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Football History: Past and Present

American football emerged from the European game of Rugby in 1879. Walter Camp, player and coach of the University Yale, is recognized as the "father of football" as the rules at the beginning of the game was created by him. However, before students at Princeton and were playing a game called "Ballown." It was fisting the ball and then with his feet to move the ball over their opponents. There were no rules hard and fast to apply and could be stated as the easiest way in which football is the first time. However, the physical aspect of the game was immense and often to violence.

At Harvard too, a kind football match was played on the first Monday of the school year. This game was so physical that day he played was often mentioned as "Bloody Monday." The year 1865 was very important for football. The Civil War had ended and football began to gain popularity in schools. It was in this year that some basic rules for the game were established and the game got its patent for the first time. Thus, 6 November, 1869, the first college soccer was played between Rutgers and Princeton at Rutgers won by a score of six goals to four.

In 1873, the Cup Intercollegiate Association was founded by representatives of Columbia, Rutgers, Princeton and Yale. Until then, the increasingly popular game was being played with different rules. This partnership will be effective the first set of rules of intercollegiate football which allowed fifteen players on each team. However, it was Walter Camp, a Yale coach, who began the final process of the development of rugby as a game to what we now know as American football. The number of players was reduced to eleven and the standard size the field is set at one hundred and ten meters. A little later were lowered presents and face below the belt was legalized.

However, the challenge violent physical the game demanded, caused many serious injuries and deaths over the next few years. As result, although it is gaining popularity, football was banned in many universities. In 1905, under a directive of President Theodore Roosevelt, Yale, Harvard and Princeton configuration a couple of meetings between school and formed a Rules Committee of seven members, who later became known as National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA.

American Football has become an industry of billions of dollars. With the advent of cable television, the game will have crossed America's borders and spread its wings worldwide. Dozens of games both collegiate ad professionals are issued almost every Friday afternoons and Saturdays and Sundays and Monday nights during football season. The Super Bowl, that decides the national champion, has become the most watched sporting event of all time. A lot of merchandise and soccer products have taken the markets by storm. A number of innovative products are often offered as token gifts and souvenirs. Even football free ecards can be found on the network. Some 123Greetings as a whole category dedicated to the game.

Thus, from the humble past where football just means throwing or kicking a ball over the opponents, football has become a game that has influenced the culture and economy of the United States of America.

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