OFFICIAL FOOTBALL THREAD

[Chub_by]

End of discussion. I don't mind if you want to call american football football, but don't say it's right technically because it's not.

 

[Ian21777]

Exactly. Football uses a football. Which you kick... with your foot. American football uses an american football.

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[Warborg]

With the foot

 

[krichardson]

SCORE!

 

[Warborg]

With hand and chest



Why is it not called handball or chestball?

 

[Warborg]

Lots of examples

 

[Ian21777]

Because, the vast majority of the game is played with the feet. Whereas american football the feet on ball action plays a much smaller part. Not sure if anyone realises, but soccer, the word, originates in england. A slang abbreviation. What I don't know is why americans adopted it. Maybe because you had already used (inappropriately) football for your version of rugby. Whichever way you look at it 'football' makes more sense for a game where a ball is kicked around a pitch for 90 minutes. Heading/chesting the ball and the keeper handling the ball are a small part of the game.

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[Evz jardini]

I thought this would get silly hahaga

 

[krichardson]

So,what word is soccer a slang abbreviation of?

 

[Chub_by]

What Ian said, now stop trollinv.