National Football League

Formed in 1920, the National Football League represents the highest professional level of American football in the world. It consists of 32 teams, and it has the highest average attendance (about 60,000) of any professional sports league in the world. The day when the Super Bowl (the annual championship of NFL) is played is called by many fans an unofficial US national holiday.

Do you know that during a regular NFL game, you are likely to watch 11 minutes of actual playing, 17 minutes of replays, 3 seconds of cheerleaders and 67 minutes of players just standing there? Read some more amusing information about the NFL and find out who is the smallest player in NFL history, what the Madden Curse means, where most of the profit from tickets goes, etc.