On Sep 20, 1:20 pm, Dr_de_Bauche 
wrote:
> Flint wrote:
> > Rob Cypher wrote:
> >> On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:23:15 -0700 (PDT), Jeff_D
> >> 
> >> wrote:
>
> >>> On Sep 15, 6:35 am, Steady Eddy  wrote:
> >>>> Who gives a rat's tail about soccer. Men watch American Football. Who
> >>>> gives a crap about a bunch of sissies running around in shorts kicking
> >>>> a round ball and scoring 1 or 2 points a game. American Football is
> >>>> one of the  reasons why the USA is the greatest country on Earth.
>
> >>>> They should call it suckker.
> >>> Now hold on minute there Steady Eddie! You know and I know that what
> >>> you say just ain't true!
>
> >>> Football (not soccer) is the one true religion. The one played ALL
> >>> OVER THE WORLD except in the good ol US of A of course...so it's
> >>> FOOTBALL Eddie - not soccer...got that?
>
> >>> Jeff_D
>
> >> shut up you fucking english wanker. American Football is the king of
> >> all sports.
> >> Unlike primitive "soccer", it requires brains to play.
>
> > 'Futbol', Football, or Soccer... whatever you want to call it has the
> > largest viewing audience in the *world* -- period.
>
> > American football OTOH, requires *far more* than just athletism and
> > motor skills... it requires *brains* as well.  There is far more
> > strategy involved in American football both ON the field and OFF the
> > field when you consider front-office operations as well.  American
> > football consists of defense, offense, special teams, and the often
> > overlooked strategic off-field/off season 'maneuvers' in personel
> > aquisitions/management/contract negotiations.
>
> > Flint
>
> And you don't think that Premier League Football, [soccer] requires
> brains? There is a reason why football is known as "the beautiful game",
> because unlike the American version, which requires a suit of armour and
>   celebrates bodily contact, in the *real* version, bodily contact is
> most often considered a foul.
>
> As for strategy, real football's offside rule, preventing the deliberate
>   forward passing which seems the *only* strategy in the jousting match
> version, is banned.
>
> Whatever way you cut it...Football...originated in Britain, and was
> first played in a manner very similar to the US version, before over the
> centuries being refined into a game of skill & athleticism.

It refined into kick ball?