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except we do score.... and all the extra points and safety's and breaks shit make it a much more dramatic game to watch. I know soccer and shit is fast paced and all but I seriously think that if people were to understand the rules of America Gridiron then they would be way more interested in it.

Whenever I watch American football there are 10 sec actual playing with 60s with other stuff in between.

It's extremely fun to watch and play though.You never feel more alive than after barely making the 1st down on 3rd and 18 or bulldozing your way through the line to get the sack.

I'm not saying you're stupid for enjoying it, or that I don't see the appeal, It's just not my thing.

You guys forgot about hockey AKA the best sport ever. sorry if you don't think so.

i never said you said I was stupid for liking it, I respect people for liking sports. I'm just saying it's different once you truly understand a sport. You come to love it unless you just plain dont like it, there's no in between.

Most civilized arguing in FJ ever..

okay since I'm getting a fuck load of thumbs down, I guess that is wrong.

As someone who has been watching association football from a very early age and playing american football for four years, I don't understand why there's so much argument about which sport is "superior".

I mean really, just stop to think about it for a second. These are two COMPLETELY different sports. The pace, the skills required, the build required, and the strategies are in two whole different domains.

It's like comparing synchronized swimming to pole vaulting, or ice hockey to street luge. To put in simpler terms, what everyone is arguing about isn't "my green apple is better than your red one" or vice versa, its more along the lines of "my cabbage is superior to your grapes".


On a personal note, I like both sports. They each have their great aspects, and arguing about it is pretty pointless.

To hardcore American football fanboys: The scores in games worth watching are rarely 0-0, and you have to remember that these points aren't 7 per score, they're one. Also, 11 players(rarely with substitutions) are running their asses off for 90 minutes and kicking at high speeds. NOT a pussy sport. Some very serious injuries occur in these games, and as much as you claim you hate it there is an amazing "flow" feeling in the higher level games.

To hardcore Association football fanboys: The breaks aren't really that bad outside of the NFL. If you watch a college or high school game, you'll soon begin to see the beauty of the sport. Trust me, it's not about a bunch of big sweaty men tackling each other and then taking a five minute break, it's about a group of players working as one force to accomplish a objective. The team work is beautiful, and if you can look past the long breaks, you should be able to appreciate that.


tl;dr: The two sports are so different it is both pointless and childish to try to argue that either one is better.

TIL: people get mad when you dont anti-football circle jerk with them.

I think the only reason you are getting thumbs is because people just hate American football.

The statement itself doesn't make any sense what so ever. I don't know what you are trying to tell me, but i do believe American Football do score most of the time.

If this is suppose to be a sex joke, it still falls flat on its face cause it same damn thing.

I don't even like American football and I don't get your joke at all.

I agree, there's tons of scoring in American Football.

Becuase you can get 7 points for scoring once

FOOTBALL games does not end 0-0, if that was the case, it wouldn't have any reason to be played. How many touchdowns is there normally in a game of american football? 2-8? Football games normally have 2-8 goals. I'm not personally interested in football, but why would you close your eyes just to criticize something?

plus it's easier to score in football. you just run and try to dodge big men. in soccer you have to get in a small area which is guarded

The game was invented known as "Association Football" soccer was just an abbreviation.

But you were saying that in american football you score more than in football. But that's not really true, is it? I don't care about #1

It's called whatever-the-fuck-people-want-to-call-it you ignorant faggot.

Football is by far the most popular sport in the world, so i have a feeling they don't always end 0-0

I respect football very much, I've played it all my life, but I think we are low balling american football. They are both very physical sports and they also both have their flaws. In the end some people are just going to like some sports and some will like others.

Your comment was true until the end when you said they are not athletes. Are you kidding me? These guys will rip your head off!

Which part of the word would you say watches twilight?

a minority

Well said.

Our women are pretty fuckin good

America doesn't suck, Brazil and Argentina are great at football!

Don't even try, we do suck at it. At least when compared to the better countries.

not the women's team...

no, but nobody cares about the women's team. Did we win or come in second last time?

we won...

Ahh for some reason I thought we had lost the finals. Yeah our women are good, but still nobody gives a fuck.

Soccer is just short for Association Football.

In Ireland, if you say football instead of soccer, people think you are "a British cunt".
And as for the word itself offending people, anyone offended by it is just stupid. They have no reason to be offended by a word which isn't directed at them.

eh

People will find any reason to bash Americans.

true.

Perhaps i'ts the fact that football (the real one) was invented before american football, so americans just took the name and put it on their sport and then changed the name of the already existing one.

yeah I see what you're saying, but there's no real reason to get so upset over that.

lol, on the OC version of this (for FJ) i said the same thing and got top comment