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Ohio Independent Championship ( Ohio League ), 1903–1919 [ 20] Interprovincial Rugby Football Union, 1907–1959 [ 21] New York Pro Football League, c. 1913–1920 [ 22] American Football League, 1926, 1936–1937, and 1940–1941 (all unrelated, three separate leagues) California Winter League, [ 23] 1927–1928.
The NFL has the largest television contracts, and earns over $6 billion annually from its contracts with Fox, CBS, NBC, ESPN and DirecTV for the 2014 through 2022 seasons. [ 6] MLB earns $1.5 billion annually from its contracts signed in 2012 with ESPN, Fox, and Turner Sports ( TBS) for the 2014 through 2021 seasons. [ 7]
The National Football League Players Association ( NFLPA) is the labor union representing National Football League (NFL) players. The NFLPA, which has headquarters in Washington, D.C., is led by executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. and president Jalen Reeves-Maybin. Founded in 1956, the NFLPA is the second-oldest labor union of the major North ...
The Alliance of American Football ( AAF) was a professional American football minor league. [ 3][ 1][ 4] The AAF consisted of eight centrally owned and operated teams in the southern and western United States, seven of which were located in metropolitan areas with at least one major professional sports franchise .
USA Football is the governing body of American football in the United States. [1] It is the United States' member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), [ 2 ] and a recognized sports organization of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee . [ 3 ]
The 2019 AAF season was the only season in the history of the Alliance of American Football (AAF), [ 1] which began on February 9, 2019. A ten-week regular season was scheduled for each of the league's eight teams. On April 2, multiple sources indicated that Thomas Dundon, the controlling owner of the AAF, had followed through on threats made ...
The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) is the international governing body of American football associations. The IFAF oversees the organisation and promotion of all international competitions across both contact and non contact versions of the game, [2] including the IFAF World Championship of American Football, which is held every four years.
The United States Football League ( USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be played in the autumn/winter, directly competing against the long-established National Football ...