OT: why football is better than American football

rdouglass · #1 October 9th, 2003, 08:50 PM

IMO Hockey is the game. 5 player with sticks smacking a hard rubber disk around on ice. The goalie (up untill very recently) is padded everywhere but his neck.

The object of the game is to hit the goalie in the neck with the puck going over 100 mph!

Seriously, what other sport (besides the obvious fighting sports) lets you beat the crap out of an opponent and just get a 5 minut penalty for "roughing"!!

If you've ever watched NHL playoff hockey, it is far from boring....a far cry from that "futball" thing...

Erax · #2 October 9th, 2003, 09:24 PM

Football is The Game because it's universal. It's played all over the world. There are more nations filiated with FIFA than with the UN. Football has been used to unite peoples and prevent wars. It is played wherever there is open ground and a ball. No need for $100 worth of baseball equipment, football armor or hockey gear. It has become a universal language with no words, like chess or mathematics.

Needless to say, it is the world's most popular, most widely played sport by far. So I'm sorry to be the one to break the news, but you hockey, American football and baseball lovers are the weird ones.

oleg · #3 October 9th, 2003, 11:59 PM

Moreover, football is an integral part of Humanity Heritage. Here is a test:
When I say 1982, France-Germany, surely there are dozens of old geezers ready to supply me with the details !

Now, name ANY US sport action 20 years old and see if anybody have any clue

Thermodyne · #4 October 10th, 2003, 12:17 AM

Well, money talks and bull doody walks. Show me a soccer team with an 80 million dollar payroll. Show me a soccer team that Forbes values at .98 Billion dollars. That $980,000,000.00 for you Brits. Show me any team other than Football that has sold out 85,000 seats through 2038.

Thermodyne · #5 October 10th, 2003, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by oleg:
Moreover, football is an integral part of Humanity Heritage. Here is a test:
When I say 1982, France-Germany, surely there are dozens of old geezers ready to supply me with the details !

Now, name ANY US sport action 20 years old and see if anybody have any clue

Football doesn't even need to mention the year, just say Jet vs. Colts and super bowl.

Or show the picture of Riggins running over the Miami safety and ask what game it was.

TerranC · #6 October 10th, 2003, 12:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Erax:
Football is The Game because it's universal. It's played all over the world. There are more nations filiated with FIFA than with the UN. Football has been used to unite peoples and prevent wars. It is played wherever there is open ground and a ball. No need for $100 worth of baseball equipment, football armor or hockey gear. It has become a universal language with no words, like chess or mathematics.

Needless to say, it is the world's most popular, most widely played sport by far. So I'm sorry to be the one to break the news, but you hockey, American football and baseball lovers are the weird ones.

Amen. Although I'm assuming you meant Ice hockey when you say hockey. Field hockey is quite popular around the world.

Edit: IMHO, I think Americans would get into soccer only if they were to ever win the World Cup.

[ October 09, 2003, 23:28: Message edited by: TerranC ]

oleg · #7 October 10th, 2003, 01:19 AM

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Originally posted by Thermodyne:
Well, money talks and bull doody walks. Show me a soccer team with an 80 million dollar payroll. Show me a soccer team that Forbes values at .98 Billion dollars. That $980,000,000.00 for you Brits. Show me any team other than Football that has sold out 85,000 seats through 2038.

So what ? You have one league with about 50 teams(sorry, don't remember exact number ) in 150M people market. In Europe, there are 30+ leagues with THOUSANDS of teams competing for about the same money. No wonder there is no such monopoly .

In fact, in 2-3 years superleague may emerge if top football clubs get their way with UEFA . I hope it will never happen. Football is a people game still.

If American-style sport businees prevail, we will see Barselona moving to Turin, because of the LOW tax break for a new stadium

Can you imagine this ? Just read Thermo' post again and get to grip that it is all about money folks, not about national pride or any such nonsense. Just pay, you suckers

Or we will move Dodgers back to NY

[ October 10, 2003, 00:24: Message edited by: oleg ]