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I just find Gridiron slow.

I find football boring because it appears to consist of about ten seconds of actual play, then several minutes of nothing at all while the clock stops and the players stand around. If other countries' notions of football are any different from this, I'm not aware of it. :p

Interesting. Soccer seems slow to me because they putz around with the ball for 90 minutes and rarely score. Football on the other hand, is like two armies using targeted attacks and defense that is focused and intense, like a mini-explosion on every play. The stoppage of play isn't slow, its rhythmic.

RAMA
 
Football on the other hand, is like two armies using targeted attacks and defense that is focused and intense, like a mini-explosion on every play.

You've been listening to that George Carlin routine, haven't you?

The object of the game in football is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs he marches the troops into enemy territory, balancing the aerial assault with a sustained ground attack which punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
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I just find Gridiron slow.

I find football boring because it appears to consist of about ten seconds of actual play, then several minutes of nothing at all while the clock stops and the players stand around. If other countries' notions of football are any different from this, I'm not aware of it. :p

Interesting. Soccer seems slow to me because they putz around with the ball for 90 minutes and rarely score. Football on the other hand, is like two armies using targeted attacks and defense that is focused and intense, like a mini-explosion on every play. The stoppage of play isn't slow, its rhythmic.

RAMA

And I find it slow. Now rugby, that's a sport that emulated warfare. A constantly shifting combinations of tactical and strategic plays, rarely stopping with the players having to evaluate the field and think on their feet, instead of some fat dude in a windbreaker coming in and telling them what to do for 5 minutes before they give it a try.
 
If other countries' notions of football are any different from this, I'm not aware of it. :p

Much different. Here in Australia we have 3 major codes of football (rugby league, rugby union and AFL). All are much quicker than gridiron, and probably have just as much impact as gridiron. This is an example of rugby league from the State Of Origin earlier in the year, where QLD beat NSW.
 
Not to mention, what's with American football players and tight spandex pants? Ironic that football watching beer guzzlers are often some of the more homophobic people out there, when they love to watch guys prance around in spandex on NFL and WWF.
 
Not to mention, what's with American football players and tight spandex pants? Ironic that football watching beer guzzlers are often some of the more homophobic people out there, when they love to watch guys prance around in spandex on NFL and WWF.

Spandex in athletics is not inherently homosexual, nor does wearing it make one homosexual. I doubt watching it on TV makes anyone homosexual either.

Did I really just reply to this post? Ugh


RAMA
 
Not to mention, what's with American football players and tight spandex pants? Ironic that football watching beer guzzlers are often some of the more homophobic people out there, when they love to watch guys prance around in spandex on NFL and WWF.

Spandex in athletics is not inherently homosexual, nor does wearing it make one homosexual. I doubt watching it on TV makes anyone homosexual either.

Did I really just reply to this post? Ugh


RAMA

Feel dirty now? :p
 
I find football boring because it appears to consist of about ten seconds of actual play, then several minutes of nothing at all while the clock stops and the players stand around. If other countries' notions of football are any different from this, I'm not aware of it. :p

Interesting. Soccer seems slow to me because they putz around with the ball for 90 minutes and rarely score. Football on the other hand, is like two armies using targeted attacks and defense that is focused and intense, like a mini-explosion on every play. The stoppage of play isn't slow, its rhythmic.

RAMA

And I find it slow. Now rugby, that's a sport that emulated warfare. A constantly shifting combinations of tactical and strategic plays, rarely stopping with the players having to evaluate the field and think on their feet, instead of some fat dude in a windbreaker coming in and telling them what to do for 5 minutes before they give it a try.

Doesn't sound like you've ever watched it much less played it..Playing it is a totally different thing all together..

RAMA
 
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