American football in the United States the Fall Experimental Football League played two seasons in 2014 and 2015). Two professional football leagues are pending launch: the Alliance of American Football is scheduled to debut in February 2019, while the XFL, a revamp of a league of the same name that played one season in 2001, is set to return in February 2020. There are several professional indoor football leagues, played at basketball-sized arenas. The oldest one is the Arena Football League, which had several teams co-owned by several NFL owners but is officially independent from the NFL. Indoor football leagues play by significantly different rules that
American football in American Samoa American football in American Samoa American football is a popular sport in American Samoa, and many Samoan players have played in the National Football League in the United States. Football in American Samoa is played by the same rules as in the United States. In 2010, the island was home to twenty-eight players who played in the NFL; a number that has increased each year. Every year the number of high school graduates from American Samoa who go to play college football increases. About ten years ago the University of Hawaii was nearly the only college that recruited players from