OT: why football is better than American football

[Baron Grazic]

Sorry after having watched both games of "Soccer" and "Gridiron" I would have to pass on both of them.
At a nil-all Soccer game, you are lucky if you see just one brawl while leaving the match, while the padded Gridiron players, appear to be more worried about getting hurt than playing the game.

Now Australian Rules Football and its cousin, Gailic Football, now they are sports.

I suppose I have to say how great the Rudby is too, since Australia is hosting the "Rugby World Cup" which starts later today.
Mind you I'm sick of their advertising - "Get your Rugby World Cup tickets now, and see a Once in a Life Time Event, that only happens every 4 years".

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by oleg:
Hmm. I do vaguely remember some disturbances after Detroit Pistons game not far ago?

Possibly. But that's basketball. And even then, you don't see Pistons fans being rated as more deadly than the French Army.

Anyway, football is a modern equivalent of war. American football is a ruse to present leggy cheer leaders to the prudish customers.

That's nothing. You should see what gets on the commericals during the games nowadays...

[ October 10, 2003, 10:30: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
Well, money talks and bull doody walks. Show me a soccer team with an 80 million dollar payroll.

Which IMO is precissly the reason why I'm so turned off by professional sports in NA. Although never a football fan I used to be a big baseball fan. But when 99.99% of the players vote to go on strike with the wages they are making it really turns me off.

[ October 10, 2003, 11:43: Message edited by: DavidG ]

[oleg]

Originally posted by General Woundwort:
That's nothing. You should see what gets on the commericals during the games nowadays...

I wish I could ! Channel5 has commercial ties with ABC and shows Monday Night and ESPN games. But during commercial breaks they go back to the studio and broadcast two babbling imbecile commentators whith less knowledge of the game than I do

[ October 10, 2003, 13:22: Message edited by: oleg ]

[oleg]

Originally posted by Baron Grazic:
Mind you I'm sick of their advertising - "Get your Rugby World Cup tickets now, and see a Once in a Life Time Event, that only happens every 4 years".

It was a marvelious opening ceremony. Really good job. The game was tough. Argentina played rather well.

[minipol]

Originally posted by DavidG:

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Originally posted by Wardad:
OK NOW!!!!

Let's get a profesional US Football team to play one of your football teams in a mixed rules game.
You may run, but your gonna slow down sometime...

How wbout they play a European rugy team instead? Those woosies wouldn't even step on a field with out 100 pounds of bullet proof armour.

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Hey! We play American Football over here too you know. Not widely know and not widely loved but the people playing the sport over here really love the game.
As for me, I also play in a team here in Belgium and starting my 3th season.
Woohoo! I'll never forget the rush (read: near cardiac arrest) when i stood on the field to participate in my first kickoff. Man, did my ticker go. Now, i'm a bit heavier so i'm the one giving hits

Edit: Oh, i forgot to mention that i play soccer too. Indoor soccer to be precise. I'm not that super good but i defend well. That's why i started my own indoor soccer team. I get to play every time I like to PLAY both games. But for watching: FOOTBALL BABY!

[ October 11, 2003, 00:59: Message edited by: minipol ]

[minipol]

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.

First of all, what has money got to do with it? Nothing at all. And if you say "$980,000,000.00 for you Brits", make the effort and convert it to pounds instead of dollars