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List Of Leagues Of American Football
This is a list of current and defunct leagues of American football and Canadian football. Leagues in North America Current professional leagues in North America Professional outdoor leagues ''Major:'' * National Football League (NFL), 1920– ::Originally ''American Professional Football Association'' (1920–1921) ::Merged with the All-America Football Conference (1946-1949) and with the American Football League (1960–69) * Canadian Football League (CFL), 1958– ::Formed from Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (1909) and Western Interprovincial Football Union (1936). ::Grey Cup Canadian Football Championships since 1909 ''Minor:'' * Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), 2016–2020; 2022– * United Football League (UFL), 2024– ::Formed from merger of XFL (2020) and United States Football League (2022) * International Football Alliance (IFA)2025- Professional arena/indoor leagues */ Arena Football One (2025) (AF1), 2025- * American Arena Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at each end. The offense (sports), offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped Ball (gridiron football), football, attempts to advance down the field by Rush (gridiron football), running with the ball or Forward pass#Gridiron football, throwing it, while the Defense (sports), defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance the ball at least ten yard, yards in four Down (gridiron football), downs or plays; if they fail, they turnover on downs, turn over the football to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the Glossary of American football#drive, drive. Points are scored primarily b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indoor Football League
The Indoor Football League (IFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional indoor American football league in the United States. The league comprises 14 teams, divided equally between the Eastern Conference (EC) and Western Conference (IFL), Western Conference (WC). The IFL is the highest professional level of indoor football and the longest continuously running indoor football league in the United States. Each IFL season has a 19-week regular season which runs from the middle of March to the end of July, with each team playing 16 games and having three Bye (sports), bye weeks. Following the conclusion of the regular season, four teams from each conference advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament, which culminates in the IFL National Championship, played in late August between the winners of the EC and WC championship games. The IFL was formed in 2008 when the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football agreed to merge following the conclusion of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Football League
The Empire Football League (EFL) is a semi-professional American football league with franchises based primarily in New York State. The league was established in 1969. Many franchises have come and gone including in locations such as Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Connecticut as well as Quebec, Montreal, and Ontario in Canada. In 2018 the league included six teams: the Glens Falls Greenjackets, Hudson Valley Mountaineers, Plattsburgh North Stars, Seaway Valley Venom, Tri City Spartans, and Utica Yard Dogs. Ray Seals transitioned from the EFL to the National Football League (NFL) in 1989. Several members of the Syracuse 8 that challenged disparities for African Americans at Syracuse University's football program played for the Tri City Jets of Binghamton, New York. The team was a farm team for the New York Jets at the time and some of them went for a tryout with the Jets, but according to one of them they understood they had no chance when Jets coach Weeb Ewbank identified them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Football League (1961-)
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Eastern Football League may refer to: * Eastern Football League (Australia), an Australian rules football league in Melbourne operating since 1903 * Eastern Football League (Scotland), a "non-league" football (soccer) competition in Scotland which ran 1891–1946 * Eastern Football League (1961-), a semi-pro American football league in which the Albany Metro Mallers played * Eastern League of Professional Football (1926-1927), a minor professional American football league See also * * Eastern League (other) Eastern League may refer to: Baseball in the United States ''Most recent leagues listed first'' * Eastern League (1938–present), a minor league established in 1923 and renamed Eastern League in 1938; Double-A since 1963 * Eastern League (1916� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Football Conference
The Northern Football Conference (NFC) is a semi-professional Canadian football league with franchises based primarily in Ontario, Canada. The league consists of five teams and runs from May until mid-August. It's the oldest running senior amateur football league in Canada. The league began playing in 1954 (then they were known as Northern Ontario Rugby Football Union) with four teams participating, and has operated continuously with as many as 11 teams since then. The annual league champion is awarded the ''Plaunt Memorial Trophy'', named for Greater Sudbury veteran Donald Plaunt who was killed in action during World War II. In 2000, the NFC became a founding member of the Canadian Senior Football League, which is now known as the Canadian Major Football League. The CMFL is the national governing body for semi-pro Canadian football. Every September the NFC champion meets the champion of the Alberta Football League to determine the national champion (''Sid Forster Memorial Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicagoland Football League
The Chicagoland Football League is a football league based in Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite .... It has 12 teams. The league was founded on May 31, 1917, and has the distinction of having never added or changed any of its teams. The league was dormant from 1935 to 2004 the league was canceled, with all teams reconstituted for 2005. The modern Chicagoland Football League (ChFL), a semi-pro league that ran from 1973 to 2004, is unrelated to the original league. Teams Division 1 *Bulls *Chicago Chargers *Chicago Panthers *Chicago Thunder *Chicago Dolphins *Chicago Grizzlies Division 2 *Chicago Horsemen *Chicago Renegades *Cook County Punishers *Lake County Chiefs *Lions *Oakland County Coyotes Past Championships *1917-Thunder 23, Horsemen 0 *1918-Thunder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivals Professional Football League
The Rivals Professional Football League (RPFL) is a low-level american football minor league owned by Quentin Hines and consisting of 12 teams in Michigan, Florida and Georgia. The majority of the league players are on fully incentive based contracts. As result of the pay scale the league is subject to criticism, as some openly called it "a scam". History The league was founded in 2012 and played its inaugural season in 2014. The RPFL claims to be a developmental league for players trying to get noticed by the National Football League, Canadian Football League or Arena Football League. Initially Hines announced that the league will have five teams: ''Akron Blaze'', ''Chicago Kings'', ''Detroit Cougars'', ''Indianapolis Racers'' and ''Southern Michigan Mustangs''. At the time, Hines indicated that he was sole owner and would continue as such for the league's first stage before selling franchises. In the end, only two teams played in the first season, Macomb County Bearcats and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gridiron Developmental Football League
The Gridiron Developmental Football League (GDFL) is a low-level American football minor league based in Memphis, Tennessee, using the franchise model. The GDFL acts as an umbrella group that encompasses teams from across the contiguous United States. , the league has 29 teams. The GDFL plays a playoff format similar to NCAA tournament, as 14 teams make the playoffs, with the two finalists meet in the Gridiron Bowl. The league also has an All-Star game called Hype Bowl, where the best players from the ''Impact Conference'' meet their counterparts from ''Xtreme Conference'', and played annually before the championship game. Teams' typical payroll budget changes between franchises, while salary payment also varies per players and per skillset – as some are getting paid, others are not paid at all and some are getting only "gas money". The league have partnering agreements with the Elite Football League of India (EFLI) and the (FDNFA) for player development. History Origins T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entertainment Football Association
Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and Interest (emotion), interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an idea or a task, but it is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention. Although people's attention is held by different things because individuals have different preferences, most forms of entertainment are recognisable and familiar. Storytelling, music, drama, dance, and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures, were supported in Court (royal), royal courts, and developed into sophisticated forms over time, becoming available to all citizens. The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products. Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale, ranging from an individual who chooses private entertainment from a now enormous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Arena League
The Arena League (The AL or TAL) is an indoor American football league in the United States. The league launched in 2024 with four teams playing six-on-six football, but expanded to six-teams and started playing regular 7-on-7 indoor football in its second season. History The league was first announced in February 2023, with Pro Football Hall of Famer Tim Brown as TAL Commissioner. The league then released a list of ten semi-finalist markets, which people could vote for the city to be a part of the inaugural season: Waterloo, Iowa; Kansas City, Missouri; Springfield, Missouri; Rochester, Minnesota; Little Rock, Arkansas; Rockford, Illinois; Dubuque, Iowa; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Duluth, Minnesota and Wichita Falls, Texas with fans casting their votes at the AL official website. The first city announced was Springfield with Duluth being the second city. Waterloo was announced on May 4 as the third team. Kansas City was the fourth and final team announced for the inaugural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Indoor Football Association
The United Indoor Football Association (UIFA) is a professional developmental indoor football league, one of the several regional professional indoor football leagues in North America. The league plays their games in the Fall as opposed to many leagues playing in the spring and summer. They are based out of Watertown, Wisconsin and feature six teams in the league according to their official website. History The UIFA was founded in 2016 and is currently run by team owners Molly Pitney (co-owner of the Ohio Boom) and Lawerance Peters (owner/head coach of the Wisconsin Aviators and current head coach of the Coralville Chaos of American Indoor Football). All teams play there games, home and away, in the Fall season as opposed to most arena/indoor league who play in the Spring and Summer. Teams play in indoor soccer arenas, with the exception of the Iowa Power, who play in an arena, the Five Flags Center. The most recent championship game of record was on January 28, 2025, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Lakes Arena Football
The Great Lakes Arena Football (GLAF) was a professional American indoor football minor league based in the Great Lakes region in the United States whose operations are currently dormant. The GLAF was designed to be a regional "bus league" with minimal travel, while league member West Michigan Ironmen have direct control over league operations and membership. The Ironmen joined American Indoor Football on December 25, 2024. Although the GLAF website is still online, it hasn't been updated since 2024. History After the 2021 American Arena League season concluded, Charlotte Thunder, West Michigan Ironmen and Pennsylvania Union left to form their own league (Arena Professional Football League), with the intent to run a five-team eight-week APFL schedule will run from April 16 through June 4, 2022. But by the time the season started only two Charlotte and Michigan were operating, and the Ironmen ended up playing an independent schedule. That experience, in addition to trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
