nonfootball

Nonfootball is a broad term used to refer to things that fall outside the domain of football. The exact scope depends on regional usage, since “football” can denote different codes in different places—association football (soccer), American football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, and so on. Consequently, nonfootball generally means content, activities, or topics not belonging to the particular football code under discussion, and can include other sports, as well as non-sport subjects.

In media and programming, nonfootball is used to categorize content that is not focused on football. This can include coverage of other sports such as basketball, cricket, tennis, or rugby, depending on the channel or outlet. It can also refer to topics outside sports, such as entertainment, politics, or culture, when the framing is to distinguish them from football-focused material. In fan discourse, nonfootball may describe interests or discussions beyond the game itself or, in some contexts, topics entirely unrelated to football.

The term is not standardized in dictionaries and its precise meaning is context-dependent. It is more common in online writing, media planning, and casual usage than in formal scholarship. Examples of contexts include scheduling nonfootball programming during football off-seasons, categorizing sections of a blog as nonfootball, or labeling discussions to separate them from match analysis.

See also: football, association football, American football, rugby, Gaelic football, multi-sport.