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why do americans hate on foot-ball ?
Bomb-A®:
i dont even understand why they call american football that....they run around with the ball in their hands most of the time
i love foorball (soccer)
american football to me is a pussyfied version of rugby
peace
Low Key:
--- Quote from: []D [] []V[] []D [] []\[] aka Bomb-A on October 30, 2005, 12:29:36 AM ---american football to me is a pussyfied version of rugby
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Rugby is a really rough sport but there are no 300+ pound rugby players that could easily paralyze someone if they hit them at full force. Back in the 60s, there were hardly any pads worn at all in the NFL. As the players got bigger, so did the pads. Rugby is like 60s NFL with alot more action.
TeeRaySix9Teen:
--- Quote from: []D [] []V[] []D [] []\[] aka Bomb-A on October 30, 2005, 12:29:36 AM ---american football to me is a pussyfied version of rugby
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lol stupid comment. If the toughest rugby player you can find ran a short crossing route across the middle of the field with no pads and got lit up from tha blindside by some 250 pound solid linebacker with a full run at him...he'd be eatin his dinner through a straw for the rest of his life, easily. Rugby is probably big where its played....but how much to those players earn a year? It might be a lot...i dont know. But if it isnt the same earnings as you make in the NFL....and the rugby players were as tough and "skilled" (yeah right lol) as you think...theyd try out for the NFL. We've had a rugby player in the league before....but he was only a punter and played a position where he never got touched. Good for him...
mauzip:
--- Quote from: Now_Im_Blowed on October 27, 2005, 12:03:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ted187 on October 27, 2005, 12:01:49 PM ---For me, its because of those shorts. When I was like 8 and I played soccer they shorts were practically short shorts. That pretty much did it for me. :)
seriously...
From the outside looking in it's just because all they're doing is kicking a ball. I know there's a lot of strategy and skill involved in it, but from someone who hasn't grown up watching it, it just looks like some guys kicking a ball. And I don't really think it's gay... I watched the world cup. I even travelled from San Diego, CA to Minnieapolis, MN just to watch some soccer games (and chill with the family).
So basically is just what your exposed to. US=football Canada=hockey rest of the world=soccer.
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and global=basketball.
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FYO: Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.
TeeRaySix9Teen:
--- Quote from: Mauzip on October 30, 2005, 05:41:38 AM ---
--- Quote from: Now_Im_Blowed on October 27, 2005, 12:03:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ted187 on October 27, 2005, 12:01:49 PM ---For me, its because of those shorts. When I was like 8 and I played soccer they shorts were practically short shorts. That pretty much did it for me. :)
seriously...
From the outside looking in it's just because all they're doing is kicking a ball. I know there's a lot of strategy and skill involved in it, but from someone who hasn't grown up watching it, it just looks like some guys kicking a ball. And I don't really think it's gay... I watched the world cup. I even travelled from San Diego, CA to Minnieapolis, MN just to watch some soccer games (and chill with the family).
So basically is just what your exposed to. US=football Canada=hockey rest of the world=soccer.
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and global=basketball.
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FYO: Soccer is the most popular sport in the world.
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i think he's saying that basketball is the only sport that seems to be popular around the world, AND in America.
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