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Non-American View of NFL & MLB
However, it's the Europeans that become Europhiles in the presence of anything "American" that usually go off about "American" Football. It's a fkn name. Whatever. Blah.
American football is for sisies, who can't play soccer!! And about baseball... I'm just not into sports with sticks involved...
Who the hell is American Football for sissies? Do you realize that about 80% of the players who have a career in the sport go through at least one surgical procedure. The sport is very intense and requires a lot of physical aptitude... People really do get injured.. whether its a broken rib, a concussion or a sprain, rosters are usually depleted from a good amount of their players by the time the playoffs come around.
BAHAHA. Are you serious? American football players' only joy is smacking the shit out of each other, breaking some ankles with deft footwork, and/or blasting past slow ass defenders. It's a tough sport. In your soccer, the players get nicked on the knee, or sometimes not even touched at all, but they're on the fucking floor acting like they're hurt, whining like bitches. Fuck. Your definition of the term sissy is obviously skewed. I'm not saying all soccer players are pussy ass bitches. But a sure large amount of them are. Hot damn, some of them make fucking careers out of play crying and whining to the ref like he was daddy or some shit.
I don't really like football I am all for hockey, Everything about it is amazing, especially when you have players like Sidney Crosby the next "wayne" amazing what he does.
*sigh* these threads start out with the best intentions, asking a simple question trying to learn the opinions and views of other worldly citizens. Still they inevitably turn into the "my country is better than your country" thread.
Anyway to answer the thread. A lot of countries do watch the Superbowl but seriously it might be hard faught over in the USA but in Europe and a majority of the world they practically give that thing away to TV networks. Its basically a huge dick waving competition with the rest of the world. The NFL and America want to proclaim its the most watched show on earth. I've watched it a few times and by watched it I mean it was on in the background while I was doing something else and I only turned round to watch the half time show.
Anyway to answer the thread. A lot of countries do watch the Superbowl but seriously it might be hard faught over in the USA but in Europe and a majority of the world they practically give that thing away to TV networks. Its basically a huge dick waving competition with the rest of the world. The NFL and America want to proclaim its the most watched show on earth. I've watched it a few times and by watched it I mean it was on in the background while I was doing something else and I only turned round to watch the half time show.
100% agree
"of course you say that because youre the minority here. thats a natural defensive line"
I know I'm the minority. In fact, that makes me ballsier. America is not going to change the name of its favorite sport because we are the minority and some other schmucks already call their favorite sport football. Why should we? Fuck you guys, why should we care?
"there arent enough words to describe my feeling toward this sentence. talk about being self-centered"
If it were the world's popular opinion to have the UK rename itself, "The Island of Transexual Douche Baggery," I can assure you, they would not give a fuck and still call themselves the UK. The world may call soccer football, but we call our football, football. How is it self centered that we call it that? You are self centered for considering your self so high and mighty that we should rename our sport because it offends some internal source of pride that you have. Fuck you, basically.
"identity issues? WHAT THE FUCK MAN?"
Que?
"what kind of FUCKING SPORT is called FOOTBALL if it has NEARLY NOTHING to do with FEET."
I don't know what I have to do to convince you that your feet are important in American football. Everything in it has to do with the feet. You have to *RUN* the ball to the end zone to score six points. You have to *KICK* the ball through the goalpost to get the extra point, or *RUN* the ball to the end zone again for the two point conversion. If you can't make it to the end zone you have to *KICK* the ball through the goal post for a three point field goal. The QB can throw the ball to a receiver, who catches, then *RUNS*. The QB can hand it off to the *RUNNING*back, who then *RUNS*. A good receiver catches well, but *RUNS* fast, and has good *FOOTWORK* to avoid tackles. A good *RUNNING*back can *RUN* through the gap, using *FOOTWORK* to flow with it and avoid tackles, which take most of their power from the hips and the *LEGS*.
Point clear? So what, soccer is all with the feet. Maybe we should rename our sport "Mostly Foot and Partly Hand Ball." Lol. Fucktard.
"you dont call icehockey, erm, meltmybrainsinsaharahockey just because its sunny outside, do you? get a fucking clue."
Why the fuck do they call hockey, hockey? Where does that word even come from? Man they should change the name to StickPucky, because there are sticks and pucks and it makes more sense. Oh wait. It doesn't matter. Why? BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY NAMED HOCKEY. Just like football over here IS ALREADY CALLED FOOTBALL? Why should we change it? To make you happy? I honestly want you to answer this question. Should all of America start calling our football "Armpit Ball" because your sport is called football? Do our opinions matter? Or should what you think and what is popular in Europe and the rest of the world dictate our vocabulary? Fuck you.
"have you ever watched tennis? feet are vital part in tennis i can tell you. i could quote some retard who said "the whole point is the running, which I last checked, is done with the feet" but nah, i wont. oops i already did."
Last time I checked you didn't score in tennis by running. Though footwork is essential to being able to score, if you put in two dudes who wouldn't use their legs they could still manage to have a functional game of tennis. In American football, You can only score by use of your feet. You have to run to the end zone or kick the ball between the posts. That's feet, feet, feet, and feet.
"oh, why do you think that is? perhaps the fact that you cant name a sport with a describing name. or perhaps that your current president is a total jackass, who, by the way, was elected by you, the people."
LOL do you think Americans all got together one day and said, "Let's call this sport football to spite those latently homosexual Europeans!" It obviously was called football for quite some time. Does it matter if the sport's name needs to be a perfect describer of what it is? No. It's a name. Names are names. And why should we change it? We shouldn't. Beceause it OUR name for OUR sport. Watch your football, and I'll watch mine, the world will still rotate, capiche douche bag?
First off, yes we elected President Bush (who is, to this day, a WAY, WAY, WAY better candidate than Al Gore and John Kerry combined and squared). However, do you think we all have some magic crystal ball that allows us to predict all his future decisions? Fuck. You're a waste of semen. .. your mother really should have swallowed you. Anyways, how is what our president does, based off of his own decisions, reflect in the least bit the American public who has no say in what he does? Besides, he won the last election with like 51% of the popular vote, which basically cuts the nation into two.
"why the fuck you elect a president who is what he is? doesnt that say something about the majority of americans? hehe what would that be :---)
your own actions have made it possible."
Just like Hitler is a perfect reflection of the Austrians who gave him birth and the Germans he lead, right? George Bush is no better a reflection of the American people than Adolf Hitler is Austrians and Germans. Besides, his approval rating is lower than 30% or something right now. That means 70% of Americans dislike what he is doing. Personally, I like the fact that he's been the most pro-American president since Reagan, but a fresh Political Science graduate could have taught him a thing or two about foreign policy. If he had been more reserved and slightly isolationist I think he'd have been an awesome president. Oh, I support the Iraq war, and joint military action against Iran too. It's too bad politicians ruined our chances of actually stabilizing Iraq. Now, we're going to pull out, there's going to be massacres in the streets of Baghdad, and the Shiites and Kurds will have a nice little country, Sunni free, all to themselves. Then there'll probably be a Shiite and Kurd civil war, but my bet is on the Kurds in that conflict. All hail Ira... erm.. I mean Kurdistan! I got $50 on it.
"armpitball = care tbh. i have tried to watch superbowl a few times and every time ive fallen asleep. its like watching a softcore french pornmovie. every once in a while theres action, you get excited, then its over before it had hardly begun and you lose your interest again."
Which is because you do not understand the intricacies of the sport. I'm the same way with soccer. I tend to think nothing is happening in soccer... just looks like a lot of passing to me. However, I'm sure if I knew a lot about it I'd like it just like the rest of the world. If the rest of the world knew as much about football as the average American did, they'd like it too.
I know I'm the minority. In fact, that makes me ballsier. America is not going to change the name of its favorite sport because we are the minority and some other schmucks already call their favorite sport football. Why should we? Fuck you guys, why should we care?
"there arent enough words to describe my feeling toward this sentence. talk about being self-centered"
If it were the world's popular opinion to have the UK rename itself, "The Island of Transexual Douche Baggery," I can assure you, they would not give a fuck and still call themselves the UK. The world may call soccer football, but we call our football, football. How is it self centered that we call it that? You are self centered for considering your self so high and mighty that we should rename our sport because it offends some internal source of pride that you have. Fuck you, basically.
"identity issues? WHAT THE FUCK MAN?"
Que?
"what kind of FUCKING SPORT is called FOOTBALL if it has NEARLY NOTHING to do with FEET."
I don't know what I have to do to convince you that your feet are important in American football. Everything in it has to do with the feet. You have to *RUN* the ball to the end zone to score six points. You have to *KICK* the ball through the goalpost to get the extra point, or *RUN* the ball to the end zone again for the two point conversion. If you can't make it to the end zone you have to *KICK* the ball through the goal post for a three point field goal. The QB can throw the ball to a receiver, who catches, then *RUNS*. The QB can hand it off to the *RUNNING*back, who then *RUNS*. A good receiver catches well, but *RUNS* fast, and has good *FOOTWORK* to avoid tackles. A good *RUNNING*back can *RUN* through the gap, using *FOOTWORK* to flow with it and avoid tackles, which take most of their power from the hips and the *LEGS*.
Point clear? So what, soccer is all with the feet. Maybe we should rename our sport "Mostly Foot and Partly Hand Ball." Lol. Fucktard.
"you dont call icehockey, erm, meltmybrainsinsaharahockey just because its sunny outside, do you? get a fucking clue."
Why the fuck do they call hockey, hockey? Where does that word even come from? Man they should change the name to StickPucky, because there are sticks and pucks and it makes more sense. Oh wait. It doesn't matter. Why? BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY NAMED HOCKEY. Just like football over here IS ALREADY CALLED FOOTBALL? Why should we change it? To make you happy? I honestly want you to answer this question. Should all of America start calling our football "Armpit Ball" because your sport is called football? Do our opinions matter? Or should what you think and what is popular in Europe and the rest of the world dictate our vocabulary? Fuck you.
"have you ever watched tennis? feet are vital part in tennis i can tell you. i could quote some retard who said "the whole point is the running, which I last checked, is done with the feet" but nah, i wont. oops i already did."
Last time I checked you didn't score in tennis by running. Though footwork is essential to being able to score, if you put in two dudes who wouldn't use their legs they could still manage to have a functional game of tennis. In American football, You can only score by use of your feet. You have to run to the end zone or kick the ball between the posts. That's feet, feet, feet, and feet.
"oh, why do you think that is? perhaps the fact that you cant name a sport with a describing name. or perhaps that your current president is a total jackass, who, by the way, was elected by you, the people."
LOL do you think Americans all got together one day and said, "Let's call this sport football to spite those latently homosexual Europeans!" It obviously was called football for quite some time. Does it matter if the sport's name needs to be a perfect describer of what it is? No. It's a name. Names are names. And why should we change it? We shouldn't. Beceause it OUR name for OUR sport. Watch your football, and I'll watch mine, the world will still rotate, capiche douche bag?
First off, yes we elected President Bush (who is, to this day, a WAY, WAY, WAY better candidate than Al Gore and John Kerry combined and squared). However, do you think we all have some magic crystal ball that allows us to predict all his future decisions? Fuck. You're a waste of semen. .. your mother really should have swallowed you. Anyways, how is what our president does, based off of his own decisions, reflect in the least bit the American public who has no say in what he does? Besides, he won the last election with like 51% of the popular vote, which basically cuts the nation into two.
"why the fuck you elect a president who is what he is? doesnt that say something about the majority of americans? hehe what would that be :---)
your own actions have made it possible."
Just like Hitler is a perfect reflection of the Austrians who gave him birth and the Germans he lead, right? George Bush is no better a reflection of the American people than Adolf Hitler is Austrians and Germans. Besides, his approval rating is lower than 30% or something right now. That means 70% of Americans dislike what he is doing. Personally, I like the fact that he's been the most pro-American president since Reagan, but a fresh Political Science graduate could have taught him a thing or two about foreign policy. If he had been more reserved and slightly isolationist I think he'd have been an awesome president. Oh, I support the Iraq war, and joint military action against Iran too. It's too bad politicians ruined our chances of actually stabilizing Iraq. Now, we're going to pull out, there's going to be massacres in the streets of Baghdad, and the Shiites and Kurds will have a nice little country, Sunni free, all to themselves. Then there'll probably be a Shiite and Kurd civil war, but my bet is on the Kurds in that conflict. All hail Ira... erm.. I mean Kurdistan! I got $50 on it.
"armpitball = care tbh. i have tried to watch superbowl a few times and every time ive fallen asleep. its like watching a softcore french pornmovie. every once in a while theres action, you get excited, then its over before it had hardly begun and you lose your interest again."
Which is because you do not understand the intricacies of the sport. I'm the same way with soccer. I tend to think nothing is happening in soccer... just looks like a lot of passing to me. However, I'm sure if I knew a lot about it I'd like it just like the rest of the world. If the rest of the world knew as much about football as the average American did, they'd like it too.
If you actually were as smart as you think you are, you'd know that we are right. Theres no point in debating here because everything you produce is self-centered and stubborn mixed with dozens of fucks. You also tend to drift away from the context which probably originates from your subconscious.
btw ' If it were the world's popular opinion to have the UK rename itself, "The Island of Transexual Douche Baggery," '
how are you able to pull this crap out of your ass? theres no logic. i actually find it more possible that the lyrics of the national anthem of the usa will be changed to "O'er the land of the fat and the home of the ignorance."
btw ' If it were the world's popular opinion to have the UK rename itself, "The Island of Transexual Douche Baggery," '
how are you able to pull this crap out of your ass? theres no logic. i actually find it more possible that the lyrics of the national anthem of the usa will be changed to "O'er the land of the fat and the home of the ignorance."
i think there was just one Austrian involved in giving birth to Adolf Hitler...
"If you actually were as smart as you think you are, you'd know that we are right. Theres no point in debating here because everything you produce is self-centered and stubborn mixed with dozens of fucks. You also tend to drift away from the context which probably originates from your subconscious."
If you were as smart as you think we are, you'll understand that what I'm saying is that I am right or that I am wrong. It is, in fact, totally unrelated. The entire point I am making is that it doesn't matter if American football were called Chinese Nostril Ball. It is a sport that our culture has named and it is popular and appreciated in our culture. There is no reason for us to rename it because you are not pleased. I am not being self centered. I am saying that America is not going to change it's vocabulary because our favorite sport happens to have the same name as a more internationally popular sport. You have called your sport football for decades. We have called ours, football, for decades. There is no reason or precedent for us to change its name for any reason, even if it's "not as accurate" as your sport's descriptor? What the fuck is so wrong with that? Btw, I like the word fuck. There's nothing wrong with that either (unless an admin thinks different :D). How does the word fuck make me not worth debating with? Fuck fuck fuck fuck. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. FUCK.
"how are you able to pull this crap out of your ass? theres no logic. i actually find it more possible that the lyrics of the national anthem of the usa will be changed to "O'er the land of the fat and the home of the ignorance.""
You would see the logic if you were smarter than a pile of dog shit. It was a very simple analogy too. Fuck. Did you pass the fifth grade?
If you were as smart as you think we are, you'll understand that what I'm saying is that I am right or that I am wrong. It is, in fact, totally unrelated. The entire point I am making is that it doesn't matter if American football were called Chinese Nostril Ball. It is a sport that our culture has named and it is popular and appreciated in our culture. There is no reason for us to rename it because you are not pleased. I am not being self centered. I am saying that America is not going to change it's vocabulary because our favorite sport happens to have the same name as a more internationally popular sport. You have called your sport football for decades. We have called ours, football, for decades. There is no reason or precedent for us to change its name for any reason, even if it's "not as accurate" as your sport's descriptor? What the fuck is so wrong with that? Btw, I like the word fuck. There's nothing wrong with that either (unless an admin thinks different :D). How does the word fuck make me not worth debating with? Fuck fuck fuck fuck. Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. FUCK.
"how are you able to pull this crap out of your ass? theres no logic. i actually find it more possible that the lyrics of the national anthem of the usa will be changed to "O'er the land of the fat and the home of the ignorance.""
You would see the logic if you were smarter than a pile of dog shit. It was a very simple analogy too. Fuck. Did you pass the fifth grade?
did i pass the fifth grade? heh, go figure
great stuff man. keep it coming
great stuff man. keep it coming
I'm watching the Packers vs Seahawks and this was probably the most I've enjoyed watching American Football. The snow added to the atmosphere and of course it's at Lambeau filed. Packers are the best.
Yeah the Packers are having a great season and Brett Favre is nothing but amazing. Yet the Patriots are winning this season. Tom Brady is picking the Jaguars's secondary apart and they are going for a 17-game winning streak.
Brett Favre is my hero. Man. He still has it in him after all these years. A pity they lost to the Giants. All I'm hoping for now is that the Giants pull something outta their ass and take it to the Pats. Something about the Pats makes me hate them.
I hope Eli and Peyton have fun comparing their rings at Thanksgiving next year. :D
I hope Eli and Peyton have fun comparing their rings at Thanksgiving next year. :D
They show american sports on channel 5 over here, and the more i watch the NFL the more i love it. ofc i prefere football more.
Giants > ALL! so glad they beat the pats :D
Giants > ALL! so glad they beat the pats :D
The superbowl was awesome. American football kicks ass sometimes. There just not much of that kind of awesome drama in euro football. The drama you have in euro football is the bullshit kind: a bullshit penalty, a bullshit offside call, a bullshit goal that didn't cross the line - the kind of shit that pisses me off so much when I watch - a bullshit referee call can determine everything and it's still really fucking corrupted. That Giants win against the Pats was amazing, the stuff of legend. Fantastic. Still, I love euro football more, but I can definitely see where american fans are coming from.
Anyway, it's really nice to be able to appreciate both. More sports to enjoy.
Anyway, it's really nice to be able to appreciate both. More sports to enjoy.
When the Giants beat the pats, it was the first time I've leaped for joy in my whole life.
18 and OOOOONNNNNNNEEEE
Bahahaha
18 and OOOOONNNNNNNEEEE
Bahahaha
George W. Bush and people like blank are the reason Americans are reviled around the world.
I'm sure, everyone around the world hates Americans because I'm the sort of person that thinks American Football's named of "Football" shouldn't be changed to suit some on else's pleasure -- someone who usually doesn't care at all about American Football. I'm quite sure.
By the way, you're really, really stupid. Grow a pair and quit your politically nonsense. Stand for something or stand aside, peon.
By the way, you're really, really stupid. Grow a pair and quit your politically nonsense. Stand for something or stand aside, peon.
"politically correct" (edit) ^^^^
Football pwns american rugby!!!
Pazza inter!!
Pazza inter!!
NFL is just a pussy version of rugby with lots of extra protection - both are crap + boring
MLB is just boring as f*ck
and just for good measure Basket Ball sucks
Americans have bad taste in sports
MLB is just boring as f*ck
and just for good measure Basket Ball sucks
Americans have bad taste in sports
"Americans have bad taste in sports"
I don't like those sports either but it's funny how it's always americans who get a lot of shit for having certain a sport. I'm sure they're not the only ones with sports that you don't find exciting. baseball for example is HUGE in Japan, yet nobody's ever saying shit about them.
I don't like those sports either but it's funny how it's always americans who get a lot of shit for having certain a sport. I'm sure they're not the only ones with sports that you don't find exciting. baseball for example is HUGE in Japan, yet nobody's ever saying shit about them.
its shit no matter what country its in, happy?
