Why American Football will never be big outside of America (1 Viewer)

[Sebowski]

1.It is stupidly complicated. Downs? Yards to go? Offsides? Why is there even offsides? Shouldn't they be able to lineup where ever they want? What is a "Hut-Hut" anyway? Sounds racist.

2. Because within 3hrs there is only 15mins of actual sport going on while there is 2+hrs worth of commercials.

Ain't nobody got time for that ####.

3. Because teams that have a 50-50 record of wins and losses or just 1 game better are crowned champions all the stupid time. How is that a champion? Stupid. No one else in the world will fall for it.

4. Scoring. 6pts for this, 3pts for that, 2 pts there, 1pt for something else, but only if you just did something else first and then you could try for 2pts instead. Ok, I think I got it. Just one more comercial break and I'll be ready. Two breaks before the next team gets the ball? Even better. Much more time to grab a Bud.

5. Helmets.

6. Instant reply on everything. I'll get this too. Just give me another commercial break please. Trying to be fair at all costs is worth as many commercial breaks as it takes, even though the success rate is the same as no replay.

7. Criminal records. Do your own homework. It ain't pretty.

8. Shoulder Pads. LOL. What is this, the 80's?

9. These guys play 16 times a year? Ha! Even baseball players play more than that and everyone knows that isn't a sport.

10. Nick Saban. Right?

Seriously, no one outside 'Merica will ever get this. They should just stop.

 

[Sarnoff]

1) The rest of the world is full of panty-waisted, cheese-eating, effete, conceited snobs that are incapable of understanding perfection in sport. Instead they cling to soccer, a terribly boring, broken game that makes no sense. I mean, look at basketball, you've got a goal about a foot wide, and five guys on a team and they score a hundred points a game. Soccer they have a goal bigger than my garage, ten guys on a team, and you're lucky if they score twice. JUST LET 'EM USE THEIR DAMN HANDS, IDIOTS.

 

[Sarnoff]

Sorry, meant to post that in the HOT SPORTS TAKES thread.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

I think the estimate of 15 minutes actual action in a helmet-football game is probably on the high side. Maybe if you're counting kicks.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Oh, you mean handegg?

 

[NCCommish]

1) The rest of the world is full of panty-waisted, cheese-eating, effete, conceited snobs that are incapable of understanding perfection in sport. Instead they cling to soccer, a terribly boring, broken game that makes no sense. I mean, look at basketball, you've got a goal about a foot wide, and five guys on a team and they score a hundred points a game. Soccer they have a goal bigger than my garage, ten guys on a team, and you're lucky if they score twice. JUST LET 'EM USE THEIR DAMN HANDS, IDIOTS.

Doesn't happen often but I find myself in total agreement.

 

[heckmanm]

1) The rest of the world is full of panty-waisted, cheese-eating, effete, conceited snobs that are incapable of understanding perfection in sport. Instead they cling to soccer, a terribly boring, broken game that makes no sense. I mean, look at basketball, you've got a goal about a foot wide, and five guys on a team and they score a hundred points a game. Soccer they have a goal bigger than my garage, ten guys on a team, and you're lucky if they score twice. JUST LET 'EM USE THEIR DAMN HANDS, IDIOTS.

OR.... don't let the goalies use theirs.

Boom!

 

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1.It is stupidly complicated. Downs? Yards to go? Offsides? Why is there even offsides? Shouldn't they be able to lineup where ever they want? What is a "Hut-Hut" anyway? Sounds racist.

2. Because within 3hrs there is only 15mins of actual sport going on while there is 2+hrs worth of commercials.

Ain't nobody got time for that ####.

3. Because teams that have a 50-50 record of wins and losses or just 1 game better are crowned champions all the stupid time. How is that a champion? Stupid. No one else in the world will fall for it.

4. Scoring. 6pts for this, 3pts for that, 2 pts there, 1pt for something else, but only if you just did something else first and then you could try for 2pts instead. Ok, I think I got it. Just one more comercial break and I'll be ready. Two breaks before the next team gets the ball? Even better. Much more time to grab a Bud.

5. Helmets.

6. Instant reply on everything. I'll get this too. Just give me another commercial break please. Trying to be fair at all costs is worth as many commercial breaks as it takes, even though the success rate is the same as no replay.

7. Criminal records. Do your own homework. It ain't pretty.

8. Shoulder Pads. LOL. What is this, the 80's?

9. These guys play 16 times a year? Ha! Even baseball players play more than that and everyone knows that isn't a sport.

10. Nick Saban. Right?

Seriously, no one outside 'Merica will ever get this. They should just stop.

Post of the Year.

 

[McGarnicle]

They absolutely lose their minds for those London games. Mass riots for tickets. Nosebleed seats go for 10 grand. Guys start tailgating on Friday night and call in sick Monday and Tuesday so they can recover. It's absolute bedlam. BEDLAM I SAID.

 

[irish eyes]

1.It is stupidly complicated. Downs? Yards to go? Offsides? Why is there even offsides? Shouldn't they be able to lineup where ever they want? What is a "Hut-Hut" anyway? Sounds racist.

2. Because within 3hrs there is only 15mins of actual sport going on while there is 2+hrs worth of commercials.

Ain't nobody got time for that ####.

3. Because teams that have a 50-50 record of wins and losses or just 1 game better are crowned champions all the stupid time. How is that a champion? Stupid. No one else in the world will fall for it.

4. Scoring. 6pts for this, 3pts for that, 2 pts there, 1pt for something else, but only if you just did something else first and then you could try for 2pts instead. Ok, I think I got it. Just one more comercial break and I'll be ready. Two breaks before the next team gets the ball? Even better. Much more time to grab a Bud.

5. Helmets.

6. Instant reply on everything. I'll get this too. Just give me another commercial break please. Trying to be fair at all costs is worth as many commercial breaks as it takes, even though the success rate is the same as no replay.

7. Criminal records. Do your own homework. It ain't pretty.

8. Shoulder Pads. LOL. What is this, the 80's?

9. These guys play 16 times a year? Ha! Even baseball players play more than that and everyone knows that isn't a sport.

10. Nick Saban. Right?

Seriously, no one outside 'Merica will ever get this. They should just stop.

Post of the Year.

Don't you mean dumbest post of the year. No one said you had to watch it, now go knit something.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Football is what you play when your GDP is big enough to allow for the purchase of more equipment than a sheep's bladder or a lopped off human head.

 

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]Don't you mean dumbest post of the year. No one said you had to watch it, now go knit something.

Settle down nancy... nobody's asking you to take down your Clay Matthews Fathead.

 

[roadkill1292]

Football is what you play when your GDP is big enough to allow for the purchase of more equipment than a sheep's bladder or a lopped off human head.

What's up with that anyway? All that equipment, not to mention all those rules and litigation breaks, is why fatboyz football will never be more than a global niche sport.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Somebody is feeling incredibly insecure about their sport.

This thread is the equivilent to a futbol player flailing all over the ground like LeBron James only to immediately get up after the card is drawn.

 

[roadkill1292]

Somebody is feeling incredibly insecure about their sport.

This thread is the equivilent to a futbol player flailing all over the ground like LeBron James only to immediately get up after the card is drawn.

Weak sauce. The old "I must have touched a nerve" arguments are what you use when you've got nothing else.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Somebody is feeling incredibly insecure about their sport.

This thread is the equivilent to a futbol player flailing all over the ground like LeBron James only to immediately get up after the card is drawn.

Weak sauce. The old "I must have touched a nerve" arguments are what you use when you've got nothing else.

This. It being the biggest sport in the world and all leads to severe feelings of inadequacy.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Somebody is feeling incredibly insecure about their sport.

This thread is the equivilent to a futbol player flailing all over the ground like LeBron James only to immediately get up after the card is drawn.

Weak sauce. The old "I must have touched a nerve" arguments are what you use when you've got nothing else.

This. It being the biggest sport in the world and all leads to severe feelings of inadequacy.

We made up for it by beating the ever living snot out of you skinny little freaks, annually.

 

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Somebody is feeling incredibly insecure about their sport.

This thread is the equivilent to a futbol player flailing all over the ground like LeBron James only to immediately get up after the card is drawn.

Weak sauce. The old "I must have touched a nerve" arguments are what you use when you've got nothing else.

This. It being the biggest sport in the world and all leads to severe feelings of inadequacy.

We made up for it by beating the ever living snot out of you skinny little freaks, annually.

Wat?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

We didn't want to be like the rest of the world 238 years ago and we don't today.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

Somebody is feeling incredibly insecure about their sport.

This thread is the equivilent to a futbol player flailing all over the ground like LeBron James only to immediately get up after the card is drawn.

Weak sauce. The old "I must have touched a nerve" arguments are what you use when you've got nothing else.

This. It being the biggest sport in the world and all leads to severe feelings of inadequacy.

We made up for it by beating the ever living snot out of you skinny little freaks, annually.

Wat?

Don't question people with video game avatars. They're really cool and intelligent.

 

[SmoovySmoov]

We didn't want to be like the rest of the world 238 years ago and we don't today.

'Murika!!!!

 

[McGarnicle]

Boy this thread sure went down the crapper in a hurry.

 

[roadkill1292]

We didn't want to be like the rest of the world 238 years ago and we don't today.

'Murika!!!!

C'mon, Andy.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

We didn't want to be like the rest of the world 238 years ago and we don't today.

'Murika!!!!

C'mon, Andy.

Of course, since America is the one that provides for the defense of pretty much everyone else, it's little wonder that we're the ones that engage in gladiatorial-type sport.

Soccer/Futbol fits in well with kept countries.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Also kind of metaphorically relevant that Andy is a fan of the sport that causes systemic brain injuries.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Boy this thread sure went down the crapper in a hurry.

Someone throw in a Hitler reference or a diatribe on gun control, quick.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Also kind of metaphorically relevant that Andy is a fan of the sport that causes systemic brain injuries.

Oh, and you're just here for the pie?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Boy this thread sure went down the crapper in a hurry.

Considering where it started, it didn't have far to go.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

We made up for it by beating the ever living snot out of you skinny little freaks, annually.

Harrison Stevens alias?

 

[roadkill1292]

We didn't want to be like the rest of the world 238 years ago and we don't today.

'Murika!!!!

C'mon, Andy.

Of course, since America is the one that provides for the defense of pretty much everyone else, it's little wonder that we're the ones that engage in gladiatorial-type sport.

Soccer/Futbol fits in well with kept countries.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Awww...and here I thought I was being so stealthy.

 

[roadkill1292]

You know who says college football is going in the crapper and that they're not gonna watch any more? College football fans.

Part of the NCAA's evidence in the forthcoming O'Bannon trial are polls of people identifying as college football fans where as many as 65% (going from memory here) say they won't follow the sport as closely if college football players are allowed to be paid or make money from outside sources. And that's gonna happen because the NCAA is gonna lose this and/or the lawsuits following it.

I think those fans are full of crap but it's still a fun factoid to toss up. What if it's true?

 

[fantasycurse42]

Yea, and what's with Legs, ####, & ### too???

 

[shader]

The NCAA doesn't represent American football. It's a corrupt, dying organization.

 

[Thunderlips]

American football might not even the most entertaining football. Australian rules football has way more action.

 

[sublimeone]

should I care?

 

[Gustavo Fring]

1.It is stupidly complicated. Downs? Yards to go? Offsides? Why is there even offsides? Shouldn't they be able to lineup where ever they want? What is a "Hut-Hut" anyway? Sounds racist.

2. Because within 3hrs there is only 15mins of actual sport going on while there is 2+hrs worth of commercials.

Ain't nobody got time for that ####.

3. Because teams that have a 50-50 record of wins and losses or just 1 game better are crowned champions all the stupid time. How is that a champion? Stupid. No one else in the world will fall for it.

4. Scoring. 6pts for this, 3pts for that, 2 pts there, 1pt for something else, but only if you just did something else first and then you could try for 2pts instead. Ok, I think I got it. Just one more comercial break and I'll be ready. Two breaks before the next team gets the ball? Even better. Much more time to grab a Bud.

5. Helmets.

6. Instant reply on everything. I'll get this too. Just give me another commercial break please. Trying to be fair at all costs is worth as many commercial breaks as it takes, even though the success rate is the same as no replay.

7. Criminal records. Do your own homework. It ain't pretty.

8. Shoulder Pads. LOL. What is this, the 80's?

9. These guys play 16 times a year? Ha! Even baseball players play more than that and everyone knows that isn't a sport.

10. Nick Saban. Right?

Seriously, no one outside 'Merica will ever get this. They should just stop.

You're on the wrong forum website. I think you were looking for Futbol Guys...

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

the rest of the world sux, who cares

 

[Greggity]

the rest of the world sux, who cares

Pretty much! They can enjoy their crappy soccer haha :snort:

 

[Hot Diggity Dog]

We didn't want to be like the rest of the world 238 years ago and we don't today.

'Murika!!!!

C'mon, Andy.

Of course, since America is the one that provides for the defense of pretty much everyone else, it's little wonder that we're the ones that engage in gladiatorial-type sport.Soccer/Futbol fits in well with kept countries.

Absolutely. on anther note I can't stay awake to watch a game when my kids are playing. Watching Hans, Pedro, and Antonio chase each other around in circles just becomes mind numbing.

 

[Guest]

I thought there was offsides in futbol.

 

[Hot Diggity Dog]

I thought there was offsides in futbol.

There is . Biggest reason it is boring.

 

[Kal El]

Football has a pretty decent following in Canada, and a surprisingly rabid fanbase in Japan of all places. It's not at NFL levels, but they do enjoy the sport there.

The issue that many Americans have with soccer is that it's an amazingly low-scoring game, the players have a reputation for flopping, and the offside rule prevents one of the most exciting plays in sports, the breakaway. I will say the constantly running clock is nice, though ending the game in a draw is cheap. Allow for some more contact (or let the flopper get carded instead), tweak the offside rule to allow for breakaways, which drives up scoring opportunities, and end the game with overtime or shootouts.

 

[Politician Spock]

Football was created by college students. Thus it's going to have some sophistication to it.

Soccer was created by people with time to kill between worshiping a hundred different gods.

 

[Thunderlips]

Football has a pretty decent following in Canada, and a surprisingly rabid fanbase in Japan of all places. It's not at NFL levels, but they do enjoy the sport there.

The issue that many Americans have with soccer is that it's an amazingly low-scoring game, the players have a reputation for flopping, and the offside rule prevents one of the most exciting plays in sports, the breakaway. I will say the constantly running clock is nice, though ending the game in a draw is cheap. Allow for some more contact (or let the flopper get carded instead), tweak the offside rule to allow for breakaways, which drives up scoring opportunities, and end the game with overtime or shootouts.

NFL's can look pretty floppy some days with all the whining for flags.....and it ain't like the NFL is always a high score game...with the irony being that most people I know who gripe at 1-0 or 2-1 soccer seem to lament the idea that the 7-0 or 10-7 NFL defensive struggle is going the way of the dodo.

 

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Football was much better before the advent of the forward pass.

GB Power running games.

 

[Kal El]

Football has a pretty decent following in Canada, and a surprisingly rabid fanbase in Japan of all places. It's not at NFL levels, but they do enjoy the sport there.

The issue that many Americans have with soccer is that it's an amazingly low-scoring game, the players have a reputation for flopping, and the offside rule prevents one of the most exciting plays in sports, the breakaway. I will say the constantly running clock is nice, though ending the game in a draw is cheap. Allow for some more contact (or let the flopper get carded instead), tweak the offside rule to allow for breakaways, which drives up scoring opportunities, and end the game with overtime or shootouts.

NFL's can look pretty floppy some days with all the whining for flags.....and it ain't like the NFL is always a high score game...with the irony being that most people I know who gripe at 1-0 or 2-1 soccer seem to lament the idea that the 7-0 or 10-7 NFL defensive struggle is going the way of the dodo.

I do get irritated with their calling for flags, but soccer players are masters of the art.

 

[Norman Paperman]

Really, American Football is just the way ####### play Rugby.

Put on a bunch of pads and helmets, take a break after every play, even the best players play less than half the game. Maybe they should just go play in Namby Pamby land

 

[Steve Tasker]

Football has a pretty decent following in Canada, and a surprisingly rabid fanbase in Japan of all places. It's not at NFL levels, but they do enjoy the sport there.

The issue that many Americans have with soccer is that it's an amazingly low-scoring game, the players have a reputation for flopping, and the offside rule prevents one of the most exciting plays in sports, the breakaway. I will say the constantly running clock is nice, though ending the game in a draw is cheap. Allow for some more contact (or let the flopper get carded instead), tweak the offside rule to allow for breakaways, which drives up scoring opportunities, and end the game with overtime or shootouts.

Sincere questions - you do know that breakaways happen in soccer, right? Do you know the mechanics of an offside call?

 

[Norman Paperman]

NFL logos re-imagined:

http://www.footballasfootball.com