The Beginning of Football

As you all may know, football is one of the toughest and most watched sports in the world. It has also changed dramatically during the time it was first made, to now. Football, before the 19th century, was basically known as any ball games played by foot. In the present time, football is now one sport, but many kinds of other sports dealing with football itself. For example, Rugby is another type of football that many people play also. This kind of football is in my opinion more brutal than any other kind. These athletes play this sport without any equipment on, which makes it much easier for the people to get hurt. Much of the history of football in the United States has to do with the transition from a kicking game to a running game, and the changes of rules and safety guidelines. American football really received its start in the 1820's as a sport played by prestigious New England universities. Each university basically made its own rule book, and it was in the course of playing other schools that the rules for American football as we know it were first written. In the early 1900's, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) was established to make rules and reform safety protocols. In 1920, football was officially made a professional sport with the founding of the National Football League (NFL).

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