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Movies of the NFL to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the AFL

Most of us are young to remember the good old days Joe Namath, and John Madden two of the most influential people ever associated with the American Football League. Starting Sept. 16, Showtime will broadcast a documentary into five parts entitled Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League. Airing every Wednesday at 8:00 pm Eastern, programming provides an overview unique brand of football and the originality of the AFL club members. AFL Video courtesy of NFL Films, which recounted and documented the league 1960-1969.

What most people do not realize is that the AFL has helped change the way all sports are played. You see before Michael Jordan sticking his tongue out while sliding into the air before Tiger Woods at the pump of the fist sinking putt winner until all touchdown dances seen in all games Football today. There was no celebration after a great time it was considered disrespectful to your opponent because Sport was considered a gentleman's game.

All that changed with the birth of the AFL. The AFL began when the founder League Lamar Hunt, has been rejected by the NFL when he tried to buy an NFL team. Distraught not be able to buy a team in flight a plane of the idea struck him. Through hard work, he established a league of eight teams and began to prove he could build a league to compete with the mighty NFL. The eight teams were the Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos, Dallas Texans, Boston Patriots, Titans, New York, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles and Houston Oilers Chargers.

While the league has started with almost anyone attend games, it quickly gained momentum when people began to see the flamboyant style of play. The guys were high fiving each other on the field, Joe Namath, quarterback for the Jets New York was wearing fur coats on the sidelines, it is fun and the seats began to fill quickly.

While the League has been fun to watch because of all the actors ethusiasm presentation, he was not just a league Showboat. The AFL has many players talent that ended up being included in the Pro Football Hall of Fame legends like Fred Biletnikoff, Willie Brown, Bob Griese, Larry Little, OJ Simpson, Gene Upshaw, and Art Shell. Even my nine and four years old son to know the name of John Madden, not because they watched the coach the Oakland Raiders, but because of its video game that they like to play. Not only revolutionized the AFL football Pro but it has to buy goods from your favorite team something more in common then and now.

The AFL eventually merged with the NFL in 1970 and helped shape the League we know today. While some teams are still in the same place since their first AFL season, some have changed names or places. The Dallas Texans are now the Kansas City Chiefs, the Patriots took a Boston area and paly today that New England Patriots, Titans, New York has changed its name to the New York Jets, their home, Shea Stadium in proximety near busy airports in New York and Houston Oilers head towards the north to become the Tennessee Titans.

During the 2009-10 season in the NFL, the eight original teams of the AFL will wear their uniforms back old times where they play against each other in honor of the 50th anniversary of the AFL. Although some of the uniforms are probably the worst thing seen since the 1960s Batman and Robin with Adam West. It shows how far football has come.

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