NFL

Club representatives met at Ralph Hay’s automobile showroom in Canton, Ohio, to establish the American Professional Football Association. Jim Thorpe became its first president. Fourteen member teams participated in the inaugural season, whose champion was the Akron Pros.⁠[1]

The APFA adopted the name National Football League. The league continues to date its founding to the 1920 Canton meeting.⁠[1]

The league stopped using the collegiate rulebook and began developing its own rules, influenced by the indoor playoff of 1932.⁠[3]

The Philadelphia EaglesPhiladelphia EaglesThe Philadelphia Eagles are an NFL professional American football team founded in 1933 and competing in the NFC East. Based at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, they won NFL championships in 1948, 1949 and 1960 and Super Bowls LII and LIX. Jeffrey Lurie purchased the franchise in 1994, and Nick Sirianni became head coach in 2021.Open the full entry used the first selection in the inaugural draft on University of Chicago Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger.⁠[3]

The NFL agreed with CBSCBSCBS is an American commercial broadcast television network. It was founded in 1927 as United Independent Broadcasters, renamed the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1928, and grew from a radio network into a television network under William S. Paley. With ABC and NBC it is one of the three traditional U.S. broadcast networks; it has been owned in turn by Westinghouse, Viacom, ViacomCBS and Paramount Global, has been owned by Paramount Skydance Corporation since 2025, and is one of the five networks that rotate in the White House television pool.Open the full entry on a single-network package covering its regular-season games for $4.65 million annually.⁠[4]

Pete Rozelle announced the merger agreement. Joint drafts and a championship matchup would begin in 1967, while separate regular-season schedules continued through 1969.⁠[4]

Green Bay beat Kansas City 35–10 in Los Angeles in the first AFL–NFL championship matchup, later designated Super Bowl I. The league formally recognized the Super Bowl name in 1969.⁠[3]

The merged 26-team league operated through the AFC and NFC. Its Super Bowl trophy was renamed the Vince Lombardi Trophy that year.⁠[4]

The Houston TexansHouston TexansThe Houston Texans are an NFL professional American football team awarded the league’s 32nd franchise in 1999 under Bob McNair’s leadership and beginning play in 2002. Based at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, they compete in the AFC South. Cal McNair is principal owner and DeMeco Ryans is head coach.Open the full entry began NFL play in 2002, after being awarded their franchise on October 6, 1999. The award date and first playing season are distinct; the league currently has 32 clubs.⁠[5]

Arizona played San Francisco in Mexico City on October 2, 2005, in the first regular-season game outside the United States. The first outside North America followed in London on October 28, 2007, featuring the Giants and Dolphins.⁠[3]

Roger Goodell succeeded Paul Tagliabue as NFL commissioner.⁠[6]

The NFL–NFLPA collective bargaining agreement runs through the 2030 season. Playoffs expanded to 14 teams in 2020, seven from each conference. The agreement also addresses retirement benefits, medical coverage and joint player-safety work.⁠[7]

The NFL announced Goodell’s extension through the 2030 season.⁠[8]

As amicus curiae, the NFL supported New Jersey officials’ request for review in Flaherty v. KalshiEX, No. 26-299. It sought clarity over sports-event contract regulation and favored state oversight under prevailing conditions. These were the league’s arguments.⁠[9][10]

The brief attributed $1.8 billion of $3.3 billion in prediction-market volume on the season’s first Sunday to NFL-related contracts; this was trading volume, not league revenue. AP reported Kalshi’s response that the CFTC was actively supervising markets, and the CFTC’s statement that it had engaged with the NFL.⁠[9][11]

The docket checked on this date showed neither a grant of review nor a merits decision. Kalshi’s response deadline had been extended to November 9. Submission of the NFL brief did not establish that the Court had accepted its arguments.⁠[10]

The AFC and NFC each contain 16 clubs, organized into four divisions of four teams. The current regular season spans 18 weeks, with 17 games and one bye per club, totaling 272 games. The 2026 schedule includes nine international games, with first regular-season visits to Melbourne, Paris and Rio de Janeiro.⁠[2]

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LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-football-league/ (opens in a new window) .⁠[76]

YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: https://www.youtube.com/user/NFL/ (opens in a new window) .⁠[76]