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04-22-2013, 04:11 AM
#211
new based god
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
Originally Posted by LJJ
The NFL is a tiny professional sport. Tiny.
How many professional American Football players are there compared to other sports?
If there is any term to properly describe the NFL as a sport, marginal would be it. Marginal athletes, marginal talents, marginal entertainment value, marginal everything.
LMAOO so many ignorant statements in one post
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04-22-2013, 10:56 AM
#212
Form is temporary
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
Originally Posted by sommervilleCdn
tl;dr , nice troll
So these fat guys are your typical NFL player?
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04-22-2013, 11:42 AM
#213
College star
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
Originally Posted by deja vu
So these fat guys are your typical NFL player?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyB5f5QBd5k
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04-22-2013, 08:16 PM
#214
NBA rookie of the year
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
Originally Posted by Vragrant
ESPN ranked the toughest sports in the world today based on metrics such as
power
speed
agility
endurance
flexibility
nerve(ability to overcome fear)
durability
hand/eye coordination
analytic aptitude
NFL is ranked #3 (boxing ranked #1).
Soccer ranked #10 and Rugby ranked #13.
Link
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...otal_rank#grid
When we rank the "toughest" sports, there's no way we should apply the same value to all categories. We know damn well that sports like bull riding or canoe/kayak or cheerleading are way tougher than volleyball or baseball. It's not just the all-around athleticism required. Just consider the possibility of getting seriously injured due to playing some of the former and compare to the latter...
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04-22-2013, 08:44 PM
#215
Oh yeah, Mitch Kramer?
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
Originally Posted by Psileas
When we rank the "toughest" sports, there's no way we should apply the same value to all categories. We know damn well that sports like bull riding or canoe/kayak or cheerleading are way tougher than volleyball or baseball. It's not just the all-around athleticism required. Just consider the possibility of getting seriously injured due to playing some of the former and compare to the latter...
Forget bull riding, bareback is even more violent during the ride. The biggest danger in bull riding come on the dismount, as a horse won't try to maul you, but bulls are a different story.
Last edited by johndeeregreen; 04-22-2013 at 08:48 PM.
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04-22-2013, 09:41 PM
#216
*****
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
Originally Posted by Psileas
It's not just the all-around athleticism required.
Well, that's what they meant.
There are obviously dozens of ways "toughness" of a sport can be interpreted.
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04-22-2013, 11:40 PM
#217
*****
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
Originally Posted by lefthook00
That was closer to 6 flat than 4.6.
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04-23-2013, 11:12 PM
#218
The Iron Price
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
Originally Posted by Nick Young
ALSO, the game just gets boring in low stakes regular season matches.
If you understand it (including the strategies) and enjoy it, then it's very far from boring. Low stakes? Teams only have 16 regular season games, so every game is important unlike baseball, hockey and basketball where every team plays a million games.
Who wants to waste time watching the Cleveland Browns vs the Miami dolphins go 3 and out 3 and out 3 and out every drive with a 3 minute commercial break in between and a 5 minute break between each quarter? It is boring as shit.
Unless you're a Browns or Dolphins fan you'd probably be watching a different game at that time.
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04-23-2013, 11:54 PM
#219
Hold the door
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
Originally Posted by DonD13
I think one reason is because you can play basketball pretty easy yourself while you need a lot of equipment, knowledge, people for AF. I think that's the main reason why soccer is so popular all over the world.
Good point. I feel this has been a big hindrance to cricket as well.
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04-24-2013, 03:32 PM
#220
Dunking on everybody in the park
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
It will still be overweight jackasses touching each other's asses whatever it was called. Oh, and also extremely boring.
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04-26-2013, 03:58 AM
#221
College superstar
Re: If American Football wasn't called "football", would it be more popular...
Professional wrestling is a tougher sport than either football or rugby. All of those dudes are torn apart physically, let alone the constant travel, no off season, etc etc.
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