Bleepey said:
He is about the same and doesn't need body armour.
He also doesn't hit, or get hit, nearly as hard.
Bleepey said:
He is about the same and doesn't need body armour.
FrenchMovieTheme said:so would this be considered america's "Z" team that is playing in this FWC? never heard of most of these guys. sad that we can basically put a bunch of nobodies on the field and stomp out every other country with ease. imagine if they had to play real football players who were coached by the ghost of bill walsh.
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Brobzoid said:I don't watch much american sports, but american football vs european football primarily seems to be strategy versus tactics.
xbhaskarx said:I like how you don't even mention that one group wears helmets and pads.
Bleepey said:
He is about the same and doesn't need body armour.
FutureZombie said:I was unaware that this sport was played outside of North America.
Milchjon said:
Guerrillas in the Mist said:It's gaining ground in some Universities here in Britain. Curiously, Rugby is (apparently) becoming increasingly popular at some Colleges in the States.
Bleepey said:Oh wrong Football. Who gives a shit.
AusQB said:If you need a good chuckle, here are the highlights of the 2010 Australian Gridiron National Championship:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHYBMnJapAc
Beware of completely inappropriate music.
http://thepensblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/nfl-gameclock-analysis.htmlMrHicks said:doesn't american football have like 10mins (the part where they are running/ramming into eachother/actually moving) of actual playtime in a 3 hour period or someshit like that
Blackface said:Did you just link something where
A) They used La's "rugby team" as an example of strong and good Rugby players. LOOOOOOOOL
B) They made the Rugby player hit a PERSON
C) They allowed the football player to hit a dummies, with two hands, pushing it to double the force due to small impact points?
Do Football players hit harder, yes. Simply because of the nature of the game. Timing, knowing opposing teams plays, predictability and gear.
Both different sports. You put a football player into a rugby game and he won't hit as hard. You put a Rugby player into a football game, and he could hit just as hard(both with training).
ZoddGutts said:Yeah because watching grown man flopping in "pain" is always entertaining. Great sport.
Even the website OP linked to specifies "American Football". I was teh confused for a moment.
ViperVisor said:American Football is helped with artificial limits and rules and what not that have changed a lot or evolved over 100 years. There is the clock that ticks away. Sometimes the clock is frozen and the tension builds because this is likely win or lose.
speedpop said:I like how defensive people get when the body armour issue is raised.
The problem is many people who throw the accusation around will never change their opinion regardless of the facts.cdyhybrid said:I don't see a problem or any defensiveness. People are trying to correct an ignorant statement/belief.
kevm3 said:This is one of the reasons they wear pads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mwdWtbp4Bk&feature=related
jakncoke said:lol Cody Hawkins our starting qb? looked at the rest of the roster to, bunch of nobodies as well.
dIEHARD said:Btw there has been 71 recorded deaths in rugby in it's 110 years.
In football between 1931 and 2006 there was 1,006 direct and 683 indirect fatalities.
The average life expectancy is 20 years shorter for someone who plays in the NFL.
Please, somebody say those pads are for pussies again.
dIEHARD said:Btw there has been 71 recorded deaths in rugby in it's 110 years.
In football between 1931 and 2006 there was 1,006 direct and 683 indirect fatalities.
The average life expectancy is 20 years shorter for someone who plays in the NFL.
Please, somebody say those pads are for pussies again.
iamblades said:It's a fairly shitty comparison, but all you really need to know is that people were dying playing football on a regular basis before the safety gear came into the game(to the point that the game almost got banned by the federal government), while you don't see rugby players getting killed left and right.
It's obviously an apples and oranges comparison, but people who use the 'football players wear pad so they are scared wimps' obviously have no clue what they are talking about.
This.Bleepey said:Oh wrong Football. Who gives a shit.
Freshmaker said:Good to know the injuries have magically stopped in your sport of choice. No more headbutts, not more torn ligaments etc. It's all risk free.
ZoddGutts said:There's real injuries all the time in Football. In soccer there just faking it like your girlfriend does.
Sky Chief said:Bad example, when the federal government considered banning football, it's rules were not very different than rugby's. It was that threat of banning the sport that introduced the concepts of downs and the forward pass, the two rules that differentiate football most from rugby union.
However, the fact remains that hitting without tackling is illegal in the game of rugby and greatly encouraged in football. This means that the average collision in a game of football is far more violent and dangerous.
Furthermore, to all of the people complaining about the name "football", rugby is also known as rugby football and I remember when I was living in the UK there was a Scottish rugby commentator who always insisted on calling rugby "football" instead of "rugby". Sports like American football, rugby union, rugby league, gaelic football, australian rules football, and soccer are all referred to as football not because the games are played with your feet but rather because they are played on foot.
No, just quote his avatar.Submarino Conversível said:Do I need to post pictures of legs snapping?
Submarino Conversível said:Do I need to post pictures of legs snapping?
nVidiot_Whore said:American Football is about the only sport I can stand watching.
I love playing Soccer, but do not understand it's popularity as a spectator sport.
It reminds me of baseball.. both baseball and soccer have some of the most exciting "highlight reals" you'll ever see, but both sports involve hours of little to nothing going on. And yes, I played both soccer and baseball extensively.. and understand the nuances of good pitching, good defensive playing in soccer, etc.. it's still not fun to watch.
And yes.. I realize the majority of time on a Football game is not spent actually playing either.. but each and every play has some suspense to it, making it far more enthralling to watch.
cdyhybrid said:He also doesn't hit, or get hit, nearly as hard.