Ko te National Football League, e mōhiotia ana ko te NFL, ko te American Football League. He nui te rīki whutupaoro o Amerika. Ko te American Football Conference (AFC, American League) me te National Football Conference ngā huihuinga matua e rua e titoa ana e ngā tīma 32 o te rīki (National Football Conference, e kiia nei ko te NFC, National League). Tekau mā ono ngā tīma mai i ia rōpū kua wehea ki ngā wehenga Rawhiti, Tonga, Hauāuru, me Te Raki. E whā ngā tīma kei roto i ia wehenga.

Hei whakarāpopototanga, ka karangatia ēnei he hāte takahuri. Ko te "putanga tārua o te hāte" e tohu ana he rite te āhua ki te putanga o te kaitākaro, engari he rerekē rawa te papanga, te rahi, me te momo kākahu i te putanga o te kaitākaro, e ai ki te whakamāoritanga reo Pākehā tika. Ko te tau, te tohu o te tīma kei runga i te ringaringa ingoa o te kaitākaro (mēnā he mea), te porowhita kei runga i te ringaringa (mēnā he mea), me te tohu Reebok he mea tā takahuri katoa ki runga i te papanga angiangi rawa o te hāte takahuri. He rerekē ki te putanga kaitākaro, e tika ana mō ngā taputapu tiaki, ko te putanga tā takahuri o te hāte he mea tika mō te mau o ia rā.

Kua wehea te putanga pā o te hāte ki ngā putanga pakeke (Hāte pakeke), taiohi (Hāte Rangatahi), me ngā putanga wāhine kia pai ake ai te urutau ki ngā momo tāngata (Hāte Wahine). Ko te putanga rongonui me te putanga taunoa ko te mea pakeke. Kei te wātea ngā rahi o te hāte taitamariki mō ngā tamariki i waenga i te 8 me te 10 tau te pakeke, ā, he iti noa te tau me te tohu NFL. He iti ake te uaua o te putanga pēpi, he māmā ake hoki i te putanga pakeke. He whakapaipai hope te putanga wāhine kia pai ake ai te urutau ki te tinana o te wahine. Kāore i te whakaahuahia i roto i te taipitopito.