Why Americans Love Football

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[quote]BFBullpup wrote:
thunderbolt23 wrote:
Oh, and as for the twerp that stated that football is sissified rugby - more rubbish.

Name-calling instead of backing up your statements. Cute. I guess I should do the same for myself.

Football: 60 minutes.
Rugby: 80 minutes.

Football: covered in plastic and rubber from head to toes.
Rugby: plastic is forbidden.

Football: 4 quarters. 15-minute halftime.
Rugby: 2 halves. 10-minute halftime.

Football: play starts and stops in 15 seconds at most.
Rugby: play is nonstop for minutes at time.

Football: field goals are kicked from the center of the field.
Rugby: penalty kicks and kick-after-tries can be taken from anywhere, so sometimes you have to walk back from the spot of possession just to get a better angle.

Football: downfield blocking.
Rugby: you’re not allowed to hide behind your teammates like a wuss when you’re carrying the ball.

Football: just running into the end zone is good enough for a touchdown.
Rugby: you have to touch the ball down in the try zone. If you drop the ball or if the opponent holds you up so you can’t touch it down, tough shit.

Football: you get penaltized for excessive celebration, “unsportsmanlike conduct”.
Rugby: it’s almost always the case that the players are just too damn tired to celebrate after a try or a good kick.

Football: after you score, you have to kick the ball away.
Rugby: after you score, your opponent kicks the ball back to you.

Football: offensive and defensive units, 45 or so player in a single team.
Rugby: 15 players both ways, only 22 players in a single team.

At least American football has better cheerleaders than rugby. Good on you, mates.[/quote]

And the winner is RUGBY!

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[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Keep on packin’…
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That rapier-like wit is coming to the fore once again with yet another perfectly excuted allusion to a gay joke. It’s like a masterclass in insults. I feel humbled.

Wow… Homophobic, Xenophobic, Franco-phobic, Soccer-phobic… You’re scared of a lot of things for a big warrior aren’t you?

Oh, and for the record it’s 1-Pack as in not quite having a 6-pack? Okay, glad we sorted that one. Look forward to another side-splittingly funny retort.

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[quote]1-packlondoner wrote:
Headhunter wrote:
Keep on packin’…

That rapier-like wit is coming to the fore once again with yet another perfectly excuted allusion to a gay joke. It’s like a masterclass in insults. I feel humbled.

Wow… Homophobic, Xenophobic, Franco-phobic, Soccer-phobic… You’re scared of a lot of things for a big warrior aren’t you?

Oh, and for the record it’s 1-Pack as in not quite having a 6-pack? Okay, glad we sorted that one. Look forward to another side-splittingly funny retort. [/quote]

GO RUDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
YOU CAN DO ITTTTTTTTT!

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Well, the break is really just five minutes.

And speaking as someone who appreciates both (although I am merciless in teasing my two American sons), football tackles has a much harder impact. It is not a question of toughness. It is simply that you WOULD break some rather necessary bones if you didn’t dial it down a bit in rugby. I have permanent limp from having been tackled by juniors!

The main difference is that football has a stronger emphasis on tactics, while rugby is all about endurance and the will of the team.

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[quote]Auss wrote:
These 2 videos are of Rugby League.
I think they pretty much speak for themselves.
I think all you yank footy fans should enjoy them,

and

Rugby League is like a cross between Rugby Union and American Football.

It is fun to watch because it favors straight ahead running and big tackles but I prefer Rugby Union.

To try to debate whiuch sport is better or tougher is a waste of time. They are great games and are very tough in different ways.

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Thanks for the proof on the Jedi in England, Zap. That is really all we have to say about the subject. The UK will soon be saying, “Sport rugby best it is” “Hit hard you must”

Use the force 1-pack.

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Whats next? Next will there be a religion in the UK based on Lord of the Rings? Or Harry Potter? I would personally love to see the order of Smeegol (spelling?) Would the order of Smeegol walk around calling people stupid fat hobbits?

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[quote]TrainerinDC wrote:
Whats next? Next will there be a religion in the UK based on Lord of the Rings? Or Harry Potter? I would personally love to see the order of Smeegol (spelling?) Would the order of Smeegol walk around calling people stupid fat hobbits? [/quote]

get your tongue out of HH ass and consider this.
59% of Americans believe superman is real.
The rest didnt understand the question.

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[quote]TrainerinDC wrote:
Thanks for the proof on the Jedi in England, Zap. That is really all we have to say about the subject. The UK will soon be saying, “Sport rugby best it is” “Hit hard you must”

Use the force 1-pack. [/quote]

Still confused…

I knew about the little prank that came from Australia re listing Jedi as your religion on a census but didn’t realise that was what you referred to.

A bunch of people - mostly students -have a laugh on their census forms (I for one refused to fill mine out as I felt too many questions seemed to have a commercial interest) and you take it to be indicative of something in the European psyche?

That said, last time I visited the US I did wave my hand and tell passport people ‘you don’t need to see our passes’.

Yet another cavity search… :frowning:

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In you, hostility sense I. Learn to take a joke you must. Prove my point about grumpy Europeans you did. Good idea practicing temperance is.

(Yoda speak for the jedi englishmen)

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[quote]supermick wrote:
get your tongue out of HH ass and consider this.
59% of Americans believe superman is real.
The rest didnt understand the question.
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Did I ever insult the intelligence or character of the English? No I did not. There is no need for you to be that juvinille over a joke and insult Americans like that.

What the hell do you mean superman isn’t real? Of course he is. He never walked again, then died. Geesh, get it right you silly crumpet eating, afternoon tea drinking, wrong side of the road driving Englishman.

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Rugby and football both kick ass but if you guys are trying to determine the best team sport based on violence and toughness than it would have to be HOCKEY!

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[quote]MODOK wrote:
Adamsson wrote:

  1. Rugby is in no way a more “kind” sport compared to american football..

  2. Soccer is an amazing sport, I don’t like it too much, but the skill level needed to succeed is amazing..

  3. Super nationalistic americans never seize to suprise me.. “we are the best, europe (as if europe is one homogenous mass..) are cowards”…

Who said Europeans are cowards? All I’ve heard is the comparison of two games…anything more is coming from your psyche, unless I’m missing something. Rugby is cool, but you can’t compare a hit from a 330 lb lineman running full tilt to a 200 lb rugby player not in pads. The physics simply don’t add up.

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TrainerinDC wrote:

Show me one time in history where the French weren’t cowards. I will buy you all the history books printed, you will not find where the French were not cowards.

I have since pointed out a couple of times in history and got no response.

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So I watched the video with the rugby hits. I took a minute to reflect on what I just watched before moving on to the video with football hits and then took another moment to reflect.

Now I am no expert so correct me if I am wrong but it looked like EVERY ONE of those hits hurt. Many of them looked like they could have resulted in some pretty serious injuries. And I would not be surprised if a couple of the players did not walk for a while if ever again (cannot think of his name but #82 on the Bills comes to mind).

I do not think that you can call one sport tougher than the other. Sure rugby players may not wear pads and footballs players may run full speed at each other with reckless abandon but at the end of the day their is still blood, pain, and injuries. Go tell Ray Lewis that he is a pussy because he wears pads or Vinnie Anderson (don’t know that many rugby players) that he is a little bitch because he does not run full speed and lead with his head when he tackles.

On a more serious note…
If we are really going to compare which sport is the most bad-ass then we have to include swimming. First, no one wears less padding than us and second you fuckers get to breathe whenever you want while playing your games.

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[quote]cjs1034 wrote:
you fuckers get to breathe whenever you want while playing your games. [/quote]

Not if I hit somebody in the chest hard enough they don’t…

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Even with pads, leading a tackle with your head just isn’t sound. Seems like the art of tackling has taken a nosedive in American FB. The best are the textbook ones that just stop a guy dead in his tracks. BTW, does anyone else here like being hit as much as they like dishing it out or am I just that weird?

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[quote]Panther1015 wrote:
BTW, does anyone else here like being hit as much as they like dishing it out or am I just that weird?[/quote]

I like the collision, I don’t like “being hit”. “Being hit” makes me think about absorbing all the impact, and not dishing any of it back, as in, getting knocked off your feet and onto your ass.

As a ‘larger than average’ individual, it’s very rare that you have the opportunity to explode into another person with full force, without getting charged with some sort of criminal charge at least.

It’s the violent physical contact that I “enjoy”, not “being hit”, which typically sucks, unless you’re a serious sadomasochist .

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[quote]Headhunter wrote:

This spirit is also a big reason why the rest of the world reproaches us. They interpret spirit as arrogance. They think that people who actually fight evil are in themselves evil. They secretly see the American dedication to creating a just and lawful world as a reproach upon themselves, upon their cowardice and lack of spirit. They hide in their decaying Old World, amidst their rot and lethargy and curse those who face challenges. They play soccer.

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THAT is the answer why many people do not like the USA.
They think there only live people like you, which is, thanks God, not true.
Do you even get the irony of refusing the accusation of arrogance and then calling the whole word cowardly?

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Soccer. Man’s game. The end.

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Your such a stereotype of a french hating soccer loving englishman packlondoner haha.

Whos that photo of, I love it, for some reason ‘the butcher’ comes to mind? Alot of blood there, the reason there is usually less blood in Rugby per injury is because such injuries happen all the time so the trainers and docs on the sideline are ready to staple them up or put a few stitches in and throw them back onto the field.