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The NFL is the highest you can get to
Lots of ways to split up players - 32 teams, 2 conferences, 4 divisions (4 in each)
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football is a global sport - mexico, europe, japan, new zealand, australia - popular at amateur level
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games can take up to 3 hours
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huge collisions, intricate play, 22 players makes it a spectacle
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7 officials on the field
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WIlson has been making NFL footballs for over 70 years
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College players are drafted into teams. the team with the most losses from the previous season has first pick
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football is the most popular game in the US
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Game play is only 8.3% of a football broadcast
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first game televised - 1939 (details in article)
500 TV sets in NY could watch the game
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1906 President roosevelt introduced new rules because athletes were dying
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1967 championship game - coldest in history - -48 windchill “Ice Bowl”
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Dick Plasman was the last player to play without a helmet - form 1939-1941
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QB Paul Hubbard invented the huddle
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St Louis Rams were first to put logo on helmet
