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I realize that football is the dominant contact sport in America, but rugby is so in the shadows I can't believe it. Why do you think this is?
The evolution of American Football from Rugby happened a bit more subtley than you'd imagine (I had to take The History of Football for my minor in Physical Education). Scrum caps became mandatory (which evolved into helmets), they added the forward pass, and the rest is just a bunch of added rules. They took away the act of touching the ball down to score a "Touch Down."
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I also think americans tend to like their home made sports more too.
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Even offensively and defensively you have 1st down linemen and 3rd and short linemen. It's so broken up, very few players play a full on game. In Junior High and High School you'd hear of the rare "iron man" who played both positions. By the time you get to college, that concept is unmentionable. It's so position specific, the coaches might as well just be playing chess.Compared to rugby, American football, like every other sport in America that they love so much, is largely over-rated and there is actually so little playing time involved.
American football bored me to tears, and the ONLY way to make it watchable is to hype the damn thing up so much.
Player intelligence on their football is also severely questioned. Michael Vick is a really good player because he runs with the football occassionally, WOOT?
They can't multi-task for the life of them. They can only follow what the coach says. Defensive team, Offensive team, special team... how many people actually plays this game?
Over-hyped. Terrell Owens typifies the American football player.
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Yeah, I mean just look at Australia... There's only 1, no... 2 ... no, wait, 3 contact sports that are highly popular :blink: AFL, Rugby League and Rugby Union.because two contact sports can't exist simultaneously.
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Shows what you know about Football, only 13 year old noobs who only watch ESPN and played Madden 2004 think Vick is a good player.Compared to rugby, American football, like every other sport in America that they love so much, is largely over-rated and there is actually so little playing time involved.
American football bored me to tears, and the ONLY way to make it watchable is to hype the damn thing up so much.
Player intelligence on their football is also severely questioned. Michael Vick is a really good player because he runs with the football occassionally, WOOT?
They can't multi-task for the life of them. They can only follow what the coach says. Defensive team, Offensive team, special team... how many people actually plays this game?
Over-hyped. Terrell Owens typifies the American football player.
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Shows what you know about Football, only 13 year old noobs who only watch ESPN and played Madden 2004 think Vick is a good player.<div class='quotemain'>
Compared to rugby, American football, like every other sport in America that they love so much, is largely over-rated and there is actually so little playing time involved.
American football bored me to tears, and the ONLY way to make it watchable is to hype the damn thing up so much.
Player intelligence on their football is also severely questioned. Michael Vick is a really good player because he runs with the football occassionally, WOOT?
They can't multi-task for the life of them. They can only follow what the coach says. Defensive team, Offensive team, special team... how many people actually plays this game?
Over-hyped. Terrell Owens typifies the American football player.
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and rugby is too tough for them !!!take a football player without his armor and put him on a rugby field
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