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The Start
The NFL was established. It was called the American Professional Football Association (APFA) -
The Start
10 teams from 4 different states played against each other ( Only 2 teams in the NFL are founding members) -
Name Change
The American Professional Football Association (APFA) changed their name to the National Football League (NFL) -
Stabilization
The NFL was trying to get more members to put more money into the foundation -
Civil Rights
The NFL stopped teams from signing black players -
First Draft
NFL holds its first annual draft of college players. -
First Televised Game
NBC produced a local broadcast of a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Eagles -
War Takes Players
The NFL struggles to survive through WW2 because players and fans are overseas -
West Coast
Teams started to expand to the west coast -
First African Americans
The LA Rams signed 2 African American athletes, ending 13 year of white only football -
Championship Game
The first championship game was televised nationally -
Records
The NFL started keeping track of records -
AFL
The NFL and AFL agreed to compete, adding 8 new competitors -
Headquarters
The NFL headquarters move from a Philadelphia suburb to the Rockefeller center in New York, They also signed with ABC -
Antitrust Exemption
CBS network agrees to pay the NFL $4.65 million a year for exclusive broadcasting rights, Each team gets an equal share -
NFL
NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle creates NFL properties INC. and it eventually become a billion dollar business -
Money in TV
Network start competing over broadcasting rights of the NFL, NBC offers $36 million and CBS offers $28 million -
Football beats Baseball
Football is more popular than baseball -
Merger Agreement
NFL and AFL commissioners agreed to merge to form a single league but 1970 -
First Superbowl
Out of 93,607 seats, 61,607 were sold at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum -
Merge
The AFL and NFL combined to make 2 different conferences in one league *NFC & AFC -
Coke Ad
Superbowl 13, One of the most popular Coca Cola ads aired during halftime, It had Pittsburgh linebacker "Mean" Joe Greene and a young fan -
First Superbowl Concert
Superbowl 16 was the first Superbowl to host a half time performance with Diana Ross as the performer -
Apple ad
The first Apple computer ad airs during Superbowl 18 -
Football Strike
NFL player association goes on strike hoping to force the NFL to allow free agency, it lasted a month and they were successful -
Care Program
A new Neurological care program for retired players is announced -
Contract Extension
A record of 107.4 million tuned in to watch season kickoff on the season opener, They announced an 8 year extension to ESPN, FOX, CBS, and NBC -
Concussion Collaboration
GE and the NFL signed a 4 year $60 million collaborations for tools to treat concussions -
Microsoft Surface Tablets
NFL personnel started using Microsoft surface tablets on sidelines during games -
CBS
The NFL and CBS agreed to continue a partnership for Thursday Night Football -
Partnership with Twitter
NFL partners with twitter to start live streaming games -
Expansion
NFL made an agreement with Amazon Prime to start live streaming games, The NFL also committed to play 4 games in London -
Dilemma
They are having dilemmas with Nike and Colin Kaepernick