As a fan of football and not futbol. Here are the links why American Football is liked more so than futbol in America. Mind you the videos I have linked are just to our college teams. These are not even our professional teams. My team, The Louisville Cardinals may be considered a pro team by college standards. But they are just college level.
Enjoy the reason why American football PWNZ soccer
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www.youtube.com/watchThanks for watching! Just imagine the Pros..
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I always thought it was stuff like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_HVnxFN-uc
ps. Go Colts
Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
<mod edit>Dont see many broken bones in soccer. But will see them in American football. Wonder why? Unlike soccer American football you can permanently be disabled for life from a injury. Besides, unlike soccer where half the injuries are faked by the players. In American football a injury is for real.
Try to play soccer with 11 other guys on a enemy team trying to knock your head off then talk smack about football. <mod edit> Football Rocks soccer.. HARD!
The hits aren't any harder in Rugby...the only difference is that the guys in American football are wearing a bunch of hard plastic...you think wearing a helmet makes getting hit in the head feel good? I've given multiple people concussions, I've gotten a concussion, I've permanently injured my wrist (repeated trauama) I've knocked people out cold, I've even seen a dude DIE on the field...yes, he literally died at one of our games...<mod edit>
Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
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In the US, American football owns football, but in the rest of the world, football is the most popular and most played sport, while nobody cares about American football. In fact, The World cup is the most viewed sports TV program in the world, not even the olympic games can match that.
Hey, I didnt see anyone bashing 1 of the 30,000 futball posts that littered the forums for the past week. Plus, dont get all huffy puffy about a sport where not all 6 billion people can play it and you feel like bringing down a more elite, selective sport. <mod edit>
The injury roster of a soccer team is more akin to that of a basketball team...injuries in football tend to be much more severe, sorry there's just no getting around that with the style of game that it is...and if you think wearing pads is like wearing plate mail, then I'd love to see you give a couple hitting drills a try...true story: The star soccer player at our school was our kicker for our football team, one day we had him do a few hitting drills with some of our really wimpy guys (we didn't want to injur our kicker, we just wanted him to see what it felt like to hit someone)
After he hit the smallest dude on our team (a guy we called Icyhot) he came back over to me, barely able to breathe, and said quietly to me "Joe...that hurt like hell, I don't ever want to do that again"
he quickly learned that football isn't the wussy sport that soccer fans make it out to be.
Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
American soccer will always be boring. Almost like watching a golf game. Ohh yeah, that tricks thing!! Golfers have cool tricks too. And it requires even more finesse than soccer. But still is a extremely boring sport unless you play it. Even then its still boring. Tennis requires skill and talent as well. Its more exciting than a soccer match.
as I can show you here:
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He broke his foot. Keep in mind that those two were running at full speed.
If you had been watching real football from the same age you would have the same passion for it.
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The problem with stuff like that is that it's not very common...If you were to go to an NFL team in the middle of the season and look at their injury list it would have at least half a dozen players out because of various broken bones (most common would be fingers and collar bones)
It's just much more common in football because of the nature of the sport...that plate mail doesn't protect against much when you got a 250 pound line backer about to turf you...helmets provide protection against concussions, but trust me, getting hit in the head is ridiculously painful...it feels like your head has been put inside of a microwave. Getting hit in the body is no picknick either...the only time I ever had to come off of the field during a game because of injury was because of a cheap shot that somebody took at me after a play...hit my right in my side...I could barely breathe for a good 10 minutes. Of course, it was illegal, but most cheap shots like that go unpenalized anyway.
Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
If it were only about network greed then people would be watching soccer here when it was actually on TV...check the ratings, nobody watches it regardless of how many commercials are played.
We already have a boring sport, it's called baseball.. <mod edit>
And ps. the reason why it's so popular in the rest of the world? Because it requires so little equipment to play...a ball and anything resembling a goal and you are good to go.
Your argument is like a two legged dog with an eating disorder...weak and unbalanced.
You have never played football...I've played both and I can say beyond all doubt that you have no idea what you're talking about.
It is not my fault you have very little experience.
Just as it's not my fault that you have no clue what the hell you are talking about.
The hits aren't any harder in Rugby...the only difference is that the guys in American football are wearing a bunch of hard plastic...you think wearing a helmet makes getting hit in the head feel good? I've given multiple people concussions, I've gotten a concussion, I've permanently injured my wrist (repeated trauama) I've knocked people out cold, I've even seen a dude DIE on the field...yes, he literally died at one of our games...you want to tell me that football is a girl's game? You have no clue what you're talking about.
As I said American football compared to Rugby is a girl sport, you even supported it yourself in your statement. American football players wear lots of protection, compared to Rugby players that wear only a shirt. Between the two games, the game of rugby is a far tougher game then American football; you have to be tougher to play the game of Rugby then the game of American football. I appreciate that you have injuries from your time playing football; Golfers get injuries as well LOL. You have seen a football player die playing football, that is unfortunate that such things happen in sports I have personally seen several players die in Rugby matches. Does the fact that I have seen more players die in the game of rugby make it a tougher sport then American football, not at all, what makes rugby a tougher sport then American football is the fact that not one single American football player would dare play the game without their protection, they think its insane to do so. That and the game itself is what makes rugby a far tougher sport then American Football, and for yourself to sit there and state that you have played Rugby I find that highly unlikely because if your truly have played the game, you would know this.So you have played American Football than? You know exactly what the football players do in their free time? Yea, thats why half of my American Football team played rugby in a league in the off season? You are telling me that Rugby players are tougher because they wear no pads? and what? Does it make you stronger to go paintballing without any protection on? I guess, but it also doesnt say much about your intelligence, because when you, as an American Football player, have to play game after game you cant just let your body go to the shits, you have to preserve yourself for numerous season.
Heres a American football injury. Wait for the end of the video to get the full extent of it.www.youtube.com/watch
And heres a soccer injury.
www.youtube.com/watch
Still trying to figure out where this guy broke a bone?
Nuff said!! No comparision!
Lol, so this argument has broken down into which is the more violent and therefore 'better'?
Fine, then If we are going to sink to this level I had better remind you that Football (real football that is) has its roots in war. Way in the past that football field was the aftermath of a battle and the ball one of the losing sides head.
Hardcore enough for you?
This whole conversation has gone downhill from the start and that makes it over the edge.
If I were figuring out which sport is "better" (which is an individual preference anyways), I would figure out which sport requires the most athletic ability (both aerobic and anaerobic), which one requires the most skill and agility, which one provides the most excitement for both players and non-players, and which one puts the most emphasis on teamwork and comradere.
But most of all, I would determine which sport is able to be enjoyed by the most number of people. To me, that is the best sport. One that everyone can enjoy and take part in.
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I think we can all agree this is the most exciting sport in the world
At least you support that fact that yes Rugby is a tougher sport then American football, but it does not make Rugby better then American football, it only makes it tougher that is all, which is better is up to the people themselves to decide. But I would not go about the route of calling into question the intelligence of a Rugby player just because they play with no protection. Seriously have not seen any interviews with and American football player on ESPN LMAO. I am afraid in the intelligence category of both Rugby and American Football we would both loose LMAO.
You'd be surprised.
Rugby isn't a well paid sport. Before 1995 there was no such thing as a professional Rugby player. World class International players, amateurs all, frequently manage companies and achieve commercial success in their other careers. Rugby is only played by people educated at private schools and universities. It's an "Ivy League" game. The thickos play football. Johnny Wilkinson can speak joined up. Beckham can't.