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The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. The league's teams are divided into two conferences: the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Each conference is then further divided into four divisions consisting of four teams each, labeled East, West, North, and South. During the league's regular season, each team plays sixteen games over a seventeen-week period consisting of one bye generally from September to January. At the end of each regular season, six teams from each conference play in the NFL playoffs, a twelve-team single-elimination tournament that culminates with the NFL championship, the Super Bowl. This game is held at a pre-selected site which is usually a city that hosts an NFL team. One week later, selected all-star players from both the AFC and NFC meet in the Pro Bowl, currently held in Hawaii.
The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (it adopted the name National Football League in 1922. The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues of North America.
There are 32 NFL clubs. Unlike MLB, the NBA and the NHL, the league has no teams in Canada largely because of the presence of Canadian football, a similar but different code of football than the American version. There are some speculations that with the merger of Rogers Telecommunication and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the Buffalo Bills or some other team in trouble may move to Toronto.
Most major cities in the United States have one NFL franchise, with the exception of the second largest city, Los Angeles, which does not have one either in the city or its metro area. The NFL is able to utilize the possible relocation of a franchise to Los Angeles as a threat, for example when trying to persuade local governments to contribute to the cost of new stadiums for its other franchises. The Washington Redskins are the most lucrative NFL franchise and is the most lucrative sports team of all U.S. professional sports, valued at approximately $1.3 billion.
The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (it adopted the name National Football League in 1922. The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues of North America.
There are 32 NFL clubs. Unlike MLB, the NBA and the NHL, the league has no teams in Canada largely because of the presence of Canadian football, a similar but different code of football than the American version. There are some speculations that with the merger of Rogers Telecommunication and Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the Buffalo Bills or some other team in trouble may move to Toronto.
Most major cities in the United States have one NFL franchise, with the exception of the second largest city, Los Angeles, which does not have one either in the city or its metro area. The NFL is able to utilize the possible relocation of a franchise to Los Angeles as a threat, for example when trying to persuade local governments to contribute to the cost of new stadiums for its other franchises. The Washington Redskins are the most lucrative NFL franchise and is the most lucrative sports team of all U.S. professional sports, valued at approximately $1.3 billion.
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