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The NFL traces its origins to a meeting held on the 20th of August, 1920, in Canton, Ohio, where representatives from four clubs formed the American Professional Football Conference. The organization was renamed the American Professional Football Association at a second meeting on the 17th of September 1920, and officially became the National Football League on the 24th of June, 1922.
The NFL has 32 teams divided equally between the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference. Each conference is split into four divisions of four teams each, giving the league eight divisions in total.
The New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers are tied for the most Super Bowl victories with six each. The Green Bay Packers hold the most overall NFL championships with thirteen, including nine titles won before the Super Bowl era began in 1967.
Under the deal announced on the 18th of March, 2021, ESPN and ABC pay 2.7 billion dollars per year, while CBS, Fox, and NBC each pay more than 2 billion dollars annually. Amazon pays 1 billion dollars per year for the Thursday Night Football package. The overall deal runs through the 2033 season.
The Vince Lombardi Trophy is the NFL championship trophy, officially renamed in 1970 to honor the Green Bay Packers coach who won the first two Super Bowls. Tiffany and Co. manufactures each trophy from sterling silver, and a new one is made for every champion rather than passing the same trophy from year to year.
The NFL and the fourth American Football League announced a merger on the 8th of June, 1966, which took full effect in 1970. The merger created the two-conference structure that still exists today and established the Super Bowl as the league's permanent championship game. The AFL had competed by signing lucrative television deals and challenging the NFL in a bidding war for players beginning in 1960.