FOOTBALL

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The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional football league in the United States. The NFL takes the legal figure of sports association, controlled by its own members.1 It was created by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, changing its name to the American Professional Football League in 1921 to modify it once more for the name now in force in 1922.

Safety

It occurs if an offensive player is stopped in his own scoring zone. Award 2 points.

Points

There are three ways to score points in football: Touchdown; field goal and safety.

Touchdown: The ball has to reach the end zone, and it can arrive in two ways, or in the hands of a player who comes running, or it can be passed by a player outside the end zone and caught by a player who It is within the end zone.

A touchdown gives 6 points, and after a touchdown the team has two options. They can try to score an extra point by kicking the ball between the posts, or they can try to score two points with a conversion.

Playing field

It has 120 yards: 100 are the playing field and 10 yards are in each end zone.

Each team has four opportunities, or “downs, to try to move the ball towards the opposite end zone.

To keep the ball, the team must advance at least ten yards or they must return the ball to the opponent.

From the moment of the "snap", when the "center" passes the ball to the quarterback, the quarterback has 40 seconds to throw the ball, pass it to another player, or run with the ball in hand.

Players

Each team has 45 players,

Only 11 players can be on the court at a time.

Weather

The match is divided into four periods called quarters.

Each of them lasts 15 minutes.

Half time is between the second and third quarters and offers 15 minutes for players to rest.

A game lasts about three hours because the clock stops at some plays and for the times outside to which each team is entitled.

The football game can be very dangerous, therefore it is necessary to avoid serious injuries. Therefore, there is a wide range of protective equipment.

Each NFL team has a team manager, and its job is to offer and provide players with the necessary items and repair any equipment damage. While athletes are the most important element of the game, using the right equipment can mean the difference between success and failure.

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