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 16 games over a 17-week period generally from September to January. At the end of each regular season, the six best teams from each conference play in the NFL playoffs, a 12-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 or a popular college stadium. One week later, selected all-star players from both the AFC and NFC meet in the Pro Bowl, currently held in Hawaii.
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. It also has by far the highest per-game attendance of any domestic professional sports league in the world; its 2005 attendance of 67,593 per game was over 25,000 higher than the 2005-06 per-game attendance of the league in second place, the Bundesliga in German football (soccer).
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NFL.COM - Official site of the National Football League. It delivers in-depth team pages for all clubs, extensive game-day coverage with real time statistics and play-by-play and chats with top players.
Meta Description: [ The official site of the National Football League, including stats, scores, standings, fantasy football, transactions, injury reports, schedules, team and player news. ]
How NFL Equipment Works - How equipment is selected and protects players.
Meta Description: [ Football equipment keeps a player's body protected from hard hits. Learn about the different pieces of football equipment and find out what an equipment manager does. ]
National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) - Players' union responsible for collective bargaining. Offers FAQ, union history, information for NFL hopefuls, information for current and retired players, and community programs.
NFL Alumni Headquarters - Official web site of the NFL Alumni. Dues-paying membership association. Anyone who ever played professional football qualifies as a Professional Member. Other individuals may enroll as Associate or Corporate members. The primary criterion for joining the NFL Alumni is a desire to support the charitable goals and activities of the organization.
NFL Canada - League coverage with a Canadian flavor. Profiles of Canadian players in the NFL, history, local NFL events, and information on the NFL/CFL Alliance.
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NFL Coaches Association - Football news, interviews, chat, and event calendar.
Meta Description: [ Official website of the NFL Coaches Association. ]
Wikipedia - Covers the regular season scheduling formula, playoff format, college draft, salary cap, racial policies, television contracts, video games, lore and history, and famous nicknames.
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