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The European League of Football was announced 4 November 2020 by Patrick Esume, former American Football coach and TV commentator, and sports manager Zeljko Karajica.. Since 2018, Esume had criticized the American Football Association of Germany (AFVD) for not using the fan potential in Germany, and tried to set up a professionalized structure for American football in Germany and the rest of E
This also skews the list towards sports with salary caps where salaries are therefore public knowledge and easy to cite. The contract figures referenced below are presented at face value and do not reflect potential pre or post-tax treatments. For example, contracts with European sports teams are typically quoted on a post-tax basis.
In 1974, the National Football League (NFL) announced plans to launch a professional American football league in Europe, the Intercontinental Football League (IFL). Aiming for a launch in the spring of 1975, the IFL would feature six teams (located in Istanbul, Rome, Munich, West Berlin, Vienna, and Barcelona, respectively) and would be a satellite league of the NFL, with initial funds made by ...
English Football League Two (EFL League Two) Association football England: 2021–22: 4: 24: 557: 170 [al] 7: 305 [5] 50 National League (NL) Ice hockey Switzerland: 2013–14: 1: 12 [am] 339: 167: 13.9: 493 [39] 51 Eliteserien: Association football Norway: 2022: 1: 16: 240: 161: 10.0: 671 [20] 52 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) Ice hockey Sweden ...
This explained why in the 2020s, association football leagues were collectively bringing in annually only about two times the revenue of the National Football League (the wealthiest sports league in the world), even though association football had eight times the number of fans worldwide as American football. [9] A salary cap can also help to ...
The 2021 ELF season was the inaugural season of the European League of Football, a newly formed professional American football league based in Europe. It started on June 19, 2021, and ended with the ELF Championship Game in Düsseldorf's Merkur Spiel-Arena, on September 26, 2021. [1] Frankfurt Galaxy won the title, beating Hamburg Sea Devils 32-30.
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The 2025 ELF season is the fifth season of the European League of Football, a professional American football league based in Europe. Sixteen teams from nine different countries will participate. Sixteen teams from nine different countries will participate.