The three major sports in the United States are American football, Basketball and Baseball.
The popularity of these sports is 37% for American football, 11% for Basketball and 9% for Baseball. It is more than half of these three major sports.
Football is a sport played form a high school and a college student age. As a professional sport, there is the National Football League (NFL). NFL has the Superball which is the league championship. In the game, the whole United States are super crazy. Only the game, there is an economic impact of around 500 million dollars, which is extremely large.
The match system is to be divided into an attacking team (Former attack) and a defensive team (Latter attack). If the attacking team brings the ball into the opposite, defensive team end zone, it gets its points. The defensive team will prevent it. The attacking team is given 4 attacks, and if it proceeds more than 10 yards within 4 attacks, it gets 4 more attacks. Otherwise, it does not proceed 10 yards, it must take turns. There are 11 persons in one team. Players can be replaced many times during the match, and those who 11 persons specialized in attacking can participate during attacking time, and those who 11 persons specialized in defense can participate during defense time. 46 players can be registered in one team both participating and reserve players in the NFL.
The characteristic of football is that the attacking team and the defensive team are completely separated. It is separated from the former attacking and the latter attacking, and then the attacking team only attacks and the defensive team only defends in the game. Players have positions which are quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers etc. as attackers, and defense lines, linebackers, cornerbacks etc. as defenders. Roles among players are strictly divided, and they are not changed fluidly. In addition, there are players who only specialized in attacking, defending and the other skills. The game often stops, and when it stops, players confirm their strategy and tactics from their coach. Each of players moves according to them, and he repeats it again and again during the match.
The coach gives his instructions for the game to his quarterback, his quarterback gives them from his coach to each player accordingly, and each player carries out his work as his role according to them. I notice that the concept among the coach, his quarterback and each player in the above is similar to not only the United States military discipline, but also a characteristic on the United Sates business. By playing American football from high school and college age, and supporting it in the many US people, the concept of teamwork unique to the United States is naturally formed. The concept is one of the important factors in understanding the United States society.
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