Soccer was coined by the British, btw. It’s your fault we call it that.
I’m not British, don’t EVER accuse me of something so heinous again.
eggball
Football is a sport played all over the world. American Football is only played in the USA and Canada.
Sorry, Americans, but you lost this battle ages ago. Just let it go.
Funfact soccer is a British word not an American one. The British popularized it.
The same thing happened with aluminum. The current American way of saying it is actually the original British wah. Since they made it.
The British changed and America just stuck to the original way the British wanted everyone to say it.
So again it’s not America who’s wrong, it’s the British being stupid telling people what to do. Then getting mad when they do it.
American football is gaining popularity in Europe and South America at a pretty healthy clip. Enough so that the NFL is now sending teams to play games in those places. They are even starting to consider expanding a couple of teams to Europe in the future. And there are more and more international players starting to get a foothold in the NFL as players.
You might have won a battle, but you could lose still lose the war…
I’d fully respect the NFL if they started calling it “handegg” instead of football.
jk, I’d still not respect them, but they should totally do it.
There is a lot of interest among Europeans to watch American football, but there isn’t really anyone playing it here. I think it’s because American football has more complicated rules than rugby 😂
There have been a few European players in the NFL. The team I follow, the Minnesota Vikings, have had a number of international players at least tryout for the team. We’ve had a German wide receiver on the roster for 2 years, a player from Africa, (I can’t remember the country right now), and a couple Aussie and New Zealand kickers. In fact, we will have a punter from Australia this year trying to make the team. And there have been a few Polynesians in the NFL over the years also.
So, American football does have enough worldwide players to draw at least few players. Though almost all attend collage in the US to gain better skills and attention. I wonder if the reason more Europeans don’t gain much attention from the NFL is because you generally aren’t big enough, (don’t feel bad 90% of the world isn’t). There is almost a genetic lottery you need to win at birth to even have a start at being good enough.
Sure thing, buddy.
So, what did I say that factually wrong?
They’ve been at that since the 90’s and its never taken off. Why bother when we have Rugby?
The numbers say otherwise. If it didn’t, they wouldn’t bother.
Lol at American football. What a joke. America just trying to be the center of attention everywhere, pushing their shitty head concussions on people they don’t even want in their country. As an “American”, America sucks big donkey dick. So does American footy ball
Ahhh, enjoy your superiority!
Run it by me again… You carry the ball in your hands and run forwards? You occasionally throw it, again using your hands?
What do you call it?
Football.
What’s the britbowl? Who are the GB lions?
What are you talking about?
You have google.
Thats the same face I make when you call them “crossing guards” instead of “lollipop ladies”
Fake British word is probably my all time least favourite genre of meme
I’m not a big fan of goulash.
See? Opinions aren’t fun when not asked for.
I quite enjoyed your opinion on goulash though
Fucking soupy spaghetti with macaroni noodles. GTFOH with that shit.
Which one is fake?
Boppy, it’s fallen to the wayside as of late, wouldn’t call it dead as a dodo but it’s about on par with things like glaciers and nuance
I use it daily
Single handedly keeping the word alive. Thank you for your service o7
Dude in the thumbnail must be a super messy eater.
Mofo ain’t got no lips!
He must be using up toothbrushes like other people are using up toilet paper.
Pretty sure there is more than one foot involved. Therefore it should be called feetball.
That’s why football is called football. There’s only one kicker. One foot.
See? Here we go.
Soccer - Uses both feet. Should be called feetball.
NFL - Only uses one foot to touch the ball. During punts or feildgoals. Accurately named football.
‘Soccer’ is the British word for the sport already. Don’t let them pretend
What is futsol?
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Ok I know this is irrelevant but this is Baraka from Mortal Kombat and with that mouth nobody can spell a word out of their mouth but surprisingly he does 🤣
Got the British teeth right
Can we just call it all football!?
- Ruggers Football
- Assoccers Football
- Gridders Football
- Basketters Netball
- Softy Rounders Ball
- Crickers Baseman’s Ball
And let’s have mixed teams
Given the original meaning of football is a ball game played on foot rather than on horseback, yes, they are all football.
Nah
How would Americans look when they realize they’re using metric units to measure voltage, instead of some base 12 absurdity that is based on the measurements of some royalty?
Like shits pretty sweet.
Americans when you call it “rugby for girls” and not “runny jumpy catch between adverts”:
Womens rugby is infinitely better than American Football
I can’t even imagine a more ridiculously bad take. Ur bad boooooo. Clearly don’t respect women either. MMA is the only entertaining sport. All others are adults playing children’s games.
Please go shower
What’s that?
It’s like indoor rain, but it can also be warm and soapy.
Sounds terrible
Great witty response, petal.
Search “brutal NFL hits” on YouTube and tell me again why you think a bunch of dudes on their knees hugging and playing reverse tug-of-war is manly
My brother, my fellow American, my friend, rugby is the more intense athletic endeavor.
You have definitely zeroed in on the point that makes football more intense, the big impacts.
Despite rugby having 2-3x higher injury rates, football dwarfs it in fatality rates by like 6x.
However, when you account for the deaths from heat stroke and heart attack caused by overworking a bunch of hypertensive fat dudes (“indirect causes”), they’re about equal.
Football just isn’t as athletically demanding and doesn’t inflict as much constant punishment. It’s entirely about that one big BOOM
Rugby players dont wear body armour.
NFL football players use that armor as a weapon…
Perhaps, but the whole uniform is so homo-erotic even the ancient Greeks would find it a bit much.
Check the community, Chuckles!
Besides, I’m a Bears fan, so I’ve seen plenty of footage of Dick Butkus’ hits.
You know, years ago I saw a bit on a UK NFL show where they had a couple of rugby players and a couple of NFL players try each others’ sports.
The NFL players came out of the experience saying “Hell, that game is brutal. They’re big guys and they hit hard, and they don’t wear any padding. No thanks!”
The rugby players came out of the experience saying “Hell, that game is brutal. You’ve got the pads, sure, but that just means everyone hits each other harder! No thanks!”
Perfect summation, only people saying one is tougher than the other do so from the other side of the TV screen.
Yeah I was just returning the energy of the first armchair expert, honestly. Rugby is hardass, too.
For sure, I was just coming in with a tush push.
The British invented the term soccer. If they give you shit about using it, tell them they can fuck right off.
Get em
British Toffs invented the term soccer.
Yeah, it’s like saying we should call rugby “rugger”, because that’s what the old Etonians called it (I don’t know if they still do).
Its Oxford University slang derived from Rugby School slang, rather than Etonian. However, many do still refer to the morning meal as “brekkers” and nakedness as “starkers”, regardless of class.
