(i could be wrong but) i thinki thats one of the reasons cyber ball came about
atari wanted to make an nfl arcade game, but the licencing fees would have been too much and instead of making up their own league and so on they just thought sod it
iir someone tried making another american football league outside of the nfl and it tanked somewhat
it was seen as a poor mans alternative and not that much different than college football (and no i still dont know why they call it football and football soccer aside from the obvious jokes)
atari wanted to make an nfl arcade game, but the licencing fees would have been too much and instead of making up their own league and so on they just thought sod it
iir someone tried making another american football league outside of the nfl and it tanked somewhat
it was seen as a poor mans alternative and not that much different than college football (and no i still dont know why they call it football and football soccer aside from the obvious jokes)