Hendon Hooker's perseverance leading revival of Tennessee football as family proudly watches on

Some schools favoured a game in which the ball could be carried , while others preferred a game where kicking and dribbling the ball was promoted . The division into these two camps was partly the result of circumstances in which the games were played. This is considered by historians to be a defining moment in the creation of Australian rules football. Through publicity and personal contacts Wills was able to co-ordinate football matches in Melbourne that experimented with various rules, the first of which was played on 31 July 1858.

Rugby football was thought to have been started about 1845 at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England although forms of football in which the ball was carried and tossed date to medieval times. In Britain, by 1870, there were 49 clubs playing variations of the Rugby school game. There were also "rugby" clubs in Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Finally, it was at English public schools that the division between "kicking" and "running" (or "carrying") games first became clear. Several of the football codes are the most popular team sports in the world. Globally, association football is played by over 250 million players in over 200 nations, and has the highest television audience in sport, making it the most popular in the world. The NFL has the highest average attendance of any professional sports league in the world and has the highest revenue out of any single professional sports league. Thus, the best association football and American football players are among the highest paid athletes in the world.

The boom in rail transport in Britain during the 1840s meant that people were able to travel further and with less inconvenience than they ever had before. Inter-school sporting competitions became possible. However, it was difficult for schools to play each other at football, as each school played by its own rules. The solution to this problem was usually that the match be divided into two halves, one half played by the rules of the host "home" school, and the other half by the visiting "away" school.

Similarly, Gaelic football is the most popular sport in Ireland in terms of match attendance, and the All-Ireland Football Final is the most watched event of that nation's sporting year. Over the years, Canada absorbed some of the developments in American football in an effort to distinguish it from a more rugby-oriented game. In 1903, the Ontario Rugby Football Union adopted the Burnside rules, which implemented the line of scrimmage and down-and-distance system from American football, among others. Canadian football then implemented the legal forward pass in 1929. American and Canadian football remain different codes, stemming from rule changes that the American side of the border adopted but the Canadian side has not.

Only thing I saw Russ hit in the Red Zone was the game clock-about five yards over the head of the reciever. After the massive national head trauma that was the Colts-Broncos game, the NFL has been forced to place last night’s entire viewing audience into the concussion protocol. That was supposed to attract a younger generation of fans? Many wanted the extra regular season game while reducing preseason practice time & preseason games – this is the end result. It’s not just this one game, it’s been consistently bad for the first month.

Fantasy FOOTBALL analyst Dalton Del Don runs down the star players he believes won't meet expectations in Week 5. Bossaball – mixes Association football and volleyball and gymnastics; played on inflatables and trampolines. Freestyle football – participants are graded for their entertainment value and expression of skill.