The Creation of the NFL

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The NFL is the most successful sports league in the World. This was in large part because the league was not taxed until 2015. All teams are owned privately except the Packers, they are structured as a non-profit that is owned publicly, mainly by the fans. Half of the leagues 15 Billion dollars comes from T.V. deals. Since, the league is making more money than ever, they are aiming to grow 6% each year.

At the start of the NFL, it was common for players to play offense and defense. The league made no official records of teams wins and losses, so they had to remember on their own. A quarterback could not throw a pass unless he was at least 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage. In addition, the offense begins some plays just a yard from the sideline. Thing are way different now. Now none of these things exist anymore. This shows the change in the NFL.

Players from both teams could grab their opponents face masks at will. The kick off went from the 40 yard line to the 35 to the 30 to the 35 over the span of 37 years. All field goals were 10 yards longer. Making all field goals missed beyond the 20-yard line resulting in the other team taking possession at the line of scrimmage.Before this yout took it at the 20 yard line no matter what.In 1973 there were more rush yards than pass yards.This was a change of playstyle compared to now.

These were the first 11 teams: The Akron Pros, Canton Bulldogs, Cleveland Indians, Dayton Triangles, Decatur Staleys, Hammond Pros, Massillon Tigers, Muncie Flyers, Racine Cardinals, Rochester Jeffersons and Rock Island Independents. These teams were all independent, and they almost never played each other. Once they all became a league, the Men's first order of business was to eliminate the Massillon Tigers from the league. This meant that to start the league there were 1o teams.

TV deals are a huge source of income for the NFL. But what makes the average, non-diehard fan keep watching. Well, this is referred to as viewer retention, when a viewer keeps coming back. The NFL advertises star players like Saquon Barkley and Daniel Jones to keep viewers coming back.

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On September 27, 1920, a few men gathered in a car dealership. Their goal? To combine the 11 individual football teams into one league. This league's goal would be “to raise the standard of professional football in every way possible, to eliminate bidding for players between rival clubs and to secure cooperation in the formation of schedules”. The owner of the car dealership, Ralph Hay, organized the whole thing. There were already leagues at the time, all Hay had to do was combine them.

The Goal of the league was to increase the standard for professional football, to secure the creation of schedules and to eliminate rival clubs bidding for players. Nearly a month after Hay's meeting to create the initial league, Hay was trying to get more representatives from the best football clubs throughout the midwest together to strike a deal and join his new football league.

One of the things that has stayed the same all of these years is the boundary lines. Almost everything else is different. At the start of the NFL, these were the rules: No coaching from the sideline There were less rules about contact especially around the quarterback They could play against anyone, even college teams Each team made its own schedule

Not everything changed over the course of the NFL however. In fact, many things stayed the same. For example, football is still played 11 on 11, also football's scoring is still the same. Everything must change if it is going to last a long time, and the NFL is no different. Even so, there are things that have stayed the same, and these things have propelled the NFL to success.

The League was originally know as the APFA. However, it wan't very popular, the league needed a face. For this they chose Jim Thorpe, a 32 year old player for the Canton Bulldogs, though he had past his prime; he was still universally regarded as one of the world's best athlete. The very first NFL game took place on September 26, 1920 in Douglas Park, Rock Island Illinois Involving the Hometown Independants beating the St. Paul Ideals 48-0.&nbsp;Many other leagues have tried to compete with the NFL; however, little have made it very far.

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