The Ultimate Sporting Question

[Civman10]

because American do have a strange grasp of the English language. Amercians call a Toliet 'Bathroom' or even a rest room (what do they sit on a toliet resting, maybe have a sleep on it. 'I am just going to the restroom to rest and sleep for 1 min' ) which has no bath in it, Hamburgers which has no ham in it and football, where they never kick the ball (only on convesions and set plays)

American football or renamed by me American soccer is a crap game. I turned on a game, went out for 4 hours, came back and the game was still playing. Its so boring. the game stops and starts. You have a play, then the game stops, new players are put on, the managers have 5 mins to construct a new play and then it starts again. the game fits american tv because there are so many breaks and thus lots of time for adverts



(Sorry if this affends anyone not intended)

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Originally posted by MrPresident
Can someone explain to me how Americans (and to a lesser extent Australians) can call their sport football? Ignore the argument that the name was already taken and tell me what about the two games justifies the name football. From what I have seen of American Football (or Yankieball to me) most of the game the ball is not kicked. So what logical reason can be given to explain why this sport is called football? Shouldn't it be throwball, handball or American rugby?

I do concur that there ain't a lot of kicking in Gridiron.

But there is a lot of kicking in Aussie Rules Football/Australian Football.
Soccer has never had mass popularity here; the crowds are small, and the media attention is extremely brief and minor.
We've had our own game since the 1850s, and the northern states have their rugby union and rugby league.

Soccer, gridiron, rugby, football(as I know it) - they all have very similar and common roots, but developed differently in different places.
And in the end it matters very little. I'll call it what I will, and someone else will call it what they will. And that is that.

And to the little Henrique boy: We prefer to keep our best to ourselves.