Yeah, but you're talking about AMERICANS playing football...just sayin'Australians have no trouble playing football without helmets and without murdering each other
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Yeah, but you're talking about AMERICANS playing football...just sayin'Australians have no trouble playing football without helmets and without murdering each other
Don't ask me. I tried to understand it but never did. I rather despise football because of the way it's shoved down everyone's throat here, due to this dump's idol worship of college football.Guys. In the spirit of learning about different cultures
I want my American friends explain to me the game of grid iron.
In Australia I have to keep track of at least 3 different codes of football. Australian Football league (AFL) which is a variation of Gaelic Football mixed with an Aboriginal football game variant (possibly) National Rugby League (NRL) and the international Rugby Union. Soccer is optional
Each with their own rules and quirks.
I want to learn another
Explain Grid Iron to me
Right? Our country has an excessive obsession with sports. It's like "calm down everyone, it's just a bunch of grown men chasing balls around."Don't ask me. I tried to understand it but never did. I rather despise football because of the way it's shoved down everyone's throat here, due to this dump's idol worship of college football.
They should do something less embarrassing like prance and flop around on a soccer field.Yeah, but you're talking about AMERICANS playing football...just sayin'
Guys. In the spirit of learning about different cultures
I want my American friends explain to me the game of grid iron.
In Australia I have to keep track of at least 3 different codes of football. Australian Football league (AFL) which is a variation of Gaelic Football mixed with an Aboriginal football game variant (possibly) National Rugby League (NRL) and the international Rugby Union. Soccer is optional
Each with their own rules and quirks.
I want to learn another
Explain Grid Iron to me
There are sports I enjoy watching or playing (or did enjoy playing when I was a kid), but the global obsession with sports is disgusting to me and quite useless. It's all about money. I also can't stand that schools focus so much on sports but have gutted arts education. At least art enriches the world and makes it more beautiful. These sports just wreck you physically and you have to retire by the time you're 40. I would never allow my child to play football, if I had one.Right? Our country has an excessive obsession with sports. It's like "calm down everyone, it's just a bunch of grown men chasing balls around."
NRL and AFL.I follow the sport, so if you need someone NOT from America to explain it, let me know.
But which footy code are you most familiar with currently? Might be a useful point of reference.
I always chuckle when our North American friends start comparing NFL to Rugby as if that's what we commonly think of as 'footy'.
Mate, I can sympathise. It’s everywhere here too. Especially when an “event” is happeningDon't ask me. I tried to understand it but never did. I rather despise football because of the way it's shoved down everyone's throat here, due to this dump's idol worship of college football.
Rugby?Australians have no trouble playing football without helmets and without murdering each other
Schools place too much emphasis and focus on sports despite it being a frivolous distraction from actual academics. Students get preferential treatment just for chasing balls around.There are sports I enjoy watching or playing (or did enjoy playing when I was a kid), but the global obsession with sports is disgusting to me and quite useless. It's all about money. I also can't stand that schools focus so much on sports but have gutted arts education. At least art enriches the world and makes it more beautiful. These sports just wreck you physically and you have to retire by the time you're 40. I would never allow my child to play football, if I had one.
I tried watching it, in the 90s when there was a US football show on Sundays in the UK. Presenters tried to explain it. I tried to understand it. But it was always 14 down and 10 on the 49ers 23 or some such gibberish. Wtaf?
Besides, football is played with the feet. Hence the name.
I tried watching it, in the 90s when there was a US football show on Sundays in the UK. Presenters tried to explain it. I tried to understand it. But it was always 14 down and 10 on the 49ers 23 or some such gibberish. Wtaf?
Besides, football is played with the feet. Hence the name.
Aww Charlie Brown trying to teach empathy. That’s actually quite adorableI gradually lost interest in sports over time, at least professional sports. I have nothing against sports and athletics in principle, but I think what did it for me was when they cancelled the World Series back in 1994 due to a baseball players strike.
As a sport, I still like football, but that doesn't mean I like the NFL or the NCAA. But it's kind of exciting when you're young.
Well, he was a loser, so he'd empathize with the losing team...Aww Charlie Brown trying to teach empathy. That’s actually quite adorable
Good grief!Well, he was a loser, so he'd empathize with the losing team...
NRL and AFL.