The Ultimate Sporting Question

[MrPresident]

This is a question that has plagued mankind since the beautiful game was invented and it had to be named. Fierce debate has raged for well over a century. Now is the time for it to be answered. The question is:

Do you call it

• Football
• Soccer
• Something Completely Different
• What sport are we talking about
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  The fate of an entire sporting world is in your hands. Actual fate not in your hands. Name of the sport in question can not be changed by this poll or any other poll of this kind. In fact this poll is meaningless and probably a waste of however much time you spent reading this and answering the question. That is time you will never get back and so you should probably stop reading this right now. What did I tell you? Right now. okay now for sure. now. stop it. okay this is the final warning I shall give otherwise I will end it very abruptly so I suggest you

 

[Becka]

I can't believe it. I can't believe it!! After all the arguments I've had about and how American football is football and soccer is soccer, I go and vote for the wrong thing.

 

[Hitro]

Of course it is Football!

It's a game played predominantly with the foot, not some 'sport' where people are running around carrying an oval 'ball' in their hands.

 

[Flatlander Fox]

I call it Soccer.

And it's not beautiful, at least to me. More like boring.

Hey, YOU asked for it!

 

[philippe]

its "VOETBAL"!not soccer or football its VOETBAL!

 

[Beam]

Originally posted by philippe
its "VOETBAL"!not soccer or football its VOETBAL!

This time I agree with philippe!

Isn't it called Futbol in Spanish and Portugese?

 

[Hitro]

Gaah, vote 'Football' then philippe!
The English are widely accepted to have 'invented' the game and although they can't play it everybody who likes it should vote for their version.

 

[philippe]

hitro still angry they beated up your country in the football?
your stuggy defensive and your boring football style makes everyone go to bed.

 

[Beam]

Originally posted by Hitro
The English are widely accepted to have 'invented' the game and although they can't play it everybody who likes it should vote for their version.

Here comes the issue, the inventors call it soccer. Isn't it called Fussbal in German?

 

[Hitro]

Originally posted by Beammeuppy
Isn't it called Fussbal in German?

Yes, but like voetbal, futbol etc. that means in English: Football.
Why should American football be called football?

Originally posted by philippe
hitro still angry they beated up your country in the football?
your stuggy defensive and your boring football style makes everyone go to bed.

Says who? Belgium?

 

[basta72]

It´s "fotboll" =)

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by Beammeuppy
Here comes the issue, the inventors call it soccer.

Since when??
The English call it Football, the international community calls it football and the FIFA even has the Football in its acronym. It´s FIFA not FISA.

Only Americans insist on soccer.

 

[Vinc]

SOCCER of course. Football is what Europeans call American football.

AND I don't consider SOCCER the beatiful game. They play for 1 hour and a half, have enourmous nets, how come they only do one goal per game??

 

[ComradeDavo]

football

I have been playing for 8 years and I have never called it anything different

 

[Pggar]

We can see you don't understand it, Vince.
That's why you don't think it is a beautiful game!

And the question from Hitro remains unanswered:
Why should American football be called football and not fruitball as 6chan baptized it?

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by Pggar
And the question from Hitro remains unanswered:
Why should American football be called football and not fruitball as 6chan baptized it?

Indeed! The American thing uses neither a BALL nor is it mainly played by FOOT.
Should be more like "Carry the Fruit and Run" or "Fruitrun" or "Fruitcarry" or "Carryfruit".

But I have to agree that real Football can get a little tiresome eventually, especially if you try to watch every game of a season.

 

[Hitro]

Originally posted by Lucky
But I have to agree that real Football can get a little tiresome eventually, especially if you try to watch every game of a season.

Hmm, of course there are not that interesting matches now or then, but having watched practically every game of a season I can say that is doesn't get tiresome overall.

 

[animepornstar]

football not beautiful?
what sport can compete with the beauty of this goal:
http://bart.sm.luth.se/~johobe-1/redondo.avi

 

[Simon Darkshade]

It's soccer, and it is most definitely NOT a beautiful game, but a boring little event of prima donnas running up and down a pitch for no real result.

 

[IceBlaZe]

What What What?
What are you all talking about?

It's called "Kaduregel"