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The league has been recognized in national media campaigns, has been recognized in the book "Atta Girl", and even has a team (the New England Storm) that has a commercial relationship with an NFL team, the 2004 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots . The Storm have since been expelled from the league. HISTORY In the United States of America, a women’s football league was started in the early 1960’s. Such an organization was started to prove that women had the power to do what men did, with hopes that people would enjoy women's football as much as they do men's. The name became WPFL in 1965. Since there was no college women’s team in the US, most of their athletes came from Basketball , Rugby , and Soccer . In the early 60’s, many women thought that sports in the US were Sexist and needed a shift in another direction, moving beyond the Stereotype that all women were passive. After a few years, the sport began to fade. The league was regenerated in 1998 and has grown stronger every year. EFFECTS Sixteen teams in the WPFL are coming into the 2005 season. The league has hundreds of players and is growing, though these female "professional" athletes do not earn enough money to make a living on, the league still refers to them as professional athletes. Other leagues that connect to women’s football include the United Football League , the Independent Women's Football League , and the Western States Football League . Due to the efforts of these organizations, some women’s teams are allowed to play in some of the million-dollar domes and arenas originally built for men’s teams. Some of the best places in the world are now hosting women’s game like the Astrodome in Houston, Texas , and some of the high facilitated places in Detroit, Michigan . TEAMS American Conference
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