Originally posted by Prime Time
And finally, American Football players use their "hands" 95% of the time and they call the game "Football"? That is very funny. Soccer is the real Football because they are actually using their feet more than 2 minutes a game. Isn't it funny how they stole our name? I think so.
Stole our name? Who are you? Joe Futbol or something? Futbol is actually an international word that derives itself from two English words, foot and ball (neither fut nor bol was used in any other language prior to the naming of the sport). As the story goes, latins were playing the game Americans know as soccer when American missionaries gave them balls similar to the standard soccer ball, as a replacement for a hollowed out melon that they had been using before. The missionaries then taught them how to say the word "ball" while also teaching them other english words, including the word "foot". So, in essence, the term football has actually been stolen from Americans. I shouldn't have even bothered typing all that stuff though, b/c that point is completely irrelevant in this discussion, anyway.
Originally posted by Prime Time
I mean every second of soccer is exciting because it can always lead to a goal. Handball on the other hand, has one play....stops, lets huddle up. You call that exciting?
Every second of soccer being exciting?? Man you are really going overboard here. Yeah there are exciting moments...but watching a team who is up 1-0 or 2-0 play keep away right around midfield or watching a game where after 15 minutes you realize that there has only been 3 shots on goal by BOTH TEAMS...these parts of the game make you more drowsy than 4 cups of Nyqil and warm milk. These "sleeping pill parts" of the game seem to be IMO much more frequent than the exciting moments of the game. Sorry, but your description of soccer is the complete opposite of mine.
Originally posted by Prime Time
Football is a woman's rugby/
Football is women's rugby??? Its cool to have a discussion about different sports and everything, but isn't a little stupid to criticize a sport you must like at least a little (judging by your 4000+ posts and your 16+ posts per day)? Either way, to resort to juvenile name calling directed at any sport might be a reason for others not to take any of your future posts seriously. Say "football sucks b/c..." or "soccer is better than footbal b/c..." next time. Just don't call it "women's rugby"....that nickname is set aside for the other futbol. :evil: