Are there American football leagues in England/Europe?

[FFStudios]

There are quite a few rugby leagues in the US (there's 5 teams in Massachusetts) and of course there's MLS (Or MLF - Major League Soccer/Football)

While I was eating a delicious eclair 5 minutes ago I stumbled on the thought of American Gridiron leagues in England. Are there any? I know there was NFL Europa but that died out a few years ago.

[FalcoLombardi]

[QUOTE=FFStudios;23219181] MLS (Or MLF - Major League Soccer/Football)[/QUOTE]

Read as MILF.

[BakedCheese]

I know there's EFAF (European Federation of American Football) which is the governing body, and I know of BAFACL [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAFA_Community_Leagues[/url]. That's about all I know of American Football leagues in Europe though.

[Erector Beast]

They're not well-known really, but there is a somewhat popular gridiron football league in Japan.

[FFStudios]

Maybe if we started calling it the ACTUAL name of it (American Gridiron) Europeans would stop getting mad at us for calling it football.

But thanks for those two links!

[Erector Beast]

[QUOTE=FFStudios;23219698]Maybe if we started calling it the ACTUAL name of it (American Gridiron) Europeans would stop getting mad at us for calling it football.

But thanks for those two links![/QUOTE]

You're an idiot, it's called American football because it's a variation of gridiron football. Football is still used either way you put it.

And as I saw a different member post a while back, it's called football because it was played on foot by peasants, while nobility played their sports on horseback.

And association football was original called soccer.