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1. Arena Football
   Passing rules in Arena Football are the same as outdoor NCAA Football in which receivers must have one foot inbounds. A unique exception involves the rebound nets. A forward pass that rebounds off of the end zone net is a live ball and is in play until it touches the playing surface.
2. Ronaldinho -- Football
   Ronaldinho is one of few players to have played for Brazil at every footballing level, as he has played at under 15, under 17, under 20, under 23, and senior level. He made his first ever appearance for Brazil playing against Scotland on 7 March 1995 in an under 15s match, Brazil lost the game 1-0.
3. Arena Football -- Arena Football League
   The Arena Football League (AFL) is a professional indoor football league in the United States. The league is very young, having been founded in 1987 with the first game (“playtest game”) taking place between the Rockford Metros and the Chicago Politicians. The AFL ... governs a minor/developmental league called the af2 (arenafootball2) which was established in 2000. Fan attendance has seen highs and lows throughout the league’s history but recently it has hit an upward surge; average attendance in 2007 was over 12,000.
4. All American Football -- American Football League
   The 32-team National Football League (NFL) is currently the only major professional American football league in North America. At least two new professional American Football Leagues are slated to begin playing in 2008, the All-American Football League and the United Football League. There are professional American football leagues located in over 50 countries in the world (see List of leagues of American and Canadian football). A few of the more popular international leagues are the German Football League (GFL) and the Japanese X-League. The NFL does not operate any developmental leagues currently since the closing of NFL Europa. Players unable to make an NFL team sometimes play in other leagues such as the Arena Football League or Canadian Football League, both of which have rules differing somewhat from those of the NFL.
5. Oceania -- Oceania Football Confederation
   The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of six football (soccer) confederations under the auspices of FIFA, the international governing body of the sport. The OFC is the only confederation without an automatic qualification to the World Cup Finals. Currently the winner of the OFC qualification tournament must play-off against an Asian confederation side to qualify for the World Cup.
6. College Football Rankings
   Football is one of the most popular college sports in the United States. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), located in Indianapolis, is the most important organization governing major college competition. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, oversees competition for smaller four-year schools. The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, governs play for two-year and community colleges throughout the country. Under the jurisdiction of these national governing bodies are individual conferences and leagues based on school size and regional location. Well-known NCAA conferences include the Atlantic Coast, the Big Ten (northern Midwest), the Big 12 (Midwest), the Pacific-10 (Western states), the Southeastern Conference, and the Ivy League (Northeast).
7. Italian Football League -- World
   Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Professional Football League), commonly known as La Liga and ... known as Primera División, is the professional football league in Spain. It is considered to be one of the best leagues in the world along with the English Premier League and the Italian Serie A. La Liga became the first league to do the European "double" since 1997. It is currently first in the UEFA Ranking of European leagues based on their performances in European competitions over a five-year period, ahead of Serie A in second and the Premier League in third. In professional football (soccer) leagues La Liga was third-highest, behind the Bundesliga in first and the Premier League in second.
8. College Football Rankings -- Polls
   College football polls, like telephone books and price lists, should be treated as databases under copyright law. U.S. and international copyright law4 protect the databases as compilations of data, thereby only protecting the database to the extent of its selection and arrangement of data. The Supreme Court ruled that a residential telephone book did not receive copyright protection because the alphabetical listing of names and phone numbers lacked originality, "the sin qua non of copyright."5 However, the Second and Ninth Circuits have granted copyright protection to the information contained in the Red Book of used car values and Greysheet of coin prices because they were not "pre-existing facts that had merely been discovered…these predictions were based not only on a multitude of data sources, but ... on professional judgment and expertise."6
9. All American Football
   LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The All American Football League today announced an agreement with War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock for the famed venue to serve as the home field of the Arkansas team in the new League. League Vice President of Football Operations and Business Keenan Davis and Stadium Manager Charlie Staggs made the announcement with former University of Arkansas players Clint Stoerner, Anthony Lucas and Robert Thomas attending the signing.
10. Italian Football League -- Teams
    The Italian Serie A is the top league of football teams in Italy. Watch live Serie A with Live Sport Network. Serie A is part of the Italian football league and forms the top layer of its structure. Italian Serie A and Serie B make up the National professional league. Below that you have ...... More about Italian Serie A

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