Talk:American football

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Intro

I long ago had proposed that this page be labeled simply Football and that soccer-related ones be qualified; instead, this one was qualified. But recent edits on New York City taught me a lesson. There, I had the position that the intro had to refer to the city first by the page's title name (New York City, not New York). But apparently not, according to other editors. New York City, on that page, is defined as an alternative name in the intro. So I think the same goal can be accomplished here in the intro with the commonly-used name of the sport, football, used in the intro, offset in commas by the alternative names, such as American football. I'll make that change, and reference my comments here in the edit summary. I think it's a very positive change that ceases defining this huge global sport as some sort of secondary sport to that one where they kick round balls around for a few hours :). 15:39, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

It is not a huge global sport, rather it is a huge sport in the US. A huge global sport is that which you refer to as soccer, which the majority of the billions of players and fans refer to as football. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.204.186.108 (talk) 16:34, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

The specific wording in the Lead sentence is the result of a number of discussions, some quite long. As such, I've reverted your changes, and you'll need to get a clear consensus to support your proposed wording first. In general, it's not a good idea to copy the style of an article on a completely different subject such as NYC, which is probably also the result of long discussions to suit the wording to that article. BilCat (talk) 17:57, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Wrong Wrong Wrong

American football is NOT referred to as "Gridiron" -- not anywhere in the U.S., anyway. Whoever entered that reference in the main article either must not be from this country or has no interest in or knowledge of the game. The gridiron is another name for the FIELD on which the game is played, a holdover from the early days when, in addition to the 5 or 10 yard stripes, lines were also laid down from end zone to endzone, running perpendicular to the yard stripes, thus forming a grid. References are sometimes made to play "on the gridiron," yes, but is the sport ever referred to as Gridiron? That is a distinct and hearty "no way." 138.207.186.136 (talk) 13:26, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

In the U.K. it is routinely called gridiron football.Jeff in CA (talk) 21:50, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

A few people in the UK may refer to it as this but not routinely. This because in the UK American football doesn't even rank as a minor sport. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.204.186.108 (talk) 16:30, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

This term is not used in the U.S. when referring to the game. However, it is correct in its use as a differentiator from other firms of football (Association-, Australian Rules-, Rugby-, etc.), even if it IS only derivative. For that purpose, it's important that it be left unchanged.

More to the point, any semi-knowledgeable fan of the sport understands exactly what you mean when you say gridiron football. Ploobus (talk) 13:28, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Authorized player numbers now include the number 0

On March 28, 2023, NFL owners approved the use of the number zero for all non-linemen beginning in the 2023-2024 NFL season.

The article currently States that the NFL only allows the use of numbers 1-99. This needs to be changed to 0-99

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-owners-approve-proposal-to-allow-players-to-wear-no-0 Ploobus (talk) 13:21, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 January 2024

Reference 160 is not a relevant reference for the said article but purely a backlink attempt. Nothing about the reference provides value to the article. Should be removed as it purely for advertisement purposes. Alphape1 (talk) 19:39, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: If you are talking about this reference, then I think it's pretty relevant here and I don't see any good reason to remove it. Deltaspace⁴² (talk • contribs) 16:38, 2 January 2024 (UTC)