the sport my class doesn’t enjoy so often is American football. American football or, rugby better known in the US as football, is a the competitive team sport. The object of the game is to transfer the ball - football - to the end zone of the opposing team and thus gain points. The ball is passed by being carried along, or by throwing and passing from one member of one's own team to another.
Points can be scored in a variety of ways, including passing the ball over the goal line, throwing the ball to a player who has crossed the goal line, or shooting through the goal post. The winner is the team that has the most points after the time expires. In case of a tie after the time expires, overtime is played. The first attack is won by the team that wins the coin toss, and the team that scores first automatically wins, which means that the team can lose in overtime without getting the ball in their possession. If the result is a draw at the end of overtime, the result remains a draw. This outcome is very rare.
One of the alternative terms for American football is gridiron.
American football developed from rugby in the United States in the late 19th century. At the same time, Canadian football developed in neighboring Canada, which is different from American football. In the 20th century, a special type called Arena football developed.
Although the first professional game of American football was played in 1895, it was only in the middle of the 20th century that the sport began to gain its current popularity. In the 1960s, he managed to surpass the hitherto undisputed baseball in terms of the number of spectators.
The reason for this is the willingness of the National Football League to change the rules to make the sport appealing to television audiences and advertisers.
American football is a rather demanding sport, which puts great physical effort in front of the players. It is also known as a rather violent sport, although rules have been introduced for decades with the aim of limiting the possibility of injury. That is why the players are equipped with protective equipment, which is just as recognizable as the players' muscles.
In addition to the NFL professional league, American football is traditionally present in colleges and universities, but also in high schools. High school teams often represent the pride of small provincial towns and life in them often revolves around local matches.
American football eventually began to expand its popularity beyond American borders, so in the 1990s the NFL founded a special European league, the NFL Europe.
