The difference between Americans and Europeans ....

[Al Khalifah]

I know. I much prefer to watch a bunch of oversized meat-heads in armour repeatedly run into each other while the few athletic members of the team attempt a game of catch around the general melee to try and move 10 yards per 4 throw-and-catches. Fascinating.

Mind you, this World Cup has been terrible for the amount of diving and cheating. I suppose its quite hard to dive or cheat in a sport where the objective is to run into the other team and smash their face.

[Joker85]

I know. I much prefer to watch a bunch of oversized meat-heads in armour repeatedly run into each other while the few athletic members of the team attempt a game of catch around the general melee to try and move 10 yards per 4 throw-and-catches. Fascinating.

Mind you, this World Cup has been terrible for the amount of diving and cheating. I suppose its quite hard to dive or cheat in a sport where the objective is to run into the other team and smash their face.

...yes he sure looks like an "oversized" person to me.

In case you don't know who that is, he's an NFL star.

Perhaps you should learn the difference between Linemen, and Wide receivers, defensivebacks, and runningbacks. They are some of the best athletes in the world.

You see they actually have to be able to do more than run back and forth for 90 minutes randomly falling down when you think the ref is looking.

[Al Khalifah]

Yeah, they run about for 10 seconds... then play stops and we have another minute long break and then they run about for 10 seconds.... then play stops and we have another minute long break and then they run...................

And repeat. Its the sustained duration that 'soccer-players' have to run about for that makes them superior athletes. Terrell in that picture seems to have a lot of superficial muscle that would increase his weight dramatically without significant improvements to his physical performance. He's also a wide-reciever so like I said:

while the few athletic members of the team attempt a game of catch

I do understand American football - I just find it very boring to watch.

[Joker85]

Yeah, they run about for 10 seconds... then play stops and we have another minute long break and then they run about for 10 seconds.... then play stops and we have another minute long break and then they run...................

And repeat. Its the sustained duration that 'soccer-players' have to run about for that makes them superior athletes. Terrell in that picture seems to have a lot of superficial muscle that would increase his weight dramatically without significant improvements to his physical performance. He's also a wide-reciever so like I said:

I do understand American football - I just find it very boring to watch.

Fair enough, I really don't have anything against soccer (ignoring my posts). But the prevaling condescending attitude towards Americans in manythings (our sports least of which) gets old after a while. And being I can dish it out as well as I can take it, if people with little to no knowledge of the intricacies football want to simplify and attack it as a "bunch of fat people pushing into each other", then I, a person with little knowledge of the intricacies of soccer will simplify it as "people running back and forth for 90 minutes periodicaly dropping to the ground".

[Watchman]

I always thought those American football players, especially with their armour on, looked like infantile muscle-man fantasies...

I also find the appereance of a line of large, armoured, uniformed, disciplined young men kind of creepy in general.

For some reason I always found the hurly-burly freewheeling of soccer far more pleasant to watch. Maybe it's just my slight claustrophobia speaking though.

[Boohugh]

American football is just Rugby Union for sissies in my opinion. American footballers need to wear body armour and take breaks all the time, whereas rugby players will be constantly running and tackling each other for 80 mins with only a short half-time break

[Joker85]

American football is just Rugby Union for sissies in my opinion. American footballers need to wear body armour and take breaks all the time, whereas rugby players will be constantly running and tackling each other for 80 mins with only a short half-time break

Or one could say Rugby is just Football without it's balls.

Let's continue to generalize sports we only have a general working knowledge of to make ourselves feel better about our own.

[doc_bean]

This debateis getting us no where, besides, women's beach volleyball pnws all other sports

[Fragony]

I am sure american football is a fantastic game if you know how it works, which I don't. What I really don't understand is baseball though, what fun is that??

[doc_bean]

I am sure american football is a fantastic game if you know how it works, which I don't. What I really don't understand is baseball though, what fun is that??

From what I understand from American culture: the beer.

[Atilius]

I am sure american football is a fantastic game if you know how it works, which I don't. What I really don't understand is baseball though, what fun is that??

You know Fragony, that's a very good question. I dearly love baseball - it's my favorite sport - but explaining why is hard.

Perhaps it's the intellectual challenge of attempting to remember all the rules which might apply in any given situation: I think there are 11 different ways for a batter to reach base. I can only think of 5 right now.

Long home runs are good: watching Barry Bonds hit a baseball out of 3COM park and into San Francisco Bay is cool. Stolen bases are usually exciting. A well-turned double play is also - the pivot man often throws at the runner's head in order to force him to get out of the way of the throw to first base. Meanwhile, the runner tries to crash into the pivot man before he can make the throw.

But mostly nothing happens. The pitcher looks in for the sign from the catcher, the batter is getting signs from the 3rd base coach. So you have a lot of standing around interspersed with bursts of violent activity. A lot like American Football actually. Hmmmmm.....

[Boohugh]

This debateis getting us no where, besides, women's beach volleyball pnws all other sports

[IMG]insert pic of hot beach volleyball players here[/IMG]

I so agree

[Perplexed]

Or one could say Rugby is just Football without it's balls.

Rugby is to Football as Ox is to Bull

[Brenus]

“We're only close to france in terms of distance.” Easier to go for shopping…

[Al Khalifah]

Why go to France? The food there is terrible.