franchise mergers were also popular during World War II in response to the exodus of players to war service. Few, if any, of these relocations and mergers were... 28 KB (3,573 words) - 00:22, 21 March 2024 |
 | season in the league. National Football League franchise moves and mergers Steagles Card-Pitt List of defunct and relocated Major League Baseball teams... 16 KB (579 words) - 12:13, 21 April 2024 |
National Football League (NFL) tracks the history of each of the league's 32 current franchises from the early days of the league, through its merger... 135 KB (2,681 words) - 00:13, 21 March 2024 |
 | was created following the XFL–USFL merger of the latest incarnations of the XFL and United States Football League (USFL). It consists of eight teams,... 56 KB (4,715 words) - 11:34, 22 April 2024 |
AFL–NFL merger was the merger of the two major professional American football leagues in the United States at the time: the National Football League (NFL)... 33 KB (3,996 words) - 10:46, 21 April 2024 |
League controversies National Football League franchise moves and mergers National Football League records National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time... 124 KB (11,213 words) - 06:32, 26 April 2024 |
Super League (ISL) is the men's highest level of the Indian football league system. Administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial... 131 KB (9,995 words) - 16:28, 26 April 2024 |
This is a list of current National Football League (NFL) franchise post-season and Super Bowl droughts (multiple consecutive seasons of not winning). Listed... 139 KB (1,165 words) - 04:17, 12 February 2024 |
The National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) with ten teams from four states, all of... 70 KB (8,590 words) - 18:09, 20 April 2024 |
Indoor Football League (IFL) is a professional indoor American football league created in 2008 out of the merger between the Intense Football League and United... 90 KB (6,381 words) - 18:56, 9 April 2024 |
 | The Commissioner of the National Football League is the chief executive officer of the National Football League (NFL). The position was created in 1941... 63 KB (7,667 words) - 00:23, 25 April 2024 |
 | market for a professional football league that would play in the summer, when the National Football League and college football were in their off-season... 90 KB (11,493 words) - 12:45, 15 April 2024 |
until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The upstart AFL operated in direct... 79 KB (9,312 words) - 10:39, 21 April 2024 |
"franchise system" was introduced in baseball with the formation of the National League in 1876 and later adopted by the other North American leagues.... 27 KB (3,792 words) - 18:38, 24 January 2024 |
 | (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian... 162 KB (16,999 words) - 16:43, 20 April 2024 |
Canucks joined as the league's third Canadian franchise. The 1979 defeat by a single vote of a merger agreement between the NHL and the rival World Hockey... 68 KB (7,573 words) - 06:27, 22 April 2024 |
in North America, where a league franchise system is used and the teams are overwhelmingly privately owned. Owners who move a team generally do so seeking... 33 KB (4,304 words) - 03:09, 25 April 2024 |
structure (split into the American and National Leagues) remained intact. No franchises were relocated during this period, and five markets—Boston, Chicago... 68 KB (7,053 words) - 16:04, 22 April 2024 |
 | force a merger with the NBA, thus repeating the American Football League (AFL)'s successful effort to force a merger with the National Football League (NFL)... 68 KB (8,451 words) - 19:53, 25 April 2024 |
 | professional sports leagues in the United States comprises the following: Major League Baseball (MLB), National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association... 51 KB (5,151 words) - 07:43, 21 April 2024 |
History of the NFL in Los Angeles (redirect from National Football League franchises in Los Angeles) The National Football League (NFL) has had a long and complicated history in Los Angeles, the second-largest media market in the United States. Los Angeles... 97 KB (11,625 words) - 19:47, 23 April 2024 |
annual interleague competition before a series of league mergers and foldings left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Stanley Cup in 1926. At... 129 KB (12,367 words) - 17:15, 26 April 2024 |
States and Canada categorized by the number of major professional sports franchises in their metropolitan areas. The major professional sports leagues, or... 65 KB (4,571 words) - 03:23, 25 April 2024 |
Relocation of professional sports teams (redirect from Franchise FC) in North America, where a league franchise system is used and the teams are overwhelmingly privately owned. Owners who move a team generally do so seeking... 44 KB (5,576 words) - 16:43, 20 April 2024 |
 | List of first overall NFL draft picks (redirect from List of National Football League team first-round draft picks) The National Football League draft is an annual sports draft in which NFL teams select newly eligible players for their rosters. To be eligible, a player... 124 KB (3,729 words) - 00:46, 26 April 2024 |
 | Oakland Raiders relocation to Las Vegas (category National Football League franchise relocations) Browns relocation controversy National Football League controversies National Football League franchise moves and mergers Relocation of professional sports... 80 KB (7,920 words) - 21:45, 12 April 2024 |
Expansion team (redirect from Expansion franchise) major professional sports leagues but is applied to sports leagues in other countries with a closed franchise system of league membership. The term refers... 44 KB (5,441 words) - 19:59, 25 April 2024 |
 | Kansas City Chiefs (redirect from Dallas Texans (American Football League)) American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American... 178 KB (16,048 words) - 22:15, 17 April 2024 |
 | playoffs. Before the 1970 merger between the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL), the two leagues met in four such contests... 132 KB (4,912 words) - 16:33, 25 April 2024 |
expansion, not a merger, and does not recognize NBL records and statistics. The new league had seventeen franchises located in a mix of large and small cities... 119 KB (11,485 words) - 13:03, 26 April 2024 |