American Football=MANLIEST GAME ON EARTH.

[Strike For The South]

*slap*

But I suppose that settles the discussion then. You obviously refuse to post a pic of your little guy because it's, well.... your little guy....

I guess you should sign up for some of that yank football then. I'll be strolling around museums in the mean time



A "tight end" posted a pic his dong.... Oh man...

Are you blind? How do you not see the glory that is SFTS's member?

[HoreTore]

Are you blind? How do you not see the glory that is SFTS's member?

Hang on a sec, let me get the microscope...

[Strike For The South]

Hang on a sec, let me get the microscope...

Tooshay, Tooshay.

[naut]

Soccer players are prima-donas who don't know the meaning of teamwork or group effort. Any schmuck can play soccer

I'm sorry but that's bollox. If your bad at sport, your bad at sport. Back when I was at school we were made to play rep sport, and every Joe and his dog thought they'd just join Football since they thought it'd be an easy way to fulfil the requirement. Boy, were they wrong. Let's train, 10 km runs, then sprints, then skills, then sprints, then skills, more sprints, and a training game. Schmucks, as you so rudely put them lack the co-ordination, the vision, the raw ability to even pass a ball straight to a teammate.

I've had the pleasure and discomfort of playing quite a few sports. I played Rugby for about 5 years as a winger, very tough sport, one of the toughest. Cricket for about 12, ever got a cricket ball in the nads at 130k/h? Football for 13 years, ever played as a 17 year old in Amateur League against guys in their late 20s? You don't get the same protection from the ref, there's nothing stopping a nice slide tackle with both feet in the air, studs into your legs, or elbows to the face and ribs.

The manliest sport for me has to be AFL, Aussie Rules Footy, that or Ice Hockey.

[Fisherking]

As to American Football vs. Soccer one thing you need to remember is that soccer lasts 90 min. with a short halftime and takes about two hours start to finish. Only three substitutions can be made and no one is put back in. That is 90 min. of running full tilt even without the skill to move the ball. The clock never stops. Time for injuries and delays is added at the end of the halves.

American Football lasts 60 min. It takes up to four hours to play. You have unlimited substitutions and loads of time outs. Offensive teams and Defensive teams are switched and special teams do kickoffs and receptions. The clock stops for a multitude of reasons and shear endurance is not such a huge issue.

Still, lion hunting, particularly solo lion hunting is going to produce a lot more testosterone and pucker factor than either of those two. It isn’t about watching, its about doing.

[Husar]

I agree about lion hunting. Alternatively I'd put forward hippo hunting, shark hunting or tiger hunting.
All with a pointy stick and a wooden shield of course.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

I agree about lion hunting. Alternatively I'd put forward hippo hunting, shark hunting or tiger hunting.
All with a pointy stick and a wooden shield of course.

If we're going to expand from lion hunting I think we need to include Moose and Polar Bear hunting. Moose kill more people in Alaska than grizzlies don'tcha know!

[Sarmatian]

Since when is a bunch of not overly bright, muscular men touching and hugging each other considered manly?

[lars573]

Haven't you heard? The most manly things in the world all have very strong homo-erotic overtones.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Since when is a bunch of not overly bright, muscular men touching and hugging each other considered manly?

Since crying out in pain, lying on the ground for five minutes and holding your leg in agony just because the guy with the ball brushed by you is.

[Fisherking]

Since crying out in pain, lying on the ground for five minutes and holding your leg in agony just because the guy with the ball brushed by you is.

So?

Don’t watch the Italians play!

[Kagemusha]

Gah, hockey beats all these crappy footsoccers. Its faster game then any of these running games. The players arent exactly small, combined with the speed means the checks can be just as brutal as in American Football. Its very tactical game + there are actual fights in it also and the players also carry a stick which can be used to put pain to other players by slashing plus cross checking.

[m52nickerson]

One thought.........all the Rugby and Soccer player in the NFL are punters and kickers, you know the ones that get run over more often then not.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

One thought.........all the Rugby and Soccer player in the NFL are punters and kickers, you know the ones that get run over more often then not.

Err, or possibly the ones that running them over is one of the costliest penalties in the game?

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Err, or possibly the ones that running them over is one of the costliest penalties in the game?

Yeah, that and occasionally you'll actually see a kicked destroy someone. I forget where exactly but in one of the clips linked to on youtube Sepul Veda (Steelers Kicker?) destroys someone.

Oh for clarity I have no idea if he ever played soccer or rugby, that was a general kicker/punter comment.

[ajaxfetish]

Rugby's impressive, but American Football has bigger guys hitting with more mass.

I mean, read what SFTS posted. That's scary, man.

Plus, due to the nature of the game you can have a wide receiver running across the field to catch the ball, unable to see the opposing player running head on towards him.

Make no mistake, football players hit very hard.

CR

If it's all about taking big hits, why not put the guys on galloping horses so they can throw the entire weight of the animal into the hit? Ooh, and then you could try focusing all that force at the end of a pointy stick. Of course, you'd probably need some even more impressive pads to keep the players from dying too often, but I imagine something like that'd make for a pretty manly sport . . .


Ajax

[Askthepizzaguy]

I agree about lion hunting. Alternatively I'd put forward hippo hunting, shark hunting or tiger hunting.
All with a pointy stick and a wooden shield of course.

Lion hunting, for the win.

Hunting actually becomes an exciting interesting sport when the consequences are life and death and the animal you're hunting is really able to destroy you, and your family dies of hunger if you don't win.

That's manly.

Chasing a football down the field is different from wielding a weapon on a battlefield or hunting dangerous animals without the proper equipment, and I'm a fan of American Football, too.

[Sir Beane]

I put forward a sport for your consideration. It may not be the manliest, but it must be high up on the list.

Royal Shrovetide Football

This is a massive game of soccer/football (sort of) that takes place in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. It's been played since the 12th century. There are theories that suggest the ball used to be a severed head of a local criminal.

There are very few rules in existence. The main ones are:

* Committing murder or manslaughter is prohibited. Unnecessary violence is frowned upon.
* The ball may not be carried in a motorised vehicle.
* The ball may not be hidden in a bag, coat or rucksack etc.
* Cemeteries, churchyards and the town memorial gardens are strictly out of bounds.
* Playing after 10 pm is forbidden.

How many sports need to specify a rule against murder? Unnecesary violence is frowned upon, but not against the rules.

The goals are three miles apart, with a village in the middle. There is no limit to the size of the teams. While the game takes place shops and houses are boarded up, and you would have to be an idiot to park a car anywhere in the village.

The game is often partially played in the river, where the ball inevitably ends up.

The game is huge and can last for hours. It is an incredible sight to see.

Edit: I found a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvkCcCXweOo

[English assassin]

I don't know about manliest, but cricket is the most gentlemaniest, and that has to count for something.

Plus standing still while Curtly Ambrose comes steaming in from the Nursery end looking to knock your block off takes some doing.

Has anyone mentioned shinty yet? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinty Shinty sounds absolutely mad. Stand on a field in the middle of a load of mad Highlanders armed with big sticks, I do NOT think so.

[Pannonian]

If it's all about taking big hits, why not put the guys on galloping horses so they can throw the entire weight of the animal into the hit? Ooh, and then you could try focusing all that force at the end of a pointy stick. Of course, you'd probably need some even more impressive pads to keep the players from dying too often, but I imagine something like that'd make for a pretty manly sport . . .


Ajax

Not necessarily. Wasn't the sport banned because someone got hurt by splinters? That's not very manly.