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

[QUOTE=LJJ]Marginal talent pool. It's not rocket science.[/QUOTE]
why do you think the talent pool is marginal?


if every NFL player and every soccer player on the planet all participated in a giant 100 M race the first 100 people to finish would all be from the NFL...

[QUOTE=-p.tiddy-]why do you think the talent pool is marginal?


if every NFL player and every soccer player on the planet all participated in a giant 100 M race the first 100 people to finish would all be from the NFL...[/QUOTE]

this is untrue

[QUOTE=Andrew Wiggins]this is untrue[/QUOTE]
it is mostly true...no way to prove it though

many NFL players have world class sprinter speed...were track stars in college

[QUOTE=Maksimilian]What about an IQ test?[/QUOTE]

Why is that relevant to a conversation regarding athletes? The only IQ that matters in football is football IQ.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i28MU8-lcw[/url]


^^^ Jacoby Ford 40 yard dash


can Beckham do that?...lol

[QUOTE=Maksimilian]What about an IQ test?[/QUOTE]

What was the relevance of that question?

This thread will only be useful to The Macho Man.

[QUOTE=Maksimilian]What does a 100m matter in soccer? The best soccer players concentrate on possession and passing, not un-necessary running (Except the English, but that's why they suck). Why would "who ever is the fastest" determine who are the better athletes?[/QUOTE]

Ok, and the best NFL players (especially QB's) memorize dozens of complex play calling. Receivers have to understand route running.

[QUOTE=Maksimilian]What does a 100m matter in soccer? The best soccer players concentrate on possession and passing, not un-necessary running (Except the English, but that's why they suck). Why would "who ever is the fastest" determine who are the better athletes?[/QUOTE]
speed is part of athleticism...as well as strength, leaping, coordination, etc


the ONLY facet of athleticism that soccer players have over NFL players is endurance...I'll give them that...but EVERY OTHER FACET goes to the NFL

[QUOTE=-p.tiddy-]speed is part of athleticism...as well as strength, leaping, coordination, etc


the ONLY facet of athleticism that soccer players have over NFL players is endurance...I'll give them that...but EVERY OTHER FACET goes to the NFL[/QUOTE]
I dont know, soccer player might be more agile...but other than that i agree. LJJ is just a comedian in this thread.

[QUOTE=LJJ]Never knew eugenics was still so in fashion these days.

American Football, a sport that is played in really only one country in the world (where it's just one of many popular sports), a sport that a handful people around the world practice professionally and sport that only about 5% of the world population is exposed to [U]of course still has the absolute elite athletes in the world.[/u]

:rolleyes:

Because they're American, right? And the "American race" is inherently more athletic than the rest of the planet?

:rolleyes:

Please. That's the most ridiculous thing I ever heard, you guys need a dose of reality.[/QUOTE]
You're a fu[color=black]cking[/color] moron, end of discussion. You know nothing about game. Ignore list you go.

[QUOTE=Maksimilian]What does a 100m matter in soccer? The best soccer players concentrate on possession and passing, not un-necessary running (Except the English, but that's why they suck). Why would "who ever is the fastest" determine who are the better athletes?[/QUOTE]

It wouldn't determine who the best overall athletes are because the athletes in the two sports possess entirely different skill traits. Soccer takes more endurance than american football, but that's just because NFL players have to sacrifice endurance for explosive speed, mass and strength. I personally prefer soccer over american football anyway, as well as basketball and aussie rules. IQ really has nothing to do with athletics, whatsoever. So speed is definitely a lot more relevant to this conversation than IQ. You claim that the NFL isn't that tough of a league to play in, but you ignore the talent level, size, and athleticism of these super athletes. I'm sure it wouldn't be tough for you to step onto a field where 220-330 lb behemoths run at you at elite speeds. :rolleyes: