Since1960s, American football has surpassed basketball to become the most popular sport in America. The American Football League consists of 32 teams and is the most popular and only major professional football league in the United States. Its champion Super Bowl has TV ratings of more than half of American families, and the game is televised in more than 65,438+050 countries around the world. Super Bowl Sunday has become an annual drama, held between the end of January and the beginning of February. This event is also the most watched TV sports program in the United States.

College football games are also very popular, especially where there are no NFL teams. Some universities have stadiums with more than100000 seats, and tickets are often sold out. Even high school ball games often attract more than 10 thousand spectators; Among them, American football is the most popular place, such as Texas, Ohio, Florida, Georgia and so on. In many small cities in the United States, the weekly college and high school football matches held in autumn and the accompaniment performances of musicians and cheerleaders have become one of the important local cultural characteristics.

Outside the United States, only Europe has six teams in uefa europa league. In other places, such as Japan, Australia, Mexico and so on, American football is also very popular, but only in amateur competitions.