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Why is it called 'Football' in America when for 10% of the game they run around with it in their hands? The other 90% of course is them standing around between plays chatting about who has the biggest jockstrap!

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9 points (1 point deduction because we all knew some one would bring it up (you beat me to it.)) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

American football == rugby fot wussies.

Is theire actually an other country that plays American football?

I guess knot. Otherwise it wouldn't be American Football. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

In Germany Soccer is highly popular. Like American Football in America, maybe. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> (Except Canada and Mexico, maybe, I don't know how popular it is there.)

Whenever the team wins the tournament in America they call themselves World Champions!!!,why is that?..Same with baseball(world series champions) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

Has anybody played Prince Of Persia - Warrior Within?
The game is pretty good.I'm kind a stuck in a place right now but it won't be hard to get out of it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />

@ Alrik: Football is pretty popular in Mexico, but in Canada they only care about ice hockey.

@ Spick: It's because Americans have really good confidence. In respect for the Americans on this forum I won't say anything more.

Übereil

Who knows why. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />
But I bet the answer lies in lack of forethought. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Ice hockey is quite popular here in Germany, too. Not as popular as Soccer, though ... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

Hockey.I like that sport,especially the Nhl(National Hockey League) conference.My favourite team is New Jersey Devils.I used to play a lot Nhl 2003 on the computer and it's a very good game. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xmassmiley.gif" alt="" />

HEF...
I thought it was called rugby in Australia too. No?
Football I mean.

Do you have some other kind of football there I do not know of? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
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A lot of good Australian soccer players have played/play in Belgium.

You're belgian, Seth? And football=football? You know, what the amreicans rather misaimed call soccer?



Some Swedes too, right?

Übereil

Yes... I have a Belgian ID... now. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
But I been close to having an Italian, an English, a Danish, ...
I been around. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

And yes,
Very good Swedisch soccer players here.
All over Europe for that matter.

They have a great national team too.
Mind you... the new generation isn't so good as the ones from a few years ago.
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I think the one that's comeing will be a rather good one... Zlatan and others, you know <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />.

Übereil

Ofcourse I know.
But a few star players don't make a team.

The players have to play well together. They need a "team spirit".
Most players these days are more busy with the millions they make than with the game.
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- and he has a bad back. I think he even has reumathism. No?

"Football" is Australian Rules Football. Red pigskin which is passed and kicked back and forth up and down the field. The goal is to kick the ball through the posts at teh end of the field.

"Rugby" is the game with a lot of tackling. The goal is to touch the ball on the ground over the line at the end of the field.

"Soccer" is the international favourite with the round white ball with black spots. The goal is to kick the ball into a tiny net.

"Grid Iron" is American football with full padding and plays and such. Similar to Rugby.

I have to disagree with that, while it's true canadians don't care about soccer (I do though, played for two years when I was younger, got a gold medal as a goaler!) We have our own football league, with slightly different rules than american football which IMO makes the game funner. Even though it definetaly isn't as popular as american football, it's loved by most canadians.

Playball!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/XmasJump.gif" alt="" />

Yes, that's what I thought. But hockey still is the major sport by far. It's a bit like GB and football (still soccer). There ARE other sports, but by far football IS the major sport.

Übereil

Yep.It depends on the country cause for example in my country(Romania) the nr.1 sport is football.Hockey is between the last ones although I like ice hockey much.

Cricket lovely Cricket....C'mon England. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />