KICK OR CARRY?

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
 Football
 Association Football
 Soccer
 FUTBOL
 FUTSBOL
 Football
 American Football
 Gridiron Football
 The Beautiful Game

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL

 Mexico – 3,400 years ago
 China – 2nd and 3rd Centuries BC – cuju
 Kyoto, Japan - kamari
 Romans and Greeks
 Modern football started in Britain – 18th C
 Rules evolved into:
1. Association Football
2. Rugby
3. American Football

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
 October 1863,
Freemason’s Tavern:
Football Association
 1800s: British sailors,
traders and soldiers
spread the sport to
the world
 1904: FIFA
 1930: 1st World Cup in
Uruguay; won by
Uruguay
 1874: Game between
Harvard and McGill
Universities
 Rule changes from Rugby by
Walter Camp (1858-1925)
‘Father of American
Football’
 1892: Professional Football
 1903: Ohio League =
National Football League
(NFL)
 1919: 1st professional game
 1960: American Football
League (AFL)
 1966: Super Bowl I

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
 Most popular sport
around the world: 250
million players in over
200 countries
 Most prevalent in
Europe and South
America
 Mainly in the US
 Also Canada,
Australia, New
Zealand, and the
United Kingdom
 Other countries have
been establishing
leagues in recent
years

 Object of the game: get the ball into the
other’s team goal area
 Start the game with a coin toss
 11 players on field for each team
 Some rules: penalties
 Referees
 Support staff

Association Football AMERICAN FOOTBALL
 Ball: spherical with
black/white pentagons
 Kick the ball
 Continued playing
 Dress: basic sports
clothes
 No huddle or line up
 Players: less specialized
 Goals: one point
 Configuration of the
field: netted goal area
 Ball (pigskin): prolate
spheroid, pointed
ends, brown
 Carry the ball; tackle
 Times out; stop the clock
 Dress: helmet, pads…
 Huddle and line up for the
play
 Players: highly specialized
 Touchdown: 6 points
(additional points)
 Configuration of the field:
big H

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
 INTERNATIONAL : (FIFA)
 ASIA: (AFC)
 AFRICA: (CAF)
 EUROPE: (UEFA
 NORTH, CENTRAL
AMERICA AND
CARIBBEAN:
(CONCACAF)
 OCEANIA: (OFC)
 SOUTH AMERICA:
(CONMEBOL)
 INTERNATIONAL
(North and South
America, Europe,
Asia, and Oceania):
IFAF
 US: NFL
 US Colleges: NCAA
 Individual countries
leagues

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
 WORLD CUP
 CONTINENTAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS
 FIFA CONFEDERATION
CUP
 SUMMER OLYMPICS
 DOMESTIC
COMPETITIONS
 AMERICAN FOOTBALL
WORLD CUP
 US SUPER BOWL
 AFC-NFC PRO BOWL
 COLLEGIATE
FOOTBALL: BOWL
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
 HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
 WORLD CUPS:
 2010, South Africa:
Spain
 2014, Brazil
 2018, Russia
 2022, Qatar
 SUPER BOWL:
 2012: Indianapolis,In:
NY Giants
 2013: New Orleans,La
 2014: East
Rutherford,NJ
 2015: Glendale,Az

 Edson Arantes do
Nascimento
 ‘O Rei do Futebol,’
‘O Rei Pele,’ ‘O Rei’
 ‘Best football player
of all time’
 Technique
 Statistics
 Awards
 Retirement, 1977

 ‘Sweetness’
 Running back’
 ‘Greatest football
player + greatest
human being’
 Statistics
 Awards
 Legacy

 ‘The hand of God’
 ‘Greatest football
player of all time’
 Statistics
 Awards
 Controversy
 Head coach of
Argentina national
team
 Manager of Al Wasl
FC in Dubai

 ‘World’
 ‘Greatest wide
receiver of all time
and one of the
greatest players in
NFL history’
 Statistics
 Awards
 Retirement
 Legacy

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL AMERICAN FOOTBALL
 715.1 million viewers
(worldwide) for World
Cup’s final match in
Germany, 2006
 In South Africa, 2010;
estimated over 700
viewers plus digital
viewers
 111 million viewers
(worldwide) for Super
Bowl, 2011
 111 million viewers in
US for Super Bowl
2012; broadcast in
200 countries, 25
languages (500
international
journalists) plus
digital viewers

 1938 – Cuba
 1974 – Haiti
 1998 – Jamaica
 2006 – Trinidad and Tobago
 GREAT HOPES FOR REPRESENTATION IN
BRAZIL, 2014!

 Participation has improved in recent years:
‘soccer mom’
 Popularity has increased based on
demographics and economics
 Heightened interest in international ‘soccer’
 American men play in foreign leagues
 Women Leagues: Women won the Summer
Olympic competition in 1996, 2004, and 2008
 World Cup participation:
 3rd place in 1930
 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994 and every WC since

 IFAF, 1998, La Courneuve, France
 62 member nations:
 EFAF
 PAFAF
 AFAF
 OFAF
 Over 700 leagues in Europe alone
 IFAF World Cup
 IFAF Women’s World Cup
 IFAF Junior World Cup
 NFL International Series

 Maradonna – The Hand of God, Xenon
Pictures, 2008

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