A question for non-Americans!
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I'm in America but my family is all foreigners and there is a population of foreigners here, personally I don't understand how can anyone like televised sports, it's so popular that people who don't like it are forced to like it or face becoming an outcast. My mom watched it to figure out how it worked, told her the rules she then got bored and watched something else, this time the commercials are just well....weird, some are funny but others were just disgusting like the "Raising Hope Commercial" where the chick duct taped her abdomen and chest. Don't go down the Bulgarian commercial path! (funny and disgusting commercials, it's worse in Bulgaria though)
Short answer No.
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Now I pose two questions to you.
1) Why do you think people outside America would want to watch the Superbowl? It is a American league and not an international one.
2)Are you going to follow this season of Super 15?
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Now I pose two questions to you.
1) Why do you think people outside America would want to watch the Superbowl? It is a American league and not an international one.
2)Are you going to follow this season of Super 15?
I have to agree, what's up with all that protective clothing American Footballers wear :O.The_Graff said:
I Prefer Rugby better on all levels. Its also a more manly sport a lot better than your wossy football.
even as an american, I don't watch the superbowl every year. However, my home team was in it this year and even for a sport I have verbally abused many times throughout my life i have to admit I got pretty into it.
Its not as protective as people believe it is. In American Football players create a lot of G-force during a hit. On the College level players on average experience an average of 23gs per hit, an astronaut only gets 4gs. When you play American foot ball the first thing you learn on defense is that your a weapon, the pads become a may to maximize the power you hit with. Concussions were a huge problem this year in the NFL, the helmet protects the head from lacerations but nothing else. James Harrison of the Pittsburgh Steelers was fined over 100k i believe for hits (helmet to helmet, which is illegal in the NFL).Firetaffer said:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/sports/physics/4212171
I used to agree, but after playing both sports, i've decided theres definitely a more violent atmosphere on the field in american football.Firetaffer said:
Yeah, the problem is that the more they protect the players, the more extremes the players are able to go to. You also have players that simply aren't suited for a violent game playing because technology's been inserted to make them 'safe', see DeSean Jackson. It's a vicious cycle that's only going to get safer when we strip the protection away ironically.JJMUG said:
I don't get why anyone outside the US would care much for football, it's a sport based on regional rivalries and the love is bred in our high schools and colleges. I didn't give a rat's about it until I played my senior year, now I adore it. I played soccer, baseball and basketball most of my young life and football's the only sport I'd choose to play in another life.
The handegg stuff is really cute, I always get a kick out of it this time of year, seeing that trotted out trying to dish out as some kind of insult
why do people watch soccer? to see dives, crying and 3 shots a game? i prefer a sport that takes athletic talent opposed to dramatic talent.Alade said:
New Zealand here, and no. I have never really watched any American Football, don't really plan to, and I don't know anyone who ever has watched.
No other culture in the world really identifies or show particular interest American Football. Rugby however, is pretty popular in lots of other nations. I can't personally say much for these nations, but there at least seems to be lots of love for Rugby through out the UK, Australia and South Africa. And I can personally say, it's the sport New Zealand most identifies with. And that's putting it lightly.
No other culture in the world really identifies or show particular interest American Football. Rugby however, is pretty popular in lots of other nations. I can't personally say much for these nations, but there at least seems to be lots of love for Rugby through out the UK, Australia and South Africa. And I can personally say, it's the sport New Zealand most identifies with. And that's putting it lightly.