Pro Football Essay

On Sundays in the fall people all over the world are watching pro football. But do they know how it came to be or how the rules have gotten to be the way they are today? Most people don’t, so I am going to tell you all about it.

Since pro football has been around there have been numerous rule changes and new advances. I would like to talk about the many scoring changes that have been made. The original rules of football which were written in 1876 by Walter Camp have changed mightily since they were first created. Some of the scoring changes people now days would say they’re “weird” but they made the game have better competition and made it much more difficult. By changing the touchdown from 4 to 6 points was the first of many great changes. It made teams want to score touchdowns instead of kick field goals for five points a try. I mean if you can stop short of the end zone and kick it for a point more, why not! But shortly after, they changed the field goal to three points instead of five which made the game much more difficult. One of the most prolific rule changes that has promot...