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