The birth of a rebel league
The bidding wars and secret meetings
The peace treaty and the first Super Bowl
The modern powerhouse takes shape
YOUR GOAL
Master of The AFL-NFL merger
marcus The Foolish Club
You wouldn't let us play your game, so the Foolish Club is starting our own league.
marcus The AFL designed a high-scoring, wide-open style of play to attract younger fans.
marcus The original AFL owners called themselves the Foolish Club because everyone expected them to lose millions.
marcus Play the Pigskin Partners game to experience how rival football leagues fought and merged to form the modern NFL.
The Foolish Club: The original AFL owners mockingly called themselves 'The Foolish Club' because sports writers predicted they would lose all their money within months.
A privilege or right granted to an individual or group, such as membership in a professional sports league. In 1959, Lamar Hunt founded the American Football League after being denied an NFL franchise.
Which of these current NFL teams was NOT one of the original eight AFL franchises in 1960?
How did the AFL handle television revenue differently than the NFL in the early 1960s?
Which Texas businessman founded the American Football League (AFL) after being rejected by the NFL?
Which on-field rule did the AFL introduce in 1960 that the NFL did not adopt until 1994?