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American Football Information
American football is the most popular spectator sport in the United States. In surveys of Americans, respondents consider it to be their favorite sport. Football's TV viewership ratings far surpass those of other sports.

The 32-team National Football League (NFL) is the most popular and only major professional American football league. The NFL is divided into the American League (AL) and National League (NL).

The NFL operates a developmental league, NFL Europe, with teams in five German cities and one in the Netherlands. The sport is popular as an amateur activity in Mexico and American Samoa and to a lesser extent in Japan, Europe and Australia.

Organized football is played almost exclusively by men and boys, although a few amateur and semi-professional women's leagues have begun play in recent years.

Canadian Football League
The Canadian Football League or CFL, which is very similar to the NFL and just as exciting, begins in annually in June. Instead of the American Super Bowl the CFL championship game is known as the Grey Cup. In 1909, Earl Grey, the Governor-General of Canada, donated a trophy for the Rugby Football Championship of Canada. The trophy, which subsequently became known as the Grey Cup, was originally open to competition only for teams that were registered with the Canada Rugby Union. Since 1954 only the teams of the CFL have challenged for the Grey Cup. The CFL teams are made up of the B.C. Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Rough Riders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Hamilton Tiger Cats, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Renegades and Montreal Allouettes.

College football is also popular throughout North America. Four college football stadiums (Michigan Stadium, Beaver Stadium, Neyland Stadium, Ohio Stadium), seat more than 100,000 fans and regularly sell out. The weekly autumn ritual of college and high-school football—which includes marching bands, cheerleaders and parties (including the ubiquitous tailgate party)—is an important part of the culture in much of smalltown America. It is a long-standing tradition in the United States (though not universally observed) that high school football games are played on Friday, college games on Saturday, and professional games on Sunday (with an additional professional game on Monday nights).

About the last week in August, when the dog days of summer offer little hint of fall, most sports fans rejoice in that the football season, both professional and college, is just around the corner. It starts with high energy college seasons in late August and early September and National Football League (NFL) exhibition games begin. Shortly after, the opening day NFL kick-off is celebrated throughout America. You can now follow College and NFL Football online from your home computer. Football on the internet is provides informative, up-to-date and exciting stats, videos and information that you can follow 24/7.