Bey Brad Wrote:no

Quote:Some might say, simply, "because they kick the football."

But the real story is deeper. The origin of American football is in the history of the world's most popular sport: soccer. When soccer -- more universally known as "football" (which of course makes sense because soccer players use their feet) -- players decided to change their centuries-old game with restrictions such as the no-use-of- hand rules, people who disliked this broke away to create rugby. In the states we have created our own version of the game under the same old name "football" with more of a rugby style, the whole time forgetting why we call it that.

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American football is a derivative of rugby football, and while the feet are used more often in rugby than on the gridiron, much of the game is still played by handling the ball. Both variations are still considered football.
North America style football didn't used to allow the "forward pass" and much more of the play involved foot work, such as the "drop kick" and the running punt kick. In the first rules, only the " side pass" was allowed, as long as the two players were side by side, with no forward motion of the ball, similar to rugby rules. The Canadian Football League ( CFL ) still allows a drop kick to score a field goal, and also has a thing called a "rouge" when the kicker is able to kick the ball thru the end zone, so it lands out of play , it is worth 2 points. Both the NFL and the CFL still have the drop-kick available as a weapon - on the point-after-touchdown, or from the field for 3 points. The "rouge" is worth a single point here in Canada.

Ozuma Wrote:Seems rather barbaric to me.

Artie Wrote:have you ever seen rugby? it's even worse haha

i don't play much football myself (i'd get killed), but i loooove watching it. it seems very simple, but it really isnt

Artie Wrote:but isn't any sort of game 'war' toned down? hell chess is essentially war

im not trying to refute any of the points you've made. i just don't see how its more barbaric than any other professional sport (of if you mean barbaric, 'physical')

Ozuma Wrote:

Artie Wrote:but isn't any sort of game 'war' toned down? hell chess is essentially war

im not trying to refute any of the points you've made. i just don't see how its more barbaric than any other professional sport (of if you mean barbaric, 'physical')

No I meant barbaric. You can't smash the carp out of someone in Soccer and Baseball isn't war at all You catch stuff and throw it at a teammate to stop someone. There is no territory involved in either. Okay Soccer a little territory with the goals, but there are rules that dictate things a little better.

Golf isn't war it's trying to hit something into a designated spot.

Understand a bit better now?

Artie Wrote:hey they can like the game where you hit-your-knee-and-you're-in-agonizing pain-soccer

but get the carp out of my thread with it. make your own soccer thread

Artie Wrote:my point was that many soccer plays exaggerate their injuries to get the other player carded. of course real injuries happen...

so not really seeing the point of the video you linked...

Bey Brad Wrote:soccer sucks because:

1. field is too big
2. net is too big

BSZK Wrote:Brad thats pretty dumb.

BSZK Wrote:Brad thats pretty dumb.

I like both really, though i'd say soccer is raw-er. Played both, but really I'll never understand why American Football has "foot" in it, field goals, kick return and conversion aren't enough.

Bey Brad Wrote:artie's going to kill us