Few events in the history of the National Football League have had the impact of the June 8, 1966 merger with the American Football League. Mergers between sports league have been going on since at least 1885 when the National League allowed some clubs from the Union Association to join the league.
Most sports league mergers the league being bought out quickly disappears into the history books. This merger was a bit on the strange side as the American Football League continued to function as its own league until the 1969 season was completed. Most league mergers result in one league picking and choosing teams in the league being bought out and leaving some clubs out in the cold. That was not the case this time as all 10 AFL clubs plus a yet to be awarded expansion team were allowed to join the NFL. The AFL brought much more then just 11 clubs with it, when the final merger went through. The brought several innovations with them that are very much part of football today.
Tomorrow we will look at a lopside soccer game in Thailand.
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