American football?

[JimmerDunda]

I agree, football is a stupid name for what is basicaly American Rugby.

So it should now officiall be called HandEgg.

See, simple.

Except soccer should be called diveball, hockey to fightpuck, and tennis to snowshoepaddle.

or maybe snowshoes should be called wearable tennis rackets, hockey should be called agressive ice skating, and soccer should be called kicking shins is fun.

American football can be "lets put on pads and kick the shit out of each other" and "Rugby can lets not wear pads and dry hump each other."

 

[hippykiller]

becuase their American, that's why.

Damn right we are.

yeah. anything you think is correct, is. damn your US customary units! what can't you just use the metric system like the rest of us?!

Because the metric system sounds lame. Example:

Godzilla is 200 foot tall!
Godzilla is 60.98 meters tall!

your like the only fucking country in the world who doesn't use the metric system! whats with you yanks?!

 

[2fish]

We told the evil red coats to leave and to take their units of measurement with them (see mom college taught me stuff). We also took the name football as spoils of war.

 

[technoted]

because rugby for wimps didn't seem manly enough i guess

 

[Twilight_guy]

Because we're all fat morons. Actually I have no idea but it probably has something to do with European football being called soccer and American football evolving from soccer. I'd actually prefer if the name was standardized but according to my first sentence that will never happen.

 

[BlueMage]

Also who gives a shit what we call a sport. No one has legal rights to the name so just enjoy sport you like. If it bothers some Europeans that much then don't watch American football.

It's more the way your pansy-boys get all gussied up in armour that's offensive.

Haha I would love to see some of your dry humping rugby players take on ray lewis or brian urlacher in a game of American football. Most of them would be on the ground crying.

Shit son, you would be too if you got smacked by someone 60% heavier than you are due to wearing armour.

 

[Instinct Blues]

Hasn't there already been like an infinite number of topics about this. But anyways we call it football cause we want and fuck the metric system even though a system of measurement based on the number 10 is much simpler than the one based on the size of a king's foot.

 

[Xanian]

Dunno, made sense at the time, I suppose?

Follow up questions:

Why is cricket called cricket?

 

[Xanian]

Also who gives a shit what we call a sport. No one has legal rights to the name so just enjoy sport you like. If it bothers some Europeans that much then don't watch American football.

It's more the way your pansy-boys get all gussied up in armour that's offensive.

Haha I would love to see some of your dry humping rugby players take on ray lewis or brian urlacher in a game of American football. Most of them would be on the ground crying.

Shit son, you would be too if you got smacked by someone 60% heavier than you are due to wearing armour.

Yeah, we have to wear the armor, though. Too many people dying of broken necks/ skulls....yadda yadda yadda. Why don't Rugby players protect themselves more?

 

[Xanian]

Why do Europeans call Communist Kickball Football?

Because we use our feet the whole match

But it is exclusively played by communists and you kick a ball hence the proper name: Communist Kick Ball.

I didn't know the whole world was communist

Also we do more than kick the ball...wait why am I argueing with this lol.

American =/= Communist. Not American = Communist.

Please stop making Americans look bad, it hurts my feelings... ;_;

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

Cricket has no crickets AT ALL. And tic tac toe has no tic tacs, or toes involved. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD?

 

[Inverse Skies]

Meh, I'll always call football in America the NFL, because I already have a football - Australian Rules! Ahhh footy, so much better than soccer.


(It's also the team I support winning the Grand Final, hence why this clip is awesome!)

 

[MrGFunk]

I don't get why it's an issue.

Is this gonna be a whole WWF/WWF thing where one ends up being called Footbale?

 

[Superbeast]

I don't get why it's an issue.

Is this gonna be a whole WWF/WWF thing where one ends up being called Footbale?

No, the WWF already sorted out their grievances. The pandas kicked Triple H's arse (see avatar) and won the name-rights. That's one cage match I'll never forget
*wipes away a tear*

 

[robman1130]

yes because we SHOULD do what the rest of the world says. in the words of eric cartman "whateva whateva, i do what i want"

 

[StonkThis]

Cause some people were stupid, and no once questioned it. I think soccer should be football. But, after so long of the present, it probably won't happen.

 

[Vuljatar]

Because "Throwball" sounds stupid.