Originally posted by tim60 Here they call soccer football.
There needs to be a brand descriptor for kinds of football.
Australian
Rugby League
Rugby Union
Gaelic
American
Soccer
So here is how I see it.
The game as played in North America, we will continue to call American Football. Pretty sure everyone would be onboard with that.
The other game, played with a ball similar to the American Football in shape, although not size, played by a bunch of hooligans who refuse to wear any protection or helmets (and I would guess they don't even wear an athletic supporter or a cup, those boys are that tough), and put up much more of a fight over the ball than those Americans ever did, well, i think Rugby is a perfect name for that game. And I bet everyone else would agree, for the same reasons
The other game, where a bunch of guys kick around a ball that isn't really round, but a truncated icosahedron, and bounce it off their heads, but don't dare touch it with their hands, well, I think we should call that game No Hands.
Does anyone want to second that motion?