There is college football and NFL which are the two most well known out of all of the leagues. Football is unbelievably big in America with people buying items and other stuff that has their favorite team name or logo on it. The NFL makes …show more content…
Although they make a lot of money they have been in some lawsuits the most recent to my knowledge is the concussion incident with players having concussions and developing diseases in the brain. In the NFL and college there are a lot of teams to choose which is your favorite. Also Football has a really unique history. American football evolved from the sports of association football and Rugby Football. Rugby football and association football, like American football, are sports where two competing teams vie for control of a ball, which can be kicked through a set of goalposts or run into the opponent's goal area to score points. The first American football game was played on November 6, 1869 between Rutgers and Princeton. The game was played between two teams of 25 players each, used a round ball that could not be picked up or carried, but it could be kicked or batted with the feet, hands, head or sides, with