nerodx wrote:yeah well im 14 in several monthes and I haven't even BEEN to Europe!....whatever, you guys don't even have football.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, your primary sport, American Football, is really just a ripoff of rugby that was only created in order to attempt to give America a sense of independence and individuality from England.
At that, it's one which was cleverly named American Football despite the football only being kicked on rare occasions, hardly ever from play (players usually favour just going to try to get a touch down rather than trying to kick a field goal or whatever its called from play) and other than that only to Kick Off and to kick Field Goals after a Touch Down.
Pretty much 1% of the game is spent kicking the ball, probably much much less.
So...why is it called "Football" again?
And baseball...well I dunno what the fuck that is.
I've never been outside Europe either. We don't have many killer animals where I live so I'm pretty cosy here.
In my honest opinion, English football is a much more layered game. There's a lot more to do and personally whenever I played American Football in the park it was pretty fun but not half as much fun as normal football.
I'll agree normal football can be pretty boring to watch if you're not really a fan of it normally, but to play it is far more fun than any other sport. It's as simple as you want or as complex as you want.
Oh and, if you got to play Hurling or Gaelic Football, which are Irish sports, you would know how much more exciting those sports are. I don't play hurling but its maybe the most exciting game to play.
Both are amateur sports, the athletes who play them play for no money, no wages, other than the thrill of playing the sport themselves.
Youtube Hurling if you want. You'll see what I mean by exciting. That is, if you actually have a look at it properly and not just for 10 seconds so you can satisfy yourself by telling me you watched it and wasn't impressed by the miniscule time you glanced at it for.
***Also, by the way, this is probably blaringly obvious but I'd say David or Jeff should quickly move this to a new thread***
