IFAF).
When are the Games performed?
The NFL everyday season begins offevolved the week after Labor Day, which is well known on the primary Monday of September withinside the United States.
The first sport is performed on a Thursday night time, and is often a domestic sport for the protecting Super Bowl champions.
The the rest of the games are performed on Sunday, besides for one this is scheduled for Monday night time.
Every week of the season follows this pattern – with one sport on Thursday, one on Monday and the relaxation on Sunday – besides for Thanksgiving weekend, which capabilities 3 Thursday fixtures.
As of 2021, every crew performs 17 games withinside the everyday season in place of the preceding sixteen.
The season is eighteen weeks long, as every crew performs 17 games with a pre-decided bye week someplace among Week 6 and Week 14.
The first sport of the 2022 season occurred on eight September, whilst the Buffalo Bills beat the protecting Super Bowl champions, the Los Angeles Rams.
How does the agenda work?
The 32 NFL groups are cut up into conferences: the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference, which have been shaped whilst the NFL merged with the American Football League in 1970.
Each convention is made from sixteen groups, cut up into 4 divisions of 4 groups every – the North, South, East and West.
Every crew withinside the NFL performs its 3 department competitors instances every withinside the everyday season.
For example, the Kansas City Chiefs – who’re 11/2 withinside the NFL making a bet odds to win the Super Bowl – play six games this season in opposition to their fellow AFC West groups: the Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers.
The relaxation of a crew’s 17-sport everyday-season agenda is made from six different combatants from internal its personal convention, and 4 groups from out of doors of its convention.
How do the playoffs work?
The NFL playoffs are made from 14 groups – seven from every convention.
That consists of the 8 department winners, plus six wild cards: the 3 great groups from every convention who didn’t win their department.
The groups in every convention are seeded from one to seven primarily based totally on their everyday season records, with the primary seed in every convention given a first-spherical bye.
The first spherical of the playoffs is called the Wild Card spherical. It capabilities 3 department winners from every convention gambling in opposition to wild card groups.
The subsequent spherical is the Divisional spherical, wherein the pinnacle seed (which acquired a bye) in every convention performs the lowest-seeded prevailing crew from the Wild Card spherical, and the opposite prevailing groups from the Wild Card spherical face every different.
The 4 prevailing groups from the Divisional spherical boost to the Conference Championships and play for an area withinside the Super Bowl.
What is the Super Bowl?
The AFC and NFC champions meet withinside the NFL’s grand finale – the Super Bowl.
It is the most important night time at the American carrying calendar, with an envisioned 91.6m visitors in America by myself at Super Bowl LV in January 2021.
While all the different main American sports activities championships are determined over a chain of games, the Super Bowl is a one-off fixture, which truely contributes to its recognition.
The sport has received good sized recognition amongst informal enthusiasts way to its halftime show – which has visible Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and Beyonce carry out at during the last 3 years – and its adverts, which can be a cultural phenomenon withinside the US.
When are the 2022-23 NFL playoffs?
The 2022-23 postseason kicks off with the Wild Card spherical on 14-sixteen January 2023.
The Divisional spherical takes region on 21-22 January, and the Conference spherical on 29 January.
Next is the Pro Bowl, that is an exhibition sport offering all-stars from the everyday season. This takes region on five February.
Finally, the Super Bowl could be performed at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on 12 February.
Professional arena/indoor leagues:
United States Arena Football League, 1987-
The United States American Professional Football League, 2003-
United States Continental Indoor Football League, 2006-
Southern Indoor Football League United States 2008-
United States Indoor Football League, 2009-
Canada All-american football league, 2009-
Semi-professional leagues:
The United States Empire Football League, 1969-
United States Mid Continental Football League, 1992-
New England Football League United States, 1994-
United States Canada North American Football League, 1996-
Canada Alberta Football League, 1996-
Canada Maritime Football League, 1996-
United States Northeastern Football Alliance, 1997-
Rocky Mountain Football League United States, 1997-
The United States Central Football League, 1999-
United States Southern States Football League, 2001-
United States Minor League Football Association, 2003-
United States Oklahoma Metro Football League, 2007-
United States Florida Football Alliance, 2007-
United States BNEFF, aka Big Northeast Football Federation 2007-
United States FSFL, aka Five Star Football League 2010-
Collegiate and amateur leagues:
United States Texas Sixman Football League, 1999-
Canada Canadian Junior Football League, 1890-
United States National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1906-
United States National Junior College Athletic Association, 1938-
United States National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, 1940-
Canada National Capital Amateur Football Association, 1955-
Canada Canadian Interuniversity Sport, 1961-
Canada Quebec Junior Football League, 1970-
Canada Canadian Colleges Athletic Association, 1974-
Women’s leagues:
United States Women’s Professional Football League, 1999-2007
United States National Women’s Football Association, 2000-2008
United States Independent Women’s Football League, 2000-
United States Women’s Football League, 2002-2007
United States Lingerie Football League, 2009-
United States Women’s Football Alliance, 2009-
Future leagues in the United States
Outdoor professional leagues:
United States All American Football League, indefinitely suspended since 2008
United States New United States Football League, slated to start spring 2012
United States Ultimate Football League, slated to start winter 2013[citation needed]
United States Southern united football league, slated to start winter 2012
Indoor professional leagues:
United States Ultimate Indoor Football League, slated to start spring 2011
Historical leagues in United States
Major outdoor leagues:
United States National Football League (1902) and the World Series of Pro Football, 1902–1903
United States Ohio League, 1903-19196
United States New York Pro Football League, 1916-19206
United States All-America Football Conference, 1946-19491
United States American Football League, 1926, 1936-1937, 1940-1941, and 1960-19692 (all unrelated, four separate leagues)
United States World Football League, 1974–1975
United States United States Football League, 1983–1985
United States XFL, 2001
United States Carolina Coast Football League, 2021
Minor outdoor leagues
United States American Football League, 1934
United States Midwest Football League, 1935–1937, became American Professional Football Association in 1938, American Football League in 1939
United States Dixie League, 1936-1947 – originally South Atlantic Football Association
United States American Association 1936-1941/American Football League 1946-19503
United States American Football League, 1938-19394
United States Pacific Coast Professional Football League, 1940–1948
United States American Football League, 19445
United States Unnamed professional league, (1945)[1]
United States United Football League, 1961–1964
United States Atlantic Coast Football League, 1962–1971, 1973
United States Continental Football League, 1965–1969
United States North American Football League, 1965–1966
United States Seaboard Football League, 1971–1974
United States American Football Association, 1977–1982
United States International Football League, 1984[2]
United States Professional Spring Football League, 1992
United States Regional Football League, 1999
United States International Football Federation, 2000
United States Spring Football League, 2000
1: Two teams now in NFL
2: Agreed to merger with the NFL in 1966, with merger completed in 1970
3: American Association suspended operations for duration of U.S. involvement in World War II; in 1946 the AA was renamed American Football League
4: Known as the American Professional Football Association in 1938; renamed American Football League in 1939; dissolution after 1939 season caused by formation of 1940-1941 AFL major league
5: Merged with PCPFL in 1945
6: Informal league, direct predecessor to the NFL
Indoor leagues
United States American Indoor Football Association, 2005-2010
United States Arena Football League, 1987-2008 (assets acquired in December 2009 by Arena Football 1, which became the new Arena Football League)
Arenafootball2 (af2) in the United States, 2000-2009 (assets also acquired in the same transaction noted above)
US Professional Indoor Football League, 1998-2000 (Bought out by Af2 in 2001)
The US Indoor Football League, 1999-2000 (Bought out by Af2 in 2001;not related to the Indoor Football League that began play in 2009)
Indoor Professional Football League United States, 1999–2001
The United States National Indoor Football League, 2001–2007
Intense Football League of United States, 2004-2008 (merged into current incarnation of the Indoor Football League)
The United States United Indoor Football, 2005-2008 (merged into current incarnation of the Indoor Football League)
Eastern Indoor Football League, 2007 United States
World Indoor Football League United States, 2007
Women’s leagues
US Women’s American Football League, formed 2001, became the AFWL in 2002
The United States American Football Women’s League (AFWL), 2002
Women’s Football Association United States, 2002
