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 DolceAmaro
Female, 13-17, Midwest US
 74 Posts
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 2:13:52 PM
i'm french/american, so i've learned to appreciate both american football and football. ya, i know it sounds stupid. but the whole soccer/football debate is so idiotic. everyone knows soccer comes from the abbreviation for association football: assoc. it is just another language difference. get over it, boys. lol. disagreeable pettifoggers. |
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 domisgood
Male, 13-17, Europe
4299 Posts
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Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:43:22 AM
i hate these arguements, coz im english i love football.
but i also really like american footballarrgghh im confused |
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 buttersrules
Male, 30-39, Australia
279 Posts
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Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:46:06 AM
Oh, but there is only 1 game called footy. And that is Australian Rules Football. I currently live in a footy state, but grew up in a league state, and even the most die hard league fans mean aussie rules when they say footy. This abbreviation is not used by the other codes. (for the most part, but theres always one on every bus) |
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buttersrules
Male, 30-39, Australia
279 Posts
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Saturday, July 12, 2008 10:40:47 AM
Black sheep, I think you're missing some sports there....
in order to confuse americans and europeans alike, (in fact, to confuse everyone, so that you can be just as confused as an Australian) we have the following games.
football, football, football, football, football, football, and football.
Many players actually play more than one of the above.
Oh, to clarify. Those games in no particular order of preference or manliness, and using terminology for the purpose of clarification, as opposed to definiatively stating what the sports should or should not be called are:
soccer, rugby league, rugby union, aussie rules, american football, irish (gaelic) football, and international rules football. (which is a hybrid between aussie and irish football, played between the 2 countries.)
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 Black__Sheep
Male, 18-29, Australia
10 Posts
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Saturday, July 12, 2008 7:10:11 AM
"soccer" is officially known as "association football". I'm all for calling it soccer. If you have a knowledge of english decent enough to read and/or post on this site you also have (at least i hope you all do) an understanding of the word "soccer". Baby jesus won't cry, i promise. "football" is way to ambiguous. In fact in Australia the word "football" could mean one of four sports... |
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 AKappy
Male, 18-29, Western US
2605 Posts
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Saturday, July 12, 2008 3:08:16 AM
And that affects you how? Get over it. |
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 sickandtired
Male, 18-29, Europe
51 Posts
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Saturday, July 12, 2008 1:54:08 AM
Of course, I don't bloody think that. The issue is that the actual game of football already existed long and was widely popular well before your crass little game came to existence. Despite this, you lot renamed it (even though it has infinitely better claim to the name) and called it soccer. While, the American replacement was like the ugly bastard-child of rugby. |
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 i-am-emo
Female, 70 & Over, Eastern US
1267 Posts
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Saturday, July 12, 2008 12:44:46 AM
TO AVOID FUTRE CULTURAL DIFFERENCE ARGUMENTS EVERYONE MUST CALL THE SPORT... FOOCCER! AND IT MUST BE SAID, or typed, WITH PRIDE, HONOR AND AN IRISH ACCENT. |
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AKappy
Male, 18-29, Western US
2605 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 11:28:54 PM
^ How did you get it in your head that a sport needs to be named according to the most common activity? If that were the case, basketball would be named "dribble ball," hockey would be named "skate ball," and baseball would be named "idle ball."But... hmmmm... how come they have these other names? Oh, maybe because, in basketball, you score by making BASKETS. In baseball, you score by advancing the BASES. According to your logic, these sports would have ridiculous names also. Do they? Please let me know, Mr. Sport-name Rulemaker. Thanks.
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sickandtired
Male, 18-29, Europe
51 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 8:00:49 PM
"So going by your statement, the Argentinians dont play football, they play handball?And every other nation doesn't play football, they play diveball. France plays headball, Italy plays cryball and the Italians play roll.on.the.floor.and.act.like.you.were.just.shot.by.a.40caliber.ball?" You might be right there, but only on the basis that cretinism has impaired your own understanding of statisical analysis. If that were the case, a game like hockey would then justifiably be called "Brawly-Puck-Punchup" just because from time to time fights occur. And whether kicking is the means of scoring the most points is completely irrelevant, because prior to the goal score, more <b>time </b> is spent with the ball being in the possession of some steroid junky's hands than being passed up by foot. |
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zabukashi
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
11 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 6:54:47 PM
I hereby start a petition to reverse the meanings of soccer and football in America. From now on American football will be called soccer and soccer will go back to it's original name of football. |
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 the_windy
Female, 18-29, Canada
700 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 6:43:47 PM
He's not drunk, he's just French. :P |
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evanovix
Male, 18-29, Europe
30 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 4:40:10 PM
yea yea primetimekin, its kinda easier to have a fairplay community when u got like 1/100000 as many people practicing that sport. I'll give the Americans credit for having (in general) a fairplay mentality as do the British. You were spot-on about the Italians ;) |
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evanovix
Male, 18-29, Europe
30 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 4:35:24 PM
--okay world lets make a deal. If the US gets the most medals in the Olympics it becomes soccer. If any other nation wins, then its football--Pfft, who cares about the olympics I for one hope they finish up before the Premier League season starts =) But otherwise I would agree with that deal if the US Team don't refuse to release their drugtests, and preferrably if they don't threaten to boycot the entire event if the IOC ever so slightly tries to force them to ;) |
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 primetimekin
Male, 18-29, Southern US
7864 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 4:31:27 PM
"Although, it's interesting how you all like to bring facts into the fray too, because if you put it down to statistics (in the purely mathematical sense) proportionately it is not football - only occasionally."So going by your statement, the Argentinians dont play football, they play handball? And every other nation doesn't play football, they play diveball. France plays headball, Italy plays cryball and the Italians play roll.on.the.floor.and.act.like.you.were.just.shot.by.a.40caliber.ball? |
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primetimekin
Male, 18-29, Southern US
7864 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 4:29:00 PM
okay world lets make a deal. If the US gets the most medals in the Olympics it becomes soccer. If any other nation wins, then its football. |
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 randomer
Male, 13-17, Europe
281 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 4:25:04 PM
As the US has it's version of football named after itself I believe football/soccer (I'll only do that once)should be called everywhere-but-the-US football. It's only fair. |
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evanovix
Male, 18-29, Europe
30 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 4:18:56 PM
The foot is amazingly enough the way goals are scored in Football....... I'm starting to see a pattern...or maybe just spots.... :O |
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AKappy
Male, 18-29, Western US
2605 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 4:07:47 PM
I'm just relaying the facts to ignorant people. The foot is the way points are predominantly scored in American football... that's a fact. |
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evanovix
Male, 18-29, Europe
30 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 4:05:04 PM
owww you americans sure are cute when u defend ur lil' sport ;) |
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 tobyvictory
Male, 70 & Over, Asia
194 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 3:57:46 PM
They should have left him on the pitch. It would have made the soccer match a hell of a lot more interesting. |
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MrAmerican
Male, 13-17, Midwest US
18 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 2:23:25 PM
Hey you Brits calling Americans p*ssys, i got 1 question. Who's a*s was kicked in the Revolutionary war. HMMMMMM..... I think the british. |
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sickandtired
Male, 18-29, Europe
51 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 2:02:08 PM
I really couldn't care less, to be honest. Meathead games like Rugby and American Football don't interest me in the slightest. Although, it's interesting how you all like to bring facts into the fray too, because if you put it down to statistics (in the purely mathematical sense) proportionately it is not football - only occasionally. Of course, now that you've called me stupid I can see the validity of your point. |
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AKappy
Male, 18-29, Western US
2605 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 1:38:18 PM
^ Did you know that in college football, WAY BACK IN THE DAY before pads were introduced, up to 19 players died EVERY YEAR? Bet you didn't know that. NFL players don't wear pads because they're pansies, it's because the league doesn't want them to DIE.A lot of time is spent kicking the ball. There is offense, defense, and special teams (kickoffs, punts, field goals- ALL KICKING). You're stupid. |
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sickandtired
Male, 18-29, Europe
51 Posts
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Friday, July 11, 2008 1:24:54 PM
Ok, so the ends justify the means do they? How much actual time is spent kicking the ball in the average game as opposed to cuddling it between their armpits? It's still Manhugging with Padding, as far as I'm concerned. :P |
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