Football Is The Most Watched Sport In America

The American Football has its roots that ariseguard, shoulder guard etc. It was in the year 1912
from rugby. The different universities had beenthat the game got its form of the modern game
playing football in the 1800s. The first footballand the changes that were introduced included a
match between the Rutgers University andchange in the size of the field, which is the current
Princeton University was played on November 6,size, the touchdown points were increased to 6.
1869. In that match Rutgers University won theThe football is considered second to the baseball
first game 6-4. From the year 1820 to 1890, thein United States.
students of Dartsmouth College played footballIt was in 1920 that the National Football League
that was known then by the name of Old Divisionalso known as NFL was founded. The football saw
Football and they published the rules in 1871. Sincea downtime during the World War II and then
American Football was more or like rugby, Yalewith the television broadcast, the professional
University's Walter Camp encouraged that thefootball got a kick again and gained a great deal
schools adopt more standardized rules so that theof popularity at a national level. It was in the
game would differentiate from Rugby, which was1960s that the professional game crossed both
in 1882.the college football and the baseball in popularity. In
It was in the early 1900s that there were about1967, the first Super Bowl was played between
18 college football players who died and then thethe champions of NFL and the American Football
rules changed and required the players to notLeague and then the two leagues were merged
form the deadly formations such as the flyingtogether. It would not be wrong to say that
wedge and it required the players to wearmillions of people watch the matches when the
protective equipment such as helmets, chestteams are at war in the field.