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Originally Posted by Big_D
simple, first off if you look at a rugby team, all of the players are truly built almost exactly alike...
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I stopped reading at this point
I am not a huge Rugby fan aside from watching the internationals every now and then and don't really care which is harder to play because I am more interested in which game is more entertaining which is where NFL fails for me although I accept that probably you have to be bought up on the game to appreciate it.
The language NFL supporters use is curious in that it seems to fixate on the speed/power of the players and compares them to 'diesel trains/mach trucks' and so on. Now why this obsession with the physique and attributes of the players? Is it some homo erotic thing at work? The skill of soccer players we do talk about ie some sublime ball skill or deftness of touch but its more about finesse than power and certainly not in the context of how much he can bench press.
Maybe Rugby fans focus more on power as there is more physical contact (obviously) but as I don't really follow the game I am not going to say one way or other.
Baseball I like but NFL is just bastardised rugby with padded suits and will remain an American oddity.
Although there may be marketing potential in the non-American gay community
