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Originally Posted by FetishTom
So the kickers - well they just kick and the passers they just pass and - well I guess multi-tasking is not the NFL's strong point! As I said an odd sport which to non-americans is alien and unappealing. Which is strange given it is based on Rugby so you would have thought it would have wider appeal.
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These statements you have just made have definitley shown that you are shielded from the true layout of the game. To you it may not be multitasking, but the NFL is a strong representation of a team oriented sport.
What do I mean by that?
simple, first off if you look at a rugby team, all of the players are truly built almost exactly alike, a lot of them remind me of bouncers at your normal pub or strip club due to the whacked out ways that they have. I have nothing against rugby to be honest, but to me, its a bunch of guys running all over the field slamming the shit out of each other with no real plays. Hell, I think the closest sport to this I have seen is ultimate frisbee, and for the record, rugby wasnt its own sport to begin with either. Rugby was derived from soccer.
Now lets take a look at the NFL. Nobody is the same size. All positions within defense and offense take a certain amount of skill in one area or another. In order for the LONG passes that are completed, there are things that have to be done by each member of the team. For instance, lets start with the line. Huge gorillas that have to protect the quarterback for a long amount of time while the receivers run great distances at high speeds in order to make a completion even when that receiver may be defended by up to three people. There are also other receivers as well attempting to line up for a completion. So the quarterback has oh 15 seconds maximum to choose one of many receivers to get the ball while trusting his linemen to do the work needed to keep from getting his head ripped off by people that are double his size. So all of this goes to one conclusion. TEAMWORK. The quarterback has to have the passing talent and quick decision making skills for the completion, the receiver has to line up for the reception at high speeds and make the catch of an overly fast moving football, and the linemen have to protect the quarterback while all of this is going on. I'm not even gonna get into rushing.
Think of it this way, Rugby is a sport designed for everyone to do the same thing, hike the ball, push, dont get tackled, tackle. the NFL has different sets of talent all over the field, offense, defense, special teams. Its a sport based on working with your team based on their skills and your own.
