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The Differences Between Football And Nfl Football

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There are over 200 million unique viewers that watch football every year. College and NFL football is one of the major things that can seise Americans from thinking about all of the awful things in the world and unite people together. Certain things come with each league that are different and similar to each other. There are even some areas of both leagues that people most likely did not even know about either of them. These two notorious football leagues have many similarities and differences in the way that they are constructed and played.
The different rules of each league have an impact on how the game flows and how it is played. Each rule has many factors that can manipulate the outcome of the call on the football field during a game. In this case either league has their own idea of what a catch has to consists of to be considered one. For college football, the player who catches the ball only has to have one foot in bounds and retain a firm grasp on the ball. On the other hand, NFL has a different set of rules for what a catch has to consist of. In the NFL just like college the player has to maintain possession of the ball. But, the main difference between the two rules according to Cyd Zeigler (2015), is that the player “touches the ground inbounds with both feet”(para. 9). This can cause a higher level of difficulty towards the players to perform a catch. There are other rules between the two leagues that are differently constructed. Both leagues have different rule

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