Football outdraws Football
- Thread starter Lee
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I too think this, the US have alot of potential and can easily cause an upset if we take them too lightly. Although you should call up Mike Grella.
Lee
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People who didnt watch missed a hell of a 30 minute game...
Dunno which sport you're on about.
Confeds not a real cup
And Fear I don't give a fuck, seriously. It was just to get people into the thread and read it.
klunderbunker
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Hmm, so let's see.
A game played in about 2 countries is watched by three million people less than something played by the rest of the world.
Nothing unfair or biased about that at all.
A game played in about 2 countries is watched by three million people less than something played by the rest of the world.
Nothing unfair or biased about that at all.
Viola Moonlight
I'm Literally Just Here for WZCW
Why does American football have padding? Rugby League, Rugby Union and Australian Football are much more rougher, but all they have for protection are mouth guards (also known as orange peels) and boots. If they have bung joints, they use tape.
Anyway, the logical name is football, but us Aussies have Australian Football, so we called it soccer as well. At least our positions require you to kick everything.
Anyway, the logical name is football, but us Aussies have Australian Football, so we called it soccer as well. At least our positions require you to kick everything.
I think that might be Swagger on the rugby pic.
So wait, people still argue semantics over american and association football?
Undertaker the 5th
Graveyard Punk
Hello I like to watch both sports, but I like futbol more as we call it in Mexico where I'm from and really I don't want to make Americans from the US not the continent mad, but come on why the hell didn't they just called it something completely different like Hand ball wait maybe that goes to basketball but my point is made,, for the record i didn't watch CL final because I was at school, and did watch the Superbowl. Please don't hate on me as I'm sure someone might have the intention to after they read this. GO MEXICO FOR WORLD CUP 2010!!! AND ITALY!!!
You can use hands & feet in both sports, but one is mostly foot based, the other mostly hand based.
I'm still surprised that Americans don't call it ''Feetball''. Yes, you use feet, just like my thighs play a very large role in my snooker games.
The SuperBowl might outdraw the Champions League, another yearly final, worldwide. Obviously not last year, but we'll ignore that for a second. But do American Football league games outdraw European Football league games? Genuine question, I don't know the answer. But if European Football outdraws American Football regularly, doesn't that make European Football more popular?
I mean, just because Shrek 2 might have a higher overall gross than an individual Harry Potter film, that doesn't make it the bigger franchise, does it?
They're all called football - rugby, american, gaelic, Association and Aussie rules because they all come from the same game. Our football was codified first, so it's the one that has most claim to the name, probably aided by the fact that it is the one that uses feet more than the others.
As for the drawing comparisions. The average attendance for the NFL is much higher, but that's to do with stadia more than anything. There are 32 teams with huge stadia. If you take the averages of the 32 Champions League teams from this year you get a much smaller gulf, if you take the World Cup as the pinnacle it has a higher average attendance.
It's too hard to compare in real terms, because the NFL is an elite league and nobody watches any other level in real terms. If you take Western Europe, because it has a similar population to the USA, you get a hell of a lot more people in through the gates for soccer.
The reason that nobody outside America likes the NFL, or few people do anyway, myself amongst them, is because there is a total lack of flair. The qualities of every single position is quantised and Europeans don't do it like that. In American terms, Aaron Lennon is a better midfielder than Stevie G because he's made more assists, and Carlton Cole is as Robin Van Persie because they've scored the same amount.
As for the drawing comparisions. The average attendance for the NFL is much higher, but that's to do with stadia more than anything. There are 32 teams with huge stadia. If you take the averages of the 32 Champions League teams from this year you get a much smaller gulf, if you take the World Cup as the pinnacle it has a higher average attendance.
It's too hard to compare in real terms, because the NFL is an elite league and nobody watches any other level in real terms. If you take Western Europe, because it has a similar population to the USA, you get a hell of a lot more people in through the gates for soccer.
The reason that nobody outside America likes the NFL, or few people do anyway, myself amongst them, is because there is a total lack of flair. The qualities of every single position is quantised and Europeans don't do it like that. In American terms, Aaron Lennon is a better midfielder than Stevie G because he's made more assists, and Carlton Cole is as Robin Van Persie because they've scored the same amount.
HBK-aholic
Shawn Michaels ❤
LMAO could people BE more defensive? It's a word, who gives a damn.
The Hiphopapotamus
The Dude abides
Very well said, and I pretty much agree with everything said.
I like soccer, and I like American football. I don't call either of them football, yet I call both of them it. Same with Gaelic football. If I bring one up in a conversation, I use soccer, American football, gaelic etc. But if I'm having a conversation about one of them, I'll just use football.
Another thing to bring up on why American football issn't as popular here, is because of how hard and complicated it is to play. I'm not talking as a team, but with your buds. Most people like to play things right, and that's why soccer is so easy to play. Because all you need is a ball, a few friends and a goal or two. While for American football, you need enough players, all who know how to play. I do enjoy playing American football better though, but I'm about one of 5 people who know how to play properly in my area, so I don't get much opportunities.
American foo... gridiron isn't popular outside America because it's largely inpenetrable to anyone watching it for the first time. We also have a far more entertaining and skillful version called rugby, which goes for 80 minutes but doesn't stop-start every 10 seconds and consequently doesn't take 5 hours to finish. I actually watched last years Superbowl and while I didn't hate it, my main complaint was how sodding long it took to finish. Gridiron will never ever be mainstream in any country where rugby is already established.
Actually Sunshine, Rugby is an old-school elitist thing played more by the posh colleges and universities. Ironic eh?
"Football is a gentlemens' game played by thugs and rugby is a thug's game played by gentlemen"
Father:_Polley
Fun's my Chinese neighbour's name
I have to admit I find NFL reasonably interesting. The only thing that irritates me is all the stopping and starting.
HBK-aholic
Shawn Michaels ❤
Always loved that saying.
Me too. A game can go on for like 3 hours, I'm just glad I'm not at the ground, I'd freeze. I do enjoy watching though.
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