The NFL season is well underway in the US, but Ireland's football season is nearly over, with its equivalent of the Super Bowl taking place this Sunday in Dublin at a sold-out Croke Park.

Some 82,000 fans will see home team Dublin face Kerry in the All-Ireland football final, and countless members of the Irish diaspora around the world will tune in to watch the match live.

And in pretty much every way it'll be better than any NFL game.

Gaelic football is faster and more exciting than American football, and the players are not paid to play, so, unlike the NFL, it's not so much about money, egos, and scandals as it is about passion, heart, and pride.

Here's why attending a football match in Ireland should be on every sports fan's bucket list: