Are you a football fan and want to watch football league matches rather than world cup? Then this article will help you to know the schedule of the National Football League (NFL). NFL is considered to be the most famous league of America. This league was formed in 1920 for the sake of polishing the football players and now has got a good reputation in international leagues. Final of the NFL, which is known as Super Bowl, is the most watched sport event in USA.
Since 2002 National Football League has three seasons: Exhibition season, regular season and single elimination playoff. Exhibition season of NFL is a 4-game season which held from August to September, it is a 4 weeks season. Regular season usually held from September to end of December or January, it is a 16 game season and takes 17 weeks. The third season is called Single elimination playoff held from January to early February, 6 teams participate in this season and it goes for 4 weeks.
The Exhibition season starts with “Pro Football Hall of Fame Game,” a game which is played at Fawcett Stadium in Ohio. In this season each team plays four matches. This season is good for new players because through this season new players get idea about how to play in front of huge crowd.
The Regular season always start at Thursday evening with “Kickoff Game.” This season takes 16 weeks for playing and 1 week for rest, rest week is for giving players some rest and also for increasing media coverage. In this season each team play 16 matches with other teams. For this season 32 teams of NFL are divided in 4 pools and each division contains 8 teams.
Third season of NFL is called Single elimination playoff, in this season 6 top teams participate, 4 teams are the winners of each division of regular season and 2 teams are selected through wild card. These 6 teams play against each other and the two best teams face each other in Super Bowl, it is the final match of this season.
These seasons are really very enjoyful for football fans and millions of people watch this event from all over the world.