What are the different leagues of American football?
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super bowl is for the pro - American, National League.\n\nOrange bowl - college football
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In the U.S., the NFL by far.\n\nWorldwide, it has to be soccer.\n\n--J.
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Yahoo is one of the best free leagues.  \nThey offer live drafts and real time stat tracker during the game.  \nYahoo Plus is not free, but is  very good, however, terrible prizes for winning the league.  They now give out plaques to the winners of the league.  In the past they gave out your choice of NFL team jersey.\n\nCBS sports & NFL.com free leagues are ok.  \nThey have nfl analysis giving you information on players each week\nEspn leagues are ok -pay leagues a little better.  They use to give out t-shirts and trophy to winners.  Good before game time information.  Open chat on Thursdays durning the season.  You can ask the Espn sports associate football questions about your team players.  "who to start'\nUSA Today offer this service for free every Thursday\nFox leagues are ok - they also have a chart each week on who to start and sit\n\nThe Sporting News legue is ok, however the pay league is very good.  Lots of information and updates on players before game time.   Very good information about your team players durning the week. You will get a newsletter on what players to start and sit each week.\nAll leagues offer live drafts if you join early, except The Sporting News.  \nIf joining a free league, I would go with Yahoo.  "The Best" You can always get football information from espn, the sporting news, nfl.com and cbs sports.com\nIf joining a pay league, I would go with CBS or The Sporting News.  \nI hope this help
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Football, as a genre, has been around for hundreds of years.  The current version of the game played in America was first played in the 1870's
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I would have to say baseball.\nMost players per team that play more games than the N.F.L.\nBig Contracts and signing bonuses.
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There are none... Scroll to the bottom\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-minor-league-baseball-leagues-and-teams
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Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, San Fran 49s. They all play flag football don't they cause it sure as hell ain't tackle football. lol
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Definitely Football- not too many games each week to keep up with.  Great competition- a lot of fun!!
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American Football (as this category relates to) is the style the play in the NFL, colleges, high schools, etc.  The Football that this question relates to is known as Soccer in the states.  As such, this question was placed in the wrong section.
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Pats\nIndy\nSeattle\nPanthers
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Football (American, not that dumb kick-ball game),\nBasketball,\nand Baseball
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1. Soccer- 99% of the world can't be wrong\n2a. American Football- The NFL is worldwide\n2b. Rugby- Close to the NFL\n4. Baseball(just Cricket with some rounders added)\n5. Cricket- Not a big enough audience
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Last season I did fantasy football on yahoo, espn, and fox sports. Each one offers different things that the other does not, but overall I preferred the yahoo fantasy football. Each one offers free leagues, and also different levels of paying leagues.
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League seems to get the most injuries.\n\nUnion is more controlled and AFL has less contact.
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Objective: American football is played by two teams who will have eleven players on the field at any one time. The object of the game is to get the ball to the opponents end of the field, and score more points than the opposing team.\n\nTo start a game, the referee will toss a coin. The visiting captain calls. The winner of the toss can decide whether to start in offense (receive the kick) or defense (deliver the kick). When play restarts in the second half, the captain who lost the toss at the beginning of the game chooses.\n\nIf a game goes into overtime, the first team to score wins, so the captain will almost always choose to go on the offense. Teams change ends at the start of the quarter.\n\nPlaying time lasts for one hour, divided into four fifteen minute quarters. There is a fifteen minute break between the second and third quarters (each half of the game).\n\nThe clock is stopped when the ball is not in play, when a foul has been committed, or when a fair catch has been caught. The clock is also stopped for time outs. Both teams are allowed three time outs, lasting a maximum of two minutes each, in each half.\n\nBoth the clock and the game itself are stopped two minutes from the end of each half by the referee to allow the teams to plan their strategies.\n\nIf the scores are level at the end of the fourth quarter, overtime will be played. In NFL games, only one period of overtime is played, and if the scores are still level, the game is declared a draw. For championship and playoff games, periods are played until a winner is decided (the first team to score).\n\n\n\n\nMORE COMPLEX RULES\n\n\n\nKick off \nTop of page\n\nPlay starts with a kick off at the start of the second half, but when the teams turn around and change ends at the start of the first and third quarters, play is started from the same position on the field as where it finished, but in the opposite half of the field. The same team will keep possession.\n\nThe kick-off is used to restart play after all point-afters and field goals. The kick-offs are always taken from the 35-yard line, unless a penalty has been given. The team making the point after always restarts the game with a kick-off. If the kick is unsuccessful, the defense starts play from their own 25-yard line and so they become the offense.\n\n\n\nScoring \nTop of page\n\nAs with many sports, the object is to score more points than the opponents. There are several different ways of scoring in American football.\n\nThe largest single score comes from a touchdown. This is worth six points. It is scored when an offensive player runs into the opposing end zone while in possession of the ball. A receiver can also make a catch delivered into the same area. The ball does not have to be actually 'touched down' on the ground for the points to be scored.\n\nA successful touchdown is followed by a kick through the goalposts, known as the conversion, or 'point-after'. This is worth one point. For this, the ball is placed on the 2-yard line and snapped (passed backwards through the legs) to the kicker, who tries to kick it over the crossbar and between the upright posts.\n\nA player can touch the ball onto the ground in the end zone without their whole body being in the end zone, and the touchdown still counts. However, the scoring player must not be pushed or helped in any way by other players.\n\nThe next type of scoring is called the field goal. A field goal counts as three points. It is taken from 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage (the line where the last play ended, so the next play is made from there), to give the kicker more time, and some protection from the defense. Again, the ball must be kicked through the posts. The kicker is credited for the kick from whatever distance it was taken from.\n\nThe fourth and final way of scoring is called the safety. Two points are awarded to the offensive team when the defensive team are caught in possession of the ball in their own end zone.\n
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AFC.  There are a lot of Indianapolis Colts on the AFC roster.
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Leagues:\nPremiership, Coca-Cola Championship, League One, League Two, Conference, then all the amateur leagues.\n\nCups:\nFA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield, LDV Vans Trophy (or what it used to be called. It's for teams in League One and Two), then again all the amateur cups to be played between teams in Conference and below.