What is tradition to you? Is it sports, family, or friends?

In the United States of America, football is part of the American tradition.

You gather around on Sunday and watch football. On Thanksgiving, you gather with family and friends and play a turkey bowl.

The question that may be asked is why isn’t European football more of a custom in America?

European football was created by ancestors and passed down through each generation, which is why they cherish the sport and love it so much.

American Football was created in America and many people feel closer to American football. Foreigners brought soccer stateside, but American football remains in the blood of locals and is an expression of American values, passion, and national identity.

Football in America is intimately inextricably tied to the American identity, just like soccer in Brazil and rugby in England.

In fact, Harvard was the first university to combine both rugby and soccer.

The “Boston Game,” as it was called, was one of the first iterations of football ever created. Later, it incorporated additional elements from rugby to make the game more physical.

As a symbol of football’s popularity, the Super Bowl stands tall as the most watched annual sporting event in the world, mainly due to large American audiences. However, the Super Bowl has seen increasing coverage in Europe as the popularity of football has risen on the continent.

Now, football has become a weekend pastime – a chance to kick back and cherish memories with friends and family. Luckily, there is football all weekend for Americans to watch: high school football on Friday, college football on Saturday, and the NFL on Sunday.

Steeped in tradition, football is the quintessential heart-pounding, nail-biting American sport that will forever be cheered and watched in America.