International Opinion of American Football

[direkiller]

Yeah but we got the Plane. >

You're going to lose the invention battle.

We have vaccines, telephone, television and the internet (yes that WAS us) to name a few..

American football is like rugby for pussies.

how dose a debate between football in soccer always end up saying footballs for pussy's go play rugby?

Pro Soccer is down there with basketball in terms of drawing bullshit calls.

You can make a case about the fans being tough as nails(not stopping a game after ppl die in the stands is hardcore) but soccer to me seems like one pratfall after then next.

so football>soccer

its not as hardcore as rugby but then again what is now can we put aside the differences and focus on the real pussy wiped sport baseball

 

[Gunsang]

As an American I have never really cared about football(soccer). It's just slow and not really appealing. It's a good sport, it just doesn't appeal to me. American football is slow as well, but it's like a chess game which makes it entertaining to me. Rugby looks like it could be an awesome sport, but being American I can't really watch it anywhere. The arguments about which sports are better are moot, however, because hockey is obviously the greatest sport of all time.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I'm so gonna try that thanks

Omega]DAMMIT, now that you said it im going to have to try that. Just thinking about this causes me to laugh...

Might also need to be sped up a little bit for comedic effect

Be sure to post a youtube link if it is particularly hilarious

 

[WolfThomas]

As an Australian, I'd say it's Union for pussies. But yeah our oppinion on football is almost as bad (at least kicking the ball is still the important part though).

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Rugby should be the true Football by virtue of what happens on when you're caught on the bottom of a ruck. Get a lot of feet on your balls when that happens.

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

Best sport ever (because its entertaining, not challenging). And this "hand egg" bullshit is gettin old (no offense)

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

As an Australian, I'd say it's Union for pussies. But yeah our oppinion on what is football is almost as bad (at least kicking the ball is still the important part though).

Naw, American Football has the same stop-start-stop-start-stop-start-stop-hand-the-ball-over routine as Rugby League does. Union has way more run and flow.

Not to mention that what actually constitutes 'football' varies depending on if you live in an Aussie Rules majorty state or a Rugby majority state. Aerial Ping-Pong versus Bumsniffing.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

It all sucks, doesn't matter who invented it or plays it. IT IS BORING.

 

[MikailCaboose]

The true answer.

Spoiler: This is Football

Spoiler: This is soccer

GET IT RIGHT FOLKS!

To be pedantic, the American football is literally a foot-long, hence its name.
That is all.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

its not as hardcore as rugby but then again what is

Spearfishing for sharks...
Spear hunting feral pigs...
Punching cassowaries...
Raping bears...
Teasing taipan snakes with your wedding tackle...

 

[AwesomePeanutz]

Just came home from my high school's American Football match (we won!). There are some people on this forum that say Amer. Football is boring, but that's because it's chock full of commercial breaks. Don't watch professional Football; it's really boring. Watch it in person; it's much more fun.

But I do play Soccer (International Football) in the fall and spring seasons. If I had to compare the two FUTBOLS, I'd say that A.F. requires more strength and stratagy, but I.F. requires endurance and wits.

That's all I have to say.

 

[Godhead]

It seems fine enough, as sports go. It does seem a bit wimpy compared to rugby though, as rugby players don't wear any protective gear beyond a mouthguard. Still, doesn't really matter, they're different games.

See, now I always thought that was because Rugby players did less in the way of actively smashing into each other every 10 seconds the way American football players do. Is that true?

Actually they do. But apparently ESPN did a test showing that American football players deal more damage in a tackle to compensate for the pads. Of course that could also be because Rugby players need to be more careful so they don't break something important.

 

[Antitonic]

It beats the hell out of AFL, that's for sure.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Some of those hits would have left one or both players crippled for life if they hadn't been wearing pads. You would never see a full-speed head-on collision like that in rugby. Rugby is a contact sport and American football is a collision sport, that's why you need pads for one but not the other.

I've seen harder hits in Aussie Rules games.

 

[lostzombies.com]

Some of those hits would have left one or both players crippled for life if they hadn't been wearing pads. You would never see a full-speed head-on collision like that in rugby. Rugby is a contact sport and American football is a collision sport, that's why you need pads for one but not the other.

Sorry, but I see your video and raise you this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8v-qZFVYnc&feature=related

 

[ssManae]

Just to add some help for some of the non-American folks (since it'll probably get skipped over after this goes another page or two):

As a few people have already posted, the pads are pretty much needed in American Football. Hits get down-right vicious. The lineman don't get to lock together nicely before they start mauling each other. And there's nothing saying you can't absolutely smear the guy holding the ball into the ground just because he wasn't looking (so long as you avoid some hits, like helmet-to-helmet that leads to some pretty serious medical problems). Sometimes, you can even level someone when they don't have it--case in point is the Option play: the quarterback runs a sweep to a side, with the option of pitching it to someone running a pattern to take it or keep it himself depending on how he reads the defense. On that play, it's perfectly legal for a defensiveman already committed to tackling the quarterback to still take him out even after he pitches the ball. And I've watched it break ribs through the pads in one of my high school games.

Also saw a quarterback's femur get snapped in half. Chased him right into two our our 110kg linebackers. One wound up under his leg. Other on top. But, that's something that could probably happen in Rugby pretty easily, too.

As for the fitness parts of the game, they really don't compare. I played Soccer myself until the eighth grade when I switched over to American Football. My first two-a-days practice, I was running circles around everyone. After the first set of "grueling" conditioning drills, the whole team was huffing, puffing, and spraying themselves with water to cool off while I was bouncing about, anxious to get back to it wondering why everyone was tired after such easy drills. And why not? Years of Soccer, running for miles each practice, and I was nothing but runner's muscle. When it came to actual technique drills, I was horribly weak. During the next summer's 'optional' thrice-weekly lifting and conditioning practices, I put on literally fifty pounds. I was more and more winded each year's two-a-days thereafter, but by transitioning to sprinter's muscle I became one of the best lineman on the team.

 

[Gutkrusha]

As someone who played American Football all throughout Middle and High School, all that 'body armor'? Doesn't really help much. The helmet and the cup do, though. Nothing really helps when a 400 pound man is slamming into you at the force of a semi truck.

I'll try to find it, but I read an article talking about the difference in hits between rugby and American Football, the main theme being that hits happen much more often in our Football, and our athletes are typically bigger because of that, meaning more force in the hits. There would be a lot more deaths in the sport if they didn't wear anything.

We had a receiver once that broke his arm, only to continue playing for 3 more plays, which resulted in him getting a touchdown. I myself played about half of a quarter with a fractured collarbone. You wanna see badasses, check out High School and College football, cause they still want it, while the pro players already have it.

 

[health-bar]

Strange how Americans think their version is Football since it's using the name of an English sport to rename another English sport that doesn't allow kicking and add pads to it, thinking protection makes it cooler.
And then they rename the original as if nobody were to notice. Why is the UK the only country to still call it Football?

The word "soccer" originated as an "Oxford '-er'" slang abbreviation of "association", and was popularized by a prominent English footballer, Charles Wreford-Brown. This origin is evident in the sometimes-heard variation, "soccer football."

its the English's fault the word soccer exists


now the debate:
rugby=several body checks and ongoing play
Football=sudden high impact forces followed by breaks of up to 40 seconds (usually)

rugby is more physically trying sport of tackles and running. stamina is the biggest key; football is a sport of impacts

if football players hit as hard as they did without pads, people would break major bones every game.

 

[razer17]

Sunglasses: Roman, inuit and English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunglasses

Odorless fridge: well done, you found a way to include and air freshener into your fridges design. Well done America

Well WE MADE THE SUNGLASSES AND A ODORLESS FRIDGE Yeah I went there.

Don't forget that Brits invented the internet:

Americans invented the internet

The only true american invention is the Post-It.

Or the internet

The internet was invented by Tim Berner-Lee, a man who was born in England, and who was working at CERN. IE Not an American

 

[thylasos]

I'd much prefer to watch a game without interruption, to be honest. I enjoyed the last superbowl, but largely due to the people i was with, rather than anything to do with the game itself. It was good to see the Saints rock it, though.

Perhaps the 6 nations is meaningless, but the Superbowl is precisely 1/6 as meaningful as that.