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Sports have existed in the world for more than 2000 years. Perhaps the earliest acknowledged sports began back in the fifth or sixth century BC with the ancient Greek Olympics. Today, the world still engages in a form of Olympics, though the rules and events have certainly changed. However, unlike during ancient Greek times, the Olympics are no longer the primary sport in society, at least not in American society. For ancient Greeks, the Olympics were something to look forward to, and many citizens would get together to watch and enjoy the events. Presently in America, this same sense of camaraderie is born of football. Football, and in particular the National Football League, holds the same significance to Americans today as the Olympics held to the ancient Greeks.

In approximately 700 BC, the ancient Greeks began a series of contests held in honor of various Greek gods. Although the contests were originally spread out amongst many different cities, the name “Olympics” refers to the most popular games held in Olympia. When the Olympics first began, only one event existed. The most athletic Greeks were chosen to run the stadium while others gathered around to watch. As the idea surrounding the Olympics gained popularity, more events were added and a decision was made to extend the games to five days in length. At their peak, the ancient Olympics consisted of nine events: boxing, discus, equestrian, javelin, jumping, pankration, pentathlon, running, and wrestling. The men who participated in the Olympics did so in the nude. Competing in the nude sounds odd to today’s society, but in ancient Greece, nudity was nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, competing in the nude added a competitive edge to the games. Because all the athletes were nude, the crowd tended to favor competitors whose bodies were toned and fit. Throughout the entire popularity reign of the Olympics, but especially as time went on, Olympic athletes took on a celebrity status. Crowds gathered to see their favorite competitors, and some fanatics even held up signs, similar to what is seen at athletic events today.

The beginnings of the National Football League came much later than the ancient Olympics, but followed many of the same formation patterns. The history of the National Football League begins, of course, with the invention of football itself. What is now recognized as the American game of football was never truly an original idea. The concept of the game evolved over time, beginning with the introduction of rugby to North America in 1868. The game had been popular in Britain for more than 50 years when a group of British soldiers came to Canada and played with students at McGill University in Montreal. McGill University, in turn, traveled to Harvard University in Boston and introduced the game to the American students in 1874. Over the next 30 years, the game of rugby underwent various changes and modifications until it finally became the modern game of football. The National Football League was founded in 1920 with eleven teams. Its original name was not the National Football League, but rather the American Professional Football Association. The original name lasted two years, and then changed to the National Football League (NFL) in 1922. The NFL was popular even when it first began, but its popularity has continued to grow over time. Today, the NFL consists of 32 teams and the games make up the most attended domestic sports league in the world. Even more popular is the Super Bowl, which comes in as the most-watched annual sporting event in the United States.

Given the background information on both the ancient Greek Olympics and the modern National Football League, drawing a comparison between the two is not a challenge. The only significant difference in the two, besides the time period in which they took place, is that each has a different format; the Olympics took place over a period of a few days and occurred only once a year and the NFL games take place weekly over a series of months in the year. Americans go wild over football games just as Greeks went wild over the Olympics. Tickets for individual NFL games tend to be expensive, based solely on the fact that thousands of Americans want to go watch. Although it is difficult to say whether the Greeks would have charged for admittance into the Olympics, it is clear that they had the same sense of popularity that is seen with the NFL today. Greek citizens would line up outside the stadium waiting for the games to begin. The Olympics held such significance to the ancient Greeks that even in times of great conflict, such as when Athens and Sparta were warring, everyone took time off and agreed to keep the peace while the Olympics took place. Similarly, Americans often view football as a way to get away from the troubles going on in the world, specifically problems such as a poor economy or foreign tensions. The camaraderie present at NFL games is instantaneous.Will someone please proofread my paper? it's not that long!?
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