Did you know, American Football is played around the world. If you've been in the military, you know that our American Football is played everywhere. There are leagues in Germany, Italy, Ireland, England, Scotland, Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Romania, even Russia. How?
The extent of the game, has moved around the world. Though of course we know about the NFL and the Canadian Football League, but what about the other countries. How come we don't get to learn of these leagues? Some of these leagues are Pro leagues. The Germans even have their own "Super Bowl". But we don't get to learn about the influence "our" game has had on other countries.
There are even women's football leagues. In Germany there are even women referees.
How come our media
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These guys would start kicking field goals at the 30 yard line and move back. I was amazed when they moved back and kicked 65 yard field goals. The Punters, were kicking punts of over 40 yards. One punter even had hang times of over 4.5 seconds. Heck, that's Ray Guy's (Oakland Raiders) record in the NFL. That same kicker was sent into "the states" to try out with the Dallas Cowboys. He kicked one punt, turned around to grab another football while it was still in the air, when the ball came down 50 yards from where he was. That punter didn't get the job, the job went to a punter who only kicked 30 yard punts. Talk about dumb moves!
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Things that are popular in the United States do not ensure popularity in other countries. Before getting convoluted in another country one would have to perform extensive market research to reduce risks. Every country has its own culture predictions on what other cultures like could be a very difficult task. In the second place, some of our sports differ in names (admin, 2014). Soccer in the U.S. is commonly called football yet most of Europe and Asia football is a completely different game. Rivalry’s already exists overseas due to traditions set when it comes to soccer; these are cultural factors U.S. franchises have to
American football is not a global sport but has global audience in terms of numbers. By
The National Football League (NFL) is considered the strongest, most lucrative, and financially resilient professional sport globally. While the NFL has been a huge success in the United States, exporting American football to other countries has not had the same success. NFL Europa was launched with the aim of introducing the sport to European countries but after facing 15 years of financial losses, the NFL Europa program ended in 2007. NFL then launched the NFL International Series—a program primarily geared to export real NFL games overseas. While the program is still young, it yields promising results. NFL has pointed out that education is the key in acquiring potential foreign markets; research studies show that most
American Football is a huge spectator sport where offensive and defensive players will use teamwork and perseverance to try and score more points than their opponent. Football is highly respected in America, where boys will try and pursue the dream of playing in the NFL (National Football Association) someday; but if you look at an average neighborhood, you will find that kids and adults of all ages love to go out and throw around the pigskin. (Lerner and Lerner 275). One thing Americans will take pride in is the college and NFL football teams they root for. People sit down with a beer and talk hours upon hours of football and two individuals can get in a heated discussion in the local sports store of whose sports team is better.
Soccer is, without a doubt, the best and the most beloved sport in the world, but nobody would think that this astounding sport was hated by the place where it was originated, the America. Soccer is the worldwide sport with a huge majority of subscribers all over the world. Unlike soccer, football is mainly an American sport which only attracts the Americans. But why American peoples hate soccer? There are a lot of debates that goes on regards to football and soccer. Whenever the controversy between two of these competitive sports goes, we still agree that soccer and football are the most anticipated sports with the largest viewer that ever existed. Although these two sports don’t really get along, but they can’t avoid sharing each other
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November 6th, 1869 marked a historic day in American history. The first ever football game was played between two college teams, Rutgers University and Princeton University. The game was played at Rutgers field and each team had a total of 25 players. During this era of football, a team could only score by kicking the ball in the opposing team’s goal; throwing or carrying the ball was against the rules. Now whenever a team traveled to another school to face that team, the game was played according to the rules of the home team. You could already imagine the controversy that caused between schools so; in 1873, a meeting was held between representatives from different colleges to discuss the rules. Schools like Harvard University, McGill University and Tufts University played significant roles in bringing football closer to the way we know it today. After a few games between the schools, each found that they enjoyed
American sport telecasts have not only dominated the average American household, but have also claimed a great presence and importance in the households of many Canadians. The sport of football is widely watched and praised in the United States. Every year the National Football League plays a championship game known as the Super Bowl, which is watched by many Americans. This American championship game is also popularly watched in Canada. According to statistics released by the National Football League and the Canadian Television Network, in 2015 more Canadians than Americans, on a per capita basis, watched the Super Bowl. These statistics showed that fifty-five percent of all Canadians, versus only fifty-one percent of all Americans, had watched part of the 2015 Super Bowl game telecast.1
American football has a long legacy in American History. It can be traced back centuries to
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