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The '''[https://discord.gg/zMwSrc2HEV Earth Football League]''', commonly referred to as simply the '''EFL''', is an gridiron football sports league on EarthMC. It is based on the real-life National Football League, and uses a rulebook similar to that of American football. It currently consists of 8 teams with rosters ranging between four to eight players. It was founded on January 15th, 2022, by ZGamerz_123. It was played with a new concept which ZGamerz conceived to recreate American Football in Minecraft. It has played seven seasons, with the eighth currently in progress.

The EFL was established by ZGamerz_123 on January 15th, 2022.  The league was originally named the NFL, sharing the name as the real-life league.  It was renamed the the Earth Football League ten days after founding. It began with several test games in ZGamerz's town of Tallahassee, [[CSA]], and a few others across the world, such as in Rigy, SSRBV. The league held its inaugural draft in February, and games began being played in March.   

After the season concluded three weeks later, the playoff picture was decided.  The first game had the [[Philadelphia Eagles|Alaska Wolves]] playing the Tallahassee Confederates in Tallahassee.  The Confederates prevailed.  Later, the Cuban Calamities bested the Atlantean Tridents.  In the semifinals, The Texas Lonestars defeated the Tallahassee Confederates via a forfeit win, sending them to Super Bowl I.  The Minneapolis Meanders bested the Cuban Calamities, to officially set up the first Super Bowl.  The Super Bowl included an appearance from the server owner, Fix.  The game concluded with a win by Minneapolis following ACSK3 being tackled a few yards short of the endzone on the final play, crowning the Meanders as world champions.  FBI_Bro was the game's Most Valuable Players (MVP).

Season II was delayed several months due to the rival AFL, created by disgruntled EFL members. This caused ZGamerz to resign and become the co-commissioner to NFISH2021. The AFL merged with the EFL, and Season II began in July, 2022. All teams held the same names except for Cuba relocating to Morocco due to war, and Minneapolis relocating to Ho Chi Minh. Malso_ would also be appointed co-commissioner midseason. Below are the final standings.

After the season concluded, the postseason began with the Ho Chi Minh Hueys beating the Texas Lonestars, and the [[Philadelphia Eagles|Alaska Wolves]] defeated the Morocco Gazelles in Alaska. The [[Philadelphia Eagles|Wolves]] played the Atlantean Tridents in what many consider to be the greatest game of all time, in which the [[Philadelphia Eagles|Wolves]] outlasted the Tridents.  Afterwards, the Confederates lost to the Ho Chi Minh Hueys via yet another forfeit, sending Ho Chi Minh to the Super Bowl with [[Philadelphia Eagles|Alaska]]. In Super Bowl II between the Alaska Orcas and Ho Chi Minh Hueys, the game concluded with an [[Philadelphia Eagles|Orcas]] win.

Season III began on January 15th, 2023, the one year anniversary of the Earth Football League.  The league expanded their season to 7 games. They have also reset teams and their rosters.  All teams reset due to the EarthMC reset, except for their owners. The final S3 standings can be seen below.  

The Season III postseason began with Santa Fe forfeiting to Club America and a thrilling stunner having the Bills beat the Bengals 33-32.  In the conference finals, the [[Philadelphia Eagles|Orcas]] destroyed the Aguilas 70-35, while the Cowboys beat the Bills 42-35 to advance to the Super Bowl, holding off Buffalo on the final play.  In Super Bowl III in Fairbanks, Alaska, the [[Philadelphia Eagles|Orcas]] beat the Cowboys at home in a Super Bowl ridden with lag and controversial officiating, with the score of 49-42 to become World Champions.  The [[Philadelphia Eagles|Orcas]] completed the first repeat in EFL history, becoming the best and most successful franchise in the league, before renaming to the [[Philadelphia Eagles]].  

Following an unsuccessful attempt to finish Season IV, the original Super Bowl IV was cancelled due to a boycott by both teams over the location of the Super Bowl (EarthMC vs Aternos), leading to a reboot into Season V, which would lead to the league's decline, up until a breaking point with poor officiating, leading to an attempted coup, and subsequent revolt to form a new American football league, which would soon be dubbed the name of NFLEMC. Season IV was the season of the Next Era of Earth Football, the league held games on Aternos for the first time. This season was the 1st season of [[NFL (EMC)]], but for the purposes of record keeping, the EFL considers this Season IV. Every team was based off an NFL team and we finally saw EFL Commissioner ZGamerz_123 win a ring with Derp0716. Here are the standings below.

The Season IV postseason started with first time MVP Dres1 fighting it out against Bears QB LukeDCool for the first time of many times, we saw a final score of 44-31 where the Eagles looked to three-peat. In the AFC we saw the #1 Seed Kansas City Chiefs lose to Derp0716's led Pittsburgh Steelers 84-70 in an offensive shootout that required no mistakes in order to win — one of the highest scoring games in EFL history. Super Bowl IV was held in the Pleasure Dome in Texas, the Pittsburgh Steelers pulled off the upset vs the 7-0 Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl with a final score of 44-32. This also marked the first time [[:Category:Lore Items (Aurora)]] were introduced to the EFL.[[File:EFL S4 Playoff Bracket.jpg|thumb|Season IV Full Postseason Bracket]]

*SB MVP: IceHippo[[File:SteelersWinIV.png|thumb|Pittsburgh Steelers Trophy Presentation in Pittsburgh after winning SB IV vs the Eagles]]

Season V was the first time we saw a New Coming QB in Sflucx win a Super Bowl as the starting QB, the league expanded to a historic 12 teams along with 4 divisions, 2 in the AFC and 2 in the NFC. The EFL also brought back the 6 team playoff bracket. this was the final season of [[NFL (EMC)]]. This season lasted from August 2024 - November 2024, here are the standings below.

Season VI was the end of the NFL, many of the team owners in the NFL wanted to bring back the EFL, including longtime commissioners ZGamerz_123 and Malso_, who were upset with the current condition of the tumultous leadership in the league, leading to a longing for the glory days of the original EFL. These teams are based off of historic EFL Franchises which the Lonestars, Meanders, Confederates, etc. all come back to life, along with this the OFC and GFC are brought back and reshuffled. This season brought back the meaning of EMC Football and along with that we saw Derp0716 take home his second championship ring in 3 seasons along with Sflucx being argued as one of the GOAT's with back to back Super Bowl wins. The EFL dropped back down to 8 teams however still kept the 6 team playoff format, the standings can be seen below.