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Originally Posted by Tipsy
What a stupid comment. The rugby players who 'punt' are usually the skinny guys and a long, long way from being the 'toughest'. However, there isn't a lot of money in rugby compared to many sports. Football (soccer) is where the cash is at.
I agree with others in that you can't compare the sports for reasons stated. Besides which rugby is a lot better to watch as at least it keeps moving, but then most of the rest of the world aren't quite as obsessed with extra rules to allow advert breaks as the US. Other sports would rather keep the action flowing instead of seeing a new ford advert every few minutes.
However, many of the bigger rugby players compare well against NFL players in all areas. But then you need to spend time watching a sport to understand that and not base opinions on little or no knowledge.
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The athletes are not even comparable.
Basketball players are the best all around athletes in any sport.
Hitting a baseball is the single hardest thing to do in any sport.
Playing QB in the NFL is the single hardest position to play in any sport.
Football players require the greatest combination of speed, power and strength of any sport.
Football helmets are worn to prevent death, not broken teeth and broken noses.
A sport that keeps going is fine to watch for a little while, but it lacks the strategy necessary to keep your attention very long. That is the very reason that soccer failed in the USA and rugby is a sport limited to Sunday afternoons on college campuses. The common fan doesn't realize 1/100th of the strategy involved in a single NFL play.
When you understand the intracies of the passing tree complete with completmentary routes from all formations as well as the adjusted routes for each hot call and disguised defense, then you might find football more interesting. Its really a chess board played with the fastest, strongest and most powerfull pieces in the world.
Rugby is not even a close second.