If you study the history of football you will see in the beginning it was more like rugby. The forward pass was illegal and so all the plays were RUNNING plays. Running is something you do by using your feet. Also kickoffs, punts, field goals and extra points are all done by using your foot. Most of the players in the top 20 all time in scoring in NFL history are KICKERS. Kickers use their feet 100% of the time.

Soccer is more difficult and exciting to view!

It's just like while Americans call a hamburger.. hamburger, the rest of the world calls simply calls it a meatpad.

You guys call a meatpad "ham burger"?
Normally it doesn't even have ham!

lmao... pure niceness Gunni. Pure niceness :thumbsup

because you can either get a foot up your ass or the ball

We didn't so that no one could tell us we suck at football.

Since you refuse to say soccer, there is no problem. :thumbsup

Seriously, the reason why it is called football, and look it up if you want, is because a regulation ball is 12" long, aka a foot. So it is called the Football. :2 cents:

Well while hamburgers don't have ham, I'd rather ask for that than a "meatpad". Brits and Aussies call cigarettes fags so like they should talk. "Hey mate, want to go and suck on a couple of fags?"

I would rather eat a meatpad. I fucking hate ham. I don't even wanna think there is ham in a god damn hamburger cause if there ever was I would go on a hunger strike until those bastards agreed to rename it to a nohamburger.

because we are americans.. and what we say goes..

soccer should be called dive ball or fake injury ball...guys get carried of in streatchers left and right, if a guy goes off in a streatcher in hockey or american/canadian football they load him into an ambulance and he spends the next few days in the hospital...I like soccer but the diving is so lame, guy gets touched and he goes flailing all over the feild. Guys in my rec hockey league get stitches on the bench and are right back out there, pussies.

I'll say it again...

a regulation football is 12" long, or a foot. So it is called a Football.

There is no magical answer, the sport is named after the ball. A basketball is used in Basketball. A Volleyball is used in Volleyball, a Football is used in Football.

Rugby requires all players on the pitch to have all skills, from passing to tackling, to kicking and running. There are no regular breaks, clock stops or personnel changes (a limited number of substitutions are allowed). You have to concentrate the whole entire game, make correct tactical decisions no matter what position you play without a coach dictating to you and be amazingly fit and strong.

It can be hard to understand what is going on if you are not familiar with the rules, but try to watch a team like the New Zealand All Blacks if you can, it is breathtaking!

These matches are on this weekend and I think the times given are the British times.

Saturday June 17
International Match
Argentina v Wales (19.30)
Australia v England (11.00)
New Zealand v Ireland (08.35)
South Africa v Scotland (14.00)

who cares, there sports, theres no sport better than others in opinions, let it fucking be, if your a fanatic whos grown up with your sport, of course your not going to be told something is better. Each sport meets each persons needs, now stfu with all this anti american sports shit.

for the record soccer is the best sport in the world. fact.

He said it perfectly.

NFL players would kill and rugby players.

dont ask

Here's a question to continue the discussion: who are the bettet athletes: Rugby players, Soccer Players, or American Football players?

Try and tell this guy that:

http://leaguefreak.playiirl.com/Robbie_ODavis.jpg

That's nasty. But those are the rules in rugby, aren't they?

Now that makes sense :thumbsup :1orglaugh :1orglaugh