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originally posted by: ParasuvO
originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: DrakeINFERNO
Yep NFL players have less stamina or ability to take knocks than the average Canadian national rugby player in my assessment of things.
Different game, way more intensity involved in the short plays of NFL or CFL.
Take knocks ?
Half of the team is walking around for a majority of the game just like soccer, and the knocks are usually nowhere near as hard as they will be in the padded sport.
originally posted by: ParasuvO
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: In4ormant
But at least it's played with the feet hence ... Football.
We have a game like American football over here called Rugby , but they don't need to wear padding.
That is because they don't get run into full speed, most of rugby is tackling from the side etc.....
originally posted by: grainofsand
So, which rugby 'stars' failed in the NFL?
I'm genuinely interested now you've made the claim.
originally posted by: In4ormant
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: In4ormant
There is no sports forum so Ill just post here.
FOOTBALL IS AWESOME
Wrong on both counts.
Sports forum
American football is not awesome , real football is.
I must have missed it! Mods move!
American football is so much better that that foot patsy with sissy boys falling at every shoulder brush!
originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: In4ormant
Yeah it stops bleeding from broken noses, something an American football player will probably never experience hiding underneath all that armour lol
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: jamespond
Actually the rest of the world plays football because it doesn't take as much equipment. All you need is a ball so that almost everyone can play. American football is expensive.
People tend to like best sports they have played because then they have some familiarity with it when they watch. It's either that or familiarity with the players or both.
Bot honestly, I don't care what the rest of the world likes. I find soccer dull. I also find baseball and golf to be dull. In soccer all I see is a bunch of guys kicking a ball up and down for 90 minutes with sometimes no resolution at all. And sometimes, due to the fact you can have no resolution at all, they can kick the ball around for 90 minutes and not a single thing that happens matters because of the tournament scoring and goals they and others teams have scored in other games ... saw that with an Olympic match this summer.
You guys like soccer? That's cool. Have at.
originally posted by: Tempter
BTW, stop calling soccer football. It was originally named soccer.