NFL Company Description
In the world of professional sports, the National Football League (NFL) blitzes the competition. The organization oversees America's most popular spectator sport, acting as a trade association for 32 franchise owners. The NFL governs and promotes the game, sets and enforces rules, and regulates team ownership. It generates revenue mostly through sponsorships, licensing of merchandise, and selling national broadcasting rights. The teams operate as separate businesses but share a percentage of their revenue. The NFL was founded as the American Professional Football Association in 1920, changing its name two years later.
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The Company Description provides a historical perspective of NFL's organization from inception to current status.
Produced by Hoover's in-house editorial team, the Company Description tracks ownership transitions, company progress via mergers and acquisitions, major growth milestones, and strategic initiatives, to provide a holistic view of NFL's evolution in the marketplace.
