17 Mar 12
Oh whodey....tse,tse,tse
Can any american football fan give me an idea of watching NFL live as opposed to watching it on tv?
Because I can tell you that watching soccer live is way better live.
It seems to me tha nfl is very boring because of it's stop start nature.
Also bringing specialists players on and off. How dumb.
Who would want to be kicker in some low grade?
I think that soccer should be called 'football' but because I live in australia
we already have three other footballs 🙄🙄🙄 ,ie Australian Rules (apparently the most popluar sport here) , rugby league (for the punters and workers) and rugby union or just plain "rugby" ,(which is terrible and is played mainly by private school richboys)
It is kinda weird that the most popular sports in the US seem the be amongst the least popular in the rest of the world.
Check out rugby league - now that's tough. No breaks. No protective gear . Just flesh into flesh.
In a live game you can hear them thumping into each other from far away.
I tried it when I was younger only to have 6 or 7 blokes jump onto me. That was that right there. It was soccer from there on ...
Originally posted by karoly aczelI keep laughing at this "toughness" crap being splayed about regarding pads or no pads.
Oh whodey....tse,tse,tse
Can any american football fan give me an idea of watching NFL live as opposed to watching it on tv?
Because I can tell you that watching soccer live is way better live.
It seems to me tha nfl is very boring because of it's stop start nature.
Also bringing specialists players on and off. How dumb.
Who would want to ave 6 or 7 blokes jump onto me. That was that right there. It was soccer from there on ...
Here are the facts. The fierceness of the hits that occur in the NFL would end any
rugby player's career and possibly life were they administered to them. Hell, some of
those very hits disable players wearing the "body armor" you love to mock.
Yes, Rugby can be brutal, but it is way toned down in velocity and impact because
they wear no padding!!!
I will guarantee you there are players in the NFL who would more than ably handle
themselves against a rugger in full contact. And there are plenty of tough assassins
playing in the NFL who could handle the toughest of ruggers.
The NFL MUST protect the players to keep it from being a blood bath and to
preserve the league.
Why can't you rugger fans understand it isn't about toughness? The NFL game is a
harder hitting than rugby ever thought about. Don't kid yourselves in thinking it is
not.
Second, virtually ALL sports are best when viewed live rather than on television,
due to the the atmosphere and aura of the game.
However, watching live, you are not privy to instant replay and the second guessing
on plays or officiating gaffs.
Soccer is not played on with the feet. It is played with chests, heads....basically anything
except hands (with the exception of the goalie who is predominantly hands).
So why do you think that is FOOTball?
Rugby and Australian Rules Football also use their hands and bodies as well as their
feet so you can't call them FOOTball either, can you?
NFL Football is plenty justified calling it Football as any other sport.
17 Mar 12
Originally posted by shortcircuitThe only thing i find laughable is how a nation as big as America could follow such silly sports as you do .
I keep laughing at this "toughness" crap being splayed about regarding pads or no pads.
Here are the facts. The fierceness of the hits that occur in the NFL would end [b]any
rugby player's career and possibly life were they administered to them. Hell, some of
those very hits disable players wearing the "body armor" you love to mock.
Yes, Ru ...[text shortened]... r, can you?
NFL Football is plenty justified calling it Football as any other sport.[/b]
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Originally posted by shortcircuitWe've been there before, as well. Repeatedly.
Soccer is not played on with the feet. It is played with chests, heads....basically anything except hands (with the exception of the goalie who is predominantly hands).
So why do you think that is FOOTball?
NFL Football is plenty justified calling it Football as any other sport.
Yes, you can use any body part except your arms in football - but usually you don't, do you? The vast majority of the time, you use your feet. The ball in football is mostly kicked, dribbled, shot, with the feet. That's why it's football.
Yes, you can use the feet in gridiron. And you do. But more often than not, you don't. You either throw it, or carry it, or drop it. Sometimes you also punt it. But mostly, you do not. And in this game, "it" isn't even a ball - it's an oval object more akin to a lemon. That's why gridiron is not football.
No quibble you may add to that can change the basic statistics. Football is played mostly with the feet, and with a ball. Gridiron is mostly played with the hands, and with a lemon.
Richard
Originally posted by karoly aczelThree American home grown sports, baseball, football, and basketball, surpass soccer in popularity in the US. Foriegn sports not indiginous to the US, like golf and soccer and cricket, come no where close.
It is kinda weird that the most popular sports in the US seem the be amongst the least popular in the rest of the world.
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Perhaps it irritates foriegners to know that Americans are different in some way and tend to be independently minded. I guess it is only human nature to try and make everyone like them, otherwise, you have the nagging feeling that you might be missing something........
17 Mar 12
Originally posted by karoly aczelBelieve it or not I've played Austrailian rules football. and let me just say, I think it superior to rugby.
I think that soccer should be called 'football' but because I live in australia
we already have three other footballs 🙄🙄🙄 ,ie Australian Rules (apparently the most popluar sport here) ,
I've always said that Austrailians are the closest thing to Americans. They would rather come up with their own sports than they would copy what everyone else is doing.
Originally posted by Shallow BlueGee Rich....haven't seen ANY Field Goals that were not kicked.
We've been there before, as well. Repeatedly.
Yes, you can use any body part except your arms in football - but usually you don't, do you? The vast majority of the time, you use your feet. The ball in football is mostly kicked, dribbled, shot, with the feet. That's why it's football.
Yes, you can use the feet in gridiron. An a ball. Gridiron is mostly played with the hands, and with a lemon.
Richard
Nearly all extra points are kicked.
All punts are kicked.
Some players are kicked out of games.
Seems there is an awful lot of kicking going on.
?Originally posted by whodeyHome grown sports ?
Three American home grown sports, baseball, football, and basketball, surpass soccer in popularity in the US. Foriegn sports not indiginous to the US, like golf and soccer and cricket, come no where close.
Perhaps it irritates foriegners to know that Americans are different in some way and tend to be independently minded. I guess it is only human natur ...[text shortened]... e like them, otherwise, you have the nagging feeling that you might be missing something........
17 Mar 12
Originally posted by whodey"
Believe it or not I've played Austrailian rules football. and let me just say, I think it superior to rugby.
I've always said that Austrailians are the closest thing to Americans. They would rather come up with their own sports than they would copy what everyone else is doing.
" Australians are the closest thing to Americans " you have got to be kidding 🙄🙄🙄
17 Mar 12
Originally posted by shortcircuitAll I know is if a rugby player walks into a room you can tell by their cauliflower ears and mashed up nose what they do for a living. If an American football player walks into the room you just wonder what steroids He is on. They do so little running on the day it has to be calculated by the season. Football and Rugby players are running up and down the length of the pitch for 45 and 40 min stretches respectively, but it has to be said, in terms of the actual spectacle and value for money as a family day out American football and Baseball are in a different league.
I keep laughing at this "toughness" crap being splayed about regarding pads or no pads.
Here are the facts. The fierceness of the hits that occur in the NFL would end [b]any
rugby player's career and possibly life were they administered to them. Hell, some of
those very hits disable players wearing the "body armor" you love to mock.
Yes, Ru ...[text shortened]... rutal, but it is way toned down in velocity and impact because
they wear no padding!!!
Originally posted by kevcvs57Yawn.....
All I know is if a rugby player walks into a room you can tell by their cauliflower ears and mashed up nose what they do for a living. If an American football player walks into the room you just wonder what steroids He is on. They do so little running on the day it has to be calculated by the season. Football and Rugby players are running up and down the le ...[text shortened]... nd value for money as a family day out American football and Baseball are in a different league.
So your point is, Rugby is tougher because the players are deformed in real life?
What a pile of garbage!!
Go play some rugby, we'll talk later.
Oh, and yes, you are correct when you say American Football and Baseball are in a
different league. They are more widely viewed, the players are paid better, and when
the players leave the stadiums, they don't look hideous.
18 Mar 12
Originally posted by shortcircuitYeah, I know. Start .Have a little bump of helmets and cuddle of pads and then stop after about what 10 seconds??
I keep laughing at this "toughness" crap being splayed about regarding pads or no pads.
Here are the facts. The fierceness of the hits that occur in the NFL would end [b]any
rugby player's career and possibly life were they administered to them. Hell, some of
those very hits disable players wearing the "body armor" you love to mock.
Yes, Ru ...[text shortened]... r, can you?
NFL Football is plenty justified calling it Football as any other sport.[/b]
Then look at the coach, maybe all huddle together and come up with an amazing tactic. Pull some guy on and some guy off . And then its bump and cuddle again.
Never could see the attraction.
18 Mar 12
Originally posted by whodeyLol. Keep trying .
Three American home grown sports, baseball, football, and basketball, surpass soccer in popularity in the US. Foriegn sports not indiginous to the US, like golf and soccer and cricket, come no where close.
Perhaps it irritates foriegners to know that Americans are different in some way and tend to be independently minded. I guess it is only human nature ...[text shortened]... e like them, otherwise, you have the nagging feeling that you might be missing something........
I admit that from the outside test cricket could possibly be one of the most boring sports ever, but thats why I like it, because its on for ages.
and all those stats .
I'm sure you baseball fans could appreciate all those stats