If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...

This idiot makes posters like Kennethgriffin and Nick Young look like some of the great thinkers of our time.

how can you see a receiver stop and go, keep his hands down til the last possible moment, then catch the ball and drag both of his feet to stay in bounds and sarcastically say wow?

I mean you obviously have to be athletic to play any sport, but soccer i just a lot more skill based than based on athleticism. Football easily has the greatest athletes out of any sport. It's not even close. You have guys who are 6'3, 220 pounds, run a 4.4 40 yard dash, with 35 inch verticals, bench pressing 225 pounds 20 times.

Those who talk about how boring it is you probably just haven't watched enough to appreciate the drama and strategy behind the game. Every play seems incredibly important regardless of what happens.

All the NFL fanboys have just taken over this thread.

Why is it so hard to comprehend that people have their own opinions on things? Many of us watch a lot of NFL (more than the average American) and we still believe its not the most physically demanding sport.

How is this an issue? Stop being so butthurt about someone else's opinion, how does it really affect you?

By the way I hate him but Christian Ronaldo is arguably the best athlete in the world.

[QUOTE=B-Easy8]All the NFL fanboys have just taken over this thread.

Why is it so hard to comprehend that people have their own opinions on things? Many of us watch a lot of NFL (more than the average American) and we still believe its not the most physically demanding sport.

How is this an issue? Stop being so butthurt about someone else's opinion, how does it really affect you?[/quote]
Do you hear that whoosh? That would be the point of this thread screaming over your head at mach speed.

[QUOTE=B-Easy8]All the NFL fanboys have just taken over this thread.

Why is it so hard to comprehend that people have their own opinions on things? Many of us watch a lot of NFL (more than the average American) and we still believe its not the most physically demanding sport.

How is this an issue? Stop being so butthurt about someone else's opinion, how does it really affect you?

By the way I hate him but Christian Ronaldo is arguably the best athlete in the world.[/QUOTE]

Christian Ronaldo? :roll:

The reason that af isn't more popular overseas is that it is boring game that has roughly 15mins of action for ever 45mins of commercials.

Also smh at the toughness argument. Do af players get routinely stomped, bitten, punched, spat on, elbowed/forearmed, scrotum grabbed, headbutted or eye-gouged? No? Than stfu.

[QUOTE=Blue&Orange]Yes yes, you forgot to mention, time management, teamwork, leadership, self motivation, being able to talk, peripheral vision, having two feet.

My question to you is how ****ing retarded are you? Yes keep spouting generic stuff that all sports require. You raelly gonna win this argument.


Arm strength, really? a skill?
Body control? not suffering from Parkinson is a skill?
blocking, tackling? herp derp i can throw myself in front of someone herp derp
footwork, what footwork? Are you joking or being serious can't tell.
ability to know and execute routes? fancy word for run forward, lol, yeah not being brain dead and know to run forward where there is less people, amazing skill.
accuracy, pass catching? wow catching a ball, amazing stuff right there, for 12 year old girls with butter fingers.
The only thing that resembles a skill is the throwing of the ball, and that is like kindergarten stuff.


Find me a sport less skillful than this crap, i dare you. Ping pong > NFL

Even baseball needs more skill, batting a ball >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything on american football.


i remember when i was a kidd, our teacher sometimes would make us play "human footbal" basically nfl without a ball, we had to cross over the field without being touch by anybody, and everyone would whine, because it was SO BORING. You would love it, great display of "footwork, field vision, ability to know and execute routes, body control", it was all we had.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=Andrew Wiggins]Christian Ronaldo? :roll:[/QUOTE]

Clearly I missed the O.

Christiano.

You happy now Mr Wiggins?

[QUOTE=HarryCallahan]The reason that af isn't more popular overseas is that it is boring game that has roughly 15mins of action for ever 45mins of commercials.

[B]Also smh at the toughness argument. Do af players get routinely stomped, bitten, punched, spat on, elbowed/forearmed, scrotum grabbed, headbutted or eye-gouged?[/B] No? Than stfu.[/QUOTE]

Yes, to all of that. To a lesser extent these days, ever since Goodell was put in charge and the concussion lawsuits started coming in. The NFL is a barbaric game and it used to be even more barbaric.

[QUOTE=HarryCallahan]The reason that af isn't more popular overseas is that it is boring game that has roughly 15mins of action for ever 45mins of commercials.

Also smh at the toughness argument. Do af players get routinely stomped, bitten, punched, spat on, elbowed/forearmed, scrotum grabbed, headbutted or eye-gouged? No? Than stfu.[/QUOTE]

Actually yeah dude. My friend played high school football and told me some horrific stories about being in human piles on a football field. People grabbing his balls, biting him, elbows, the whole 9. I think rugby is a tough ass sport though, if I lived in Europe or Australia you wouldn't catch me on a Rugby field, just like you don't catch me on a football field here in the US :D

[QUOTE=B-Easy8]Clearly I missed the O.

Christiano.

You happy now Mr Wiggins?[/QUOTE]

clearly you missed more than that, because there's no athlete i've ever heard of named "christiano ronaldo"

[QUOTE=HarryCallahan]The reason that af isn't more popular overseas is that it is boring game that has roughly 15mins of action for ever 45mins of commercials.

Also smh at the toughness argument. Do af players get routinely stomped, bitten, punched, spat on, elbowed/forearmed, scrotum grabbed, headbutted or eye-gouged? No? Than stfu.[/QUOTE]

They get concussions, broken bones and torn ligaments. Pretty sure most studies show that American football generates more season-ending type injuries than Rugby which is mostly cuts, bruises, etc.

[QUOTE=PHX_Phan]They get concussions, broken bones and torn ligaments. Pretty sure most studies show that American football generates more season-ending type injuries than Rugby which is mostly cuts, bruises, etc.[/QUOTE]

A lot of injuries could be avoided if:

a) A running clock was instituted; players getting so much rest inbetween plays allows them to perform at a higher level, conversely allowing them to get tired would decrease the strength of hit/tackles.

b) Banning helmets etc; Might seem counter-intuitive, but banning pads would mean players taking responsibility for their own protection, not leading with their heads.

[QUOTE=joe]Actually yeah dude. My friend played high school football and told me some horrific stories about being in human piles on a football field. People grabbing his balls, biting him, elbows, the whole 9. I think rugby is a tough ass sport though, if I lived in Europe or Australia you wouldn't catch me on a Rugby field, just like you don't catch me on a football field here in the US :D[/QUOTE]

Did not know that. I though that cups (boxes, protectors w/e) would've atleast stopped scrotum-grabbing.

In any case the number of times per game someone has this happen to them in Rugby is far higher than amfootball.

In my playing days I didn't play a single game where I wasn't stomped on atleast once. Not to mention eye-gouging.