It was raining outside. A rare occurense considering where I live. My cousin who lives in US had just called me on skype and was rambling as usual. Then he started talking about this year's mvp in football. The boundaries were crossed. My mind was clouded. This was not acceptable anymore, action had to be taken and I would do anything to see my plan through.
So, what do you think? He asked me in hope I'd approve of his choise. I grinned and stoically said, You know what? I think Messi will take this year's award as well. Silence, -Isn't that this short soccer guy? -NO HE IS A FOOTBALLER FOR FUCKS SAKE!, I burst out in anger while cancelling the call.
So, in hope of no more families to be divided and no more blood to be spilled I reach out to you in terms of peace and understanding. Lets settle this score once and for all.
Why should we call football, football.
Why should we call handegg, handegg.
Below is a reference of an egg and an egg ball for those of you who don't believe me.
I hope this will save enough lives so the cost I paid will be justified. May all of us footballers and eggballers live in peace.
"Football" in English, spoken in USA is "soccer". I never understood why people have problems with this. Its just a word in a foreign language. And why everyone forgets that feet are used in american football too. Why not make this comparison instead :
vs
Hey, look - all this time we the europeans have been so stupid to call a sport where the most important player on the field is using his hands - football.
On December 20 2011 00:01 mdb wrote: This discussion is so dumb.
"Football" in English, spoken in USA is "soccer". I never understood why people have problems with this. Its just a word in a foreign language. And why everyone forgets that feet are used in american football too. Why not make this comparison instead :
vs
Hey, look all this time we the europeans have been so stupid to call a sport where the most important player on the field is using his hands - football.
Because the egg ball remains an eggball. The best you could get is footegg, deal with it.
It will always be Football and Soccer in America. It's too engrained in society to change that now. Perhaps when you come up with a time machine you can go back in time to when they were coming up with names and put in HandEgg.
On December 19 2011 23:59 Mobius_1 wrote: America --- inventing sports to replace those that they suck at since the Dawn of Time.
Very accurate!
Only true for the male population, guess who's the vice champion for this year's FIFA women's world cup?
I don't know. I also don't know a single gold medalist from the special olympics . Everyone knows the world football champions tho (but i don't know who won the last superbowl)...
This is more about fringe sports vs mainstream sports. American Football is, basically everywhere except the US, a fringe sport with like 0 importance to people that are not playing it themselves.
To add content to this blog, I here share Barcelona utterly destroying Santos (a brazilian team), thus winning the Team World Cup yesterday. This is football:
Messi is the Flash of football.
edit: Btw, this Barcelona team is one of the best football teams ever. Its so stacked with exceptionally talented players that know how to play together.
for gods sake....you god damned americans name a sport that ALREADY HAD A NAME (football) SOCCER....are you retarded and dumb????? and dont want to comment on any of the posts all retards have posted, like the handballthing because of 1 single goalkeeper per team....you guys are dumb dumb dumb and EVEN MORE DUMB!!!!! football is older than your cheap stolen defiled copy of rugby called "american football".....only because there is a ball kicked very few times in your shitty game, you stole a name form another sport? while 99% of this game you carry the "ball" in your hands? and you really are wondering why everybody else in the world thinks that americans are retarded dumbasses. and the only thing they do right is raping countries with oil or other resources in the name of "democracy".....god this makes me so angry andf i have the feeling im on the verge of getting banned.....god i hate you all so much
On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote: for gods sake....you god damned americans name a sport that ALREADY HAD A NAME (football) SOCCER....are you retarded and dumb????? and dont want to comment on any of the posts all retards have posted, like the handballthing because of 1 single goalkeeper per team....you guys are dumb dumb dumb and EVEN MORE DUMB!!!!! football is older than your cheap stolen defiled copy of rugby called "american football".....only because there is a ball kicked very few times in your shitty game, you stole a name form another sport? while 99% of this game you carry the "ball" in your hands? and you really are wondering why everybody else in the world thinks that americans are retarded dumbasses. and the only thing they do right is raping countries with oil or other resources in the name of "democracy".....god this makes me so angry andf i have the feeling im on the verge of getting banned.....god i hate you all so much
Wow. So much rage. Seriously, chill the fuck out. You're more annoying than the debate itself.
Re:Football v Handegg v Soccer, I think mdb had the right say: It's a different language. And while futbol (to distinguish the two ) may be more popular in most of the world, Football is more popular in the US - so, inside the US, why should it matter that we call it Football?
On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote: for gods sake....you god damned americans name a sport that ALREADY HAD A NAME (football) SOCCER....are you retarded and dumb????? and dont want to comment on any of the posts all retards have posted, like the handballthing because of 1 single goalkeeper per team....you guys are dumb dumb dumb and EVEN MORE DUMB!!!!! football is older than your cheap stolen defiled copy of rugby called "american football".....only because there is a ball kicked very few times in your shitty game, you stole a name form another sport? while 99% of this game you carry the "ball" in your hands? and you really are wondering why everybody else in the world thinks that americans are retarded dumbasses. and the only thing they do right is raping countries with oil or other resources in the name of "democracy".....god this makes me so angry andf i have the feeling im on the verge of getting banned.....god i hate you all so much
this post makes you look a lot stupider than you claim americans are
On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote: for gods sake....you god damned americans name a sport that ALREADY HAD A NAME (football) SOCCER....are you retarded and dumb????? and dont want to comment on any of the posts all retards have posted, like the handballthing because of 1 single goalkeeper per team....you guys are dumb dumb dumb and EVEN MORE DUMB!!!!! football is older than your cheap stolen defiled copy of rugby called "american football".....only because there is a ball kicked very few times in your shitty game, you stole a name form another sport? while 99% of this game you carry the "ball" in your hands? and you really are wondering why everybody else in the world thinks that americans are retarded dumbasses. and the only thing they do right is raping countries with oil or other resources in the name of "democracy".....god this makes me so angry andf i have the feeling im on the verge of getting banned.....god i hate you all so much
this post makes you look a lot stupider than you claim americans are
this post only sounds stupid because im pissed as hell about this topic
On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote: for gods sake....you god damned americans name a sport that ALREADY HAD A NAME (football) SOCCER....are you retarded and dumb????? and dont want to comment on any of the posts all retards have posted, like the handballthing because of 1 single goalkeeper per team....you guys are dumb dumb dumb and EVEN MORE DUMB!!!!! football is older than your cheap stolen defiled copy of rugby called "american football".....only because there is a ball kicked very few times in your shitty game, you stole a name form another sport? while 99% of this game you carry the "ball" in your hands? and you really are wondering why everybody else in the world thinks that americans are retarded dumbasses. and the only thing they do right is raping countries with oil or other resources in the name of "democracy".....god this makes me so angry andf i have the feeling im on the verge of getting banned.....god i hate you all so much
First, "football" as it is known around the globe was called "associated football" in England. This was often shortened to "soccer". Second, "football" in America started out as "gridiron football". Instead of keeping two long names that ended in "football" Americans have just continued to use the shortened version of "associated football" as "soccer" and "gridiron football" as "football"
This is how it is. Now, whenever I speak to a non-american I use "football" and "american football"
On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote: for gods sake....you god damned americans name a sport that ALREADY HAD A NAME (football) SOCCER....are you retarded and dumb????? and dont want to comment on any of the posts all retards have posted, like the handballthing because of 1 single goalkeeper per team....you guys are dumb dumb dumb and EVEN MORE DUMB!!!!! football is older than your cheap stolen defiled copy of rugby called "american football".....only because there is a ball kicked very few times in your shitty game, you stole a name form another sport? while 99% of this game you carry the "ball" in your hands? and you really are wondering why everybody else in the world thinks that americans are retarded dumbasses. and the only thing they do right is raping countries with oil or other resources in the name of "democracy".....god this makes me so angry andf i have the feeling im on the verge of getting banned.....god i hate you all so much
it really makes you that angry when people in another country use a different word for a sport than you do? i also don't really get why you went into the USA bashing either. remember when your country tried to exterminate an entire race of people along with all disabled people in the name of the 'fuehrer?' I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT, THAT WAS BEFORE I WAS BORN. well, 99.999% of Americans are not out actively raping other countries with oil and other resources, sorry to inform you.
[QUOTE]On December 20 2011 01:27 iGrok wrote: [QUOTE]On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote:
Re:Football v Handegg v Soccer, I think mdb had the right say: It's a different language. And while futbol (to distinguish the two ) may be more popular in most of the world, Football is more popular in the US - so, inside the US, why should it matter that we call it Football?[/QUOTE]
A logical approach. But when you are addressing a resident of the rest of the world about this topic how would you refer to it? You can call it however you like across the sea, but when speaking with us you shall call soccer football. Oh and btw our players are much more handsome and get better dates. Your players look like oversized gorillas while Pique dates Shakira. Dat ass!
[QUOTE]On December 20 2011 02:11 Steveling wrote: [QUOTE]On December 20 2011 01:27 iGrok wrote: [QUOTE]On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote:
Re:Football v Handegg v Soccer, I think mdb had the right say: It's a different language. And while futbol (to distinguish the two ) may be more popular in most of the world, Football is more popular in the US - so, inside the US, why should it matter that we call it Football?[/QUOTE]
A logical approach. But when you are addressing a resident of the rest of the world about this topic how would you refer to it? You can call it however you like across the sea, but when speaking with us you shall call soccer football. Oh and btw our players are much more handsome and get better dates. Your players look like oversized gorillas while Pique dates Shakira. Dat ass![/QUOTE]
Are you seriously going to make the statement that football players don't date/ marry hot girls?
Not only is that ignorant (http://www.athleteswives.com/rankings/hottest-football-nfl-wives-girlfriends/), but that goes against the stereotype for football players (not soccer players, rofl), and it's also just causing more random problems. That's just plain stupid.
That's like someone defending American football over soccer by saying, "Our players could collectively punch a hole through your players, so we're a better sport than you." What the heck?
[QUOTE]On December 20 2011 02:14 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: [QUOTE]On December 20 2011 02:11 Steveling wrote: [QUOTE]On December 20 2011 01:27 iGrok wrote: [QUOTE]On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote:
Re:Football v Handegg v Soccer, I think mdb had the right say: It's a different language. And while futbol (to distinguish the two ) may be more popular in most of the world, Football is more popular in the US - so, inside the US, why should it matter that we call it Football?[/QUOTE]
A logical approach. But when you are addressing a resident of the rest of the world about this topic how would you refer to it? You can call it however you like across the sea, but when speaking with us you shall call soccer football. Oh and btw our players are much more handsome and get better dates. Your players look like oversized gorillas while Pique dates Shakira. Dat ass![/QUOTE]
Are you seriously going to make the statement that football players don't date/ marry hot girls?
Not only is that ignorant (http://www.athleteswives.com/rankings/hottest-football-nfl-wives-girlfriends/), but that goes against the stereotype for football players (not soccer players, rofl), and it's also just causing more random problems. That's just plain stupid.
That's like someone defending American football over soccer by saying, "Our players could collectively punch a hole through your players, so we're a better sport than you." What the heck? [/QUOTE]
I challenge you to post some handsome eggballers and their hot wives.
On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote: for gods sake....you god damned americans name a sport that ALREADY HAD A NAME (football) SOCCER....are you retarded and dumb????? and dont want to comment on any of the posts all retards have posted, like the handballthing because of 1 single goalkeeper per team....you guys are dumb dumb dumb and EVEN MORE DUMB!!!!! football is older than your cheap stolen defiled copy of rugby called "american football".....only because there is a ball kicked very few times in your shitty game, you stole a name form another sport? while 99% of this game you carry the "ball" in your hands? and you really are wondering why everybody else in the world thinks that americans are retarded dumbasses. and the only thing they do right is raping countries with oil or other resources in the name of "democracy".....god this makes me so angry andf i have the feeling im on the verge of getting banned.....god i hate you all so much
Wow. So much rage. Seriously, chill the fuck out. You're more annoying than the debate itself.
Re:Football v Handegg v Soccer, I think mdb had the right say: It's a different language. And while futbol (to distinguish the two ) may be more popular in most of the world, Football is more popular in the US - so, inside the US, why should it matter that we call it Football?
It doesn't matter, it's just that sometimes it'd be nice if the world just a bit more logical. If it just made a bit more sense, you know?
Of course, if you don't want to apply logic to your naming procedure, no one can force you too; you're perfectly entitled to your illogical naming of the sport.
[QUOTE]On December 20 2011 02:23 Steveling wrote: [QUOTE]On December 20 2011 02:14 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: [QUOTE]On December 20 2011 02:11 Steveling wrote: [QUOTE]On December 20 2011 01:27 iGrok wrote: [QUOTE]On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote:
Re:Football v Handegg v Soccer, I think mdb had the right say: It's a different language. And while futbol (to distinguish the two ) may be more popular in most of the world, Football is more popular in the US - so, inside the US, why should it matter that we call it Football?[/QUOTE]
A logical approach. But when you are addressing a resident of the rest of the world about this topic how would you refer to it? You can call it however you like across the sea, but when speaking with us you shall call soccer football. Oh and btw our players are much more handsome and get better dates. Your players look like oversized gorillas while Pique dates Shakira. Dat ass![/QUOTE]
Are you seriously going to make the statement that football players don't date/ marry hot girls?
Not only is that ignorant (http://www.athleteswives.com/rankings/hottest-football-nfl-wives-girlfriends/), but that goes against the stereotype for football players (not soccer players, rofl), and it's also just causing more random problems. That's just plain stupid.
That's like someone defending American football over soccer by saying, "Our players could collectively punch a hole through your players, so we're a better sport than you." What the heck? [/QUOTE]
I challenge you to post some handsome eggballers and their hot wives.[/QUOTE]
Way to not read my post. I already presented a website. It includes frickin supermodels.
On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote: for gods sake....you god damned americans name a sport that ALREADY HAD A NAME (football) SOCCER....are you retarded and dumb????? and dont want to comment on any of the posts all retards have posted, like the handballthing because of 1 single goalkeeper per team....you guys are dumb dumb dumb and EVEN MORE DUMB!!!!! football is older than your cheap stolen defiled copy of rugby called "american football".....only because there is a ball kicked very few times in your shitty game, you stole a name form another sport? while 99% of this game you carry the "ball" in your hands? and you really are wondering why everybody else in the world thinks that americans are retarded dumbasses. and the only thing they do right is raping countries with oil or other resources in the name of "democracy".....god this makes me so angry andf i have the feeling im on the verge of getting banned.....god i hate you all so much
User was temp banned for this post.
Calm your tits dude, just chill out because american football won't be changing its name anytime soon i think ._.
Both are correct. If you really want to be technical, football (soccer) is association football, so as to avoid confusion with rugby football. SOCcer is an English abbreviation of association, which was a common trend in England during the late Victorian era. In the US the use of soccer caught on as opposed to Europe where we used football. American football is a development from rugby football, which was also often referred to as football, and so the name stuck.
[QUOTE]On December 20 2011 02:36 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: [quote]
Re:Football v Handegg v Soccer, I think mdb had the right say: It's a different language. And while futbol (to distinguish the two ) may be more popular in most of the world, Football is more popular in the US - so, inside the US, why should it matter that we call it Football?
A logical approach. But when you are addressing a resident of the rest of the world about this topic how would you refer to it? You can call it however you like across the sea, but when speaking with us you shall call soccer football. Oh and btw our players are much more handsome and get better dates. Your players look like oversized gorillas while Pique dates Shakira. Dat ass!
Are you seriously going to make the statement that football players don't date/ marry hot girls?
Not only is that ignorant (http://www.athleteswives.com/rankings/hottest-football-nfl-wives-girlfriends/), but that goes against the stereotype for football players (not soccer players, rofl), and it's also just causing more random problems. That's just plain stupid.
That's like someone defending American football over soccer by saying, "Our players could collectively punch a hole through your players, so we're a better sport than you." What the heck?
I challenge you to post some handsome eggballers and their hot wives.
Way to not read my post. I already presented a website. It includes frickin supermodels.
Try again please. [/QUOTE]
From the same site you provided me.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/alP1A.jpg[/IMG]
What a keeper dude. Dat elegance. Feel free to take a look here.http://girls.gunaxin.com/top-100-footballers-wives-and-girlfriends/16979 We got Shakira, Ilari Blassi and ofc the cutest woman on earth Cheryl Cole! Is that all you got?
On December 20 2011 02:24 Antoine wrote: if you insist on calling it handegg, why not call it footsphere? after all, "ball" is not a shape.
Irrelevant, as a 'ball' is still an object, much as an 'egg' is an object (as well as a shape).
Egg isn't a shape. Things can be egg-shaped (which only means it has the same shape as an egg), but please find me a geometry book that uses the word Egg as a proper figure. Ball isn't a shape either, for that matter, for the same reason.
That's like saying that a Table is a shape because I might be able to find something table-shaped -.-'
As it is, a football (the object) is a ball, by definition. It is the shape of a ball (round or ovoid), and so the object that best defines a football is a ball, not an egg. An egg has multiple definitions, none of which properly relates to the game of football. And guess what? The makers of the football didn't feel like calling it a handball, because then it would probably get confused with a fucking handball. In America, you play baseball with a baseball, basketball with a basketball, soccer with a soccer [ball], and football with a football. Et cetera. Do as you please elsewhere, but seriously, all this grief about a sport being called something else in a different country is totally unwarranted.
The only way that football can have anything to do with eggs is if there's a game on in the background while you're egging on a soon-to-be mother hen and lizard while eating scrambled eggs.
I completely missed the part where someone explains to me how the name of a sport impacts the fun one has while playing/watching it, thus causing all the anger in this thread
On December 20 2011 02:24 Antoine wrote: if you insist on calling it handegg, why not call it footsphere? after all, "ball" is not a shape.
Irrelevant, as a 'ball' is still an object, much as an 'egg' is an object (as well as a shape).
Egg isn't a shape. Things can be egg-shaped (which only means it has the same shape as an egg), but please find me a geometry book that uses the word Egg as a proper figure. Ball isn't a shape either, for that matter, for the same reason.
That's like saying that a Table is a shape because I might be able to find something table-shaped -.-'
As it is, a football (the object) is a ball, by definition. It is the shape of a ball (round or ovoid), and so the object that best defines a football is a ball, not an egg. An egg has multiple definitions, none of which properly relates to the game of football. And guess what? The makers of the football didn't feel like calling it a handball, because then it would probably get confused with a fucking handball. In America, you play baseball with a baseball, basketball with a basketball, soccer with a soccer [ball], and football with a football. Et cetera. Do as you please elsewhere, but seriously, all this grief about a sport being called something else in a different country is totally unwarranted.
The only way that football can have anything to do with eggs is if there's a game on in the background while you're egging on a soon-to-be mother hen and lizard while eating scrambled eggs.
Busted.
'''In technical drawing, an oval (from Latin ovum, 'egg') is a figure constructed from two pairs of arcs, with two different radii (see image on the right). The arcs are joined at a point, in which lines tangential to both joining arcs lie on the same line, thus making the joint smooth. Any point of an oval belongs to an arc with a constant radius (shorter or longer), whereas in an ellipse the radius is continuously changing.''
Re:Football v Handegg v Soccer, I think mdb had the right say: It's a different language. And while futbol (to distinguish the two ) may be more popular in most of the world, Football is more popular in the US - so, inside the US, why should it matter that we call it Football?
A logical approach. But when you are addressing a resident of the rest of the world about this topic how would you refer to it? You can call it however you like across the sea, but when speaking with us you shall call soccer football. Oh and btw our players are much more handsome and get better dates. Your players look like oversized gorillas while Pique dates Shakira. Dat ass!
Are you seriously going to make the statement that football players don't date/ marry hot girls?
Not only is that ignorant (http://www.athleteswives.com/rankings/hottest-football-nfl-wives-girlfriends/), but that goes against the stereotype for football players (not soccer players, rofl), and it's also just causing more random problems. That's just plain stupid.
That's like someone defending American football over soccer by saying, "Our players could collectively punch a hole through your players, so we're a better sport than you." What the heck?
I challenge you to post some handsome eggballers and their hot wives.
Way to not read my post. I already presented a website. It includes frickin supermodels.
Try again please.
From the same site you provided me.
What a keeper dude. Dat elegance. Feel free to take a look here.http://girls.gunaxin.com/top-100-footballers-wives-and-girlfriends/16979 We got Shakira, Ilari Blassi and ofc the cutest woman on earth Cheryl Cole! Is that all you got?
You realize I can pick and choose too, right? You picking one out-of-date photo and generalizing to everyone is as ridiculous as me saying that all soccer players are ugly because of this: [url=http://www.damncoolpictures.com/2011/08/top-10-ugliest-soccer-players.html]http://www.damncoolpictures.com/2011/08/top-10-ugliest-soccer-players.html[/url]
I'm done with you, as you're probably trolling. Even if you aren't, you're just wasting my time. Have a good day.
Re:Football v Handegg v Soccer, I think mdb had the right say: It's a different language. And while futbol (to distinguish the two ) may be more popular in most of the world, Football is more popular in the US - so, inside the US, why should it matter that we call it Football?
A logical approach. But when you are addressing a resident of the rest of the world about this topic how would you refer to it? You can call it however you like across the sea, but when speaking with us you shall call soccer football. Oh and btw our players are much more handsome and get better dates. Your players look like oversized gorillas while Pique dates Shakira. Dat ass!
Are you seriously going to make the statement that football players don't date/ marry hot girls?
Not only is that ignorant (http://www.athleteswives.com/rankings/hottest-football-nfl-wives-girlfriends/), but that goes against the stereotype for football players (not soccer players, rofl), and it's also just causing more random problems. That's just plain stupid.
That's like someone defending American football over soccer by saying, "Our players could collectively punch a hole through your players, so we're a better sport than you." What the heck?
I challenge you to post some handsome eggballers and their hot wives.
Way to not read my post. I already presented a website. It includes frickin supermodels.
Try again please.
From the same site you provided me.
What a keeper dude. Dat elegance. Feel free to take a look here.http://girls.gunaxin.com/top-100-footballers-wives-and-girlfriends/16979 We got Shakira, Ilari Blassi and ofc the cutest woman on earth Cheryl Cole! Is that all you got?
You realize I can pick and choose too, right? You picking one out-of-date photo and generalizing to everyone is as ridiculous as me saying that all soccer players are ugly because of this: [url=http://www.damncoolpictures.com/2011/08/top-10-ugliest-soccer-players.html]http://www.damncoolpictures.com/2011/08/top-10-ugliest-soccer-players.html[/url]
I'm done with you, as you're probably trolling. Even if you aren't, you're just wasting my time. Have a good day. [/QUOTE]
How convinient that you dodge my last post. Also this is about the woman in the picture not the player.
this was a very funny blog and there is no need for USA bashing when we have so many things we can bash them for (kyoto, wars, more wars, did i mention yet another war?, what was the name of the last war? and the one after that?, polution, guns, bush+wars,bus+elections,lady gaga, macdonals, kfc, etc..)
why would we bash them for their poor choice in sports names?
I think it's ok the americans call their eggball/handegg game football and call our football soccer, but you have got to admit this blog is funny
How convinient that you dodge my last post. Also this is about the woman in the picture not the player.
Ehh this argument can be won in 3 seconds flat... Giselle Bundchen. Bam!!! America wins. Argument over.
Juliette wrote I would watch handegg, lol. But is called soccer in EU too.
Messi too good (but handegg mvp would be brees)
In an effort to derail this thread further handegg MVP has to be Manning. And I'm talking about Peyton not Eli (yes even after last night's victory Peyton still should be the MVP).
this was a very funny blog and there is no need for USA bashing when we have so many things we can bash them for (kyoto, wars, more wars, did i mention yet another war?, what was the name of the last war? and the one after that?, polution, guns, bush+wars,bus+elections,lady gaga, macdonals, kfc, etc..)
why would we bash them for their poor choice in sports names?
I think it's ok the americans call their eggball/handegg game football and call our football soccer, but you have got to admit this blog is funny
On December 20 2011 04:25 Lemonwalrus wrote: OMG, this post is so original and funny.
I've literally never heard this before.
You should have your own tv show.
:|
Ah I see we're on the same page here, which means you and I can work together to get a spot for him on TV, and profit from it! We will make trillions...
I think the problem is that in America our eggs are not shaped like footballs. See in America our eggs have one skinny end and one fat end, while in Europe, apparently your eggs are photoshopped.
Just kidding. Yeah it sucks that 2 sports have the same name, and I see why football fans are upset by "American football". But, when I and most Americans think of football we are going to think about the wrong game, and this isn't going to change soon.
I wasn't going to comment on this post, but after some reflection, I realized that this incorrectness in naming extends to so many other sports, the whole 'football vs. soccer' dilemma is the least of our worries!
Look at this athlete, one who engages in a sport universally referred to as 'basket-ball' + Show Spoiler +
Despite the name of the sport, this player is handling the ball with his hands! If football is so named because the players handle the ball with their feet, then why is this player not using his baskets to handle the ball? + Show Spoiler +
What about these athletes, who claim to be playing 'volleyball!?' Again, they are handling the ball with their hands, and their 'volleys' are nowhere to be found! + Show Spoiler +
This man appears to be hitting a ball with a racquet of some kind, so one might expect that his sport be called 'racquetball.' Instead, the sport goes by the completely nonsensical name of 'tennis!' + Show Spoiler +
Oh well, it seems like no sport these days has been named with even an ounce of sense, I'll just stick to watching my football. + Show Spoiler +
On December 20 2011 05:43 aphorism wrote: I wasn't going to comment on this post, but after some reflection, I realized that this incorrectness in naming extends to so many other sports, the whole 'football vs. soccer' dilemma is the least of our worries!
Look at this athlete, one who engages in a sport universally referred to as 'basket-ball' + Show Spoiler +
Despite the name of the sport, this player is handling the ball with his hands! If football is so named because the players handle the ball with their feet, then why is this player not using his baskets to handle the ball? + Show Spoiler +
What about these athletes, who claim to be playing 'volleyball!?' Again, they are handling the ball with their hands, and their 'volleys' are nowhere to be found! + Show Spoiler +
This man appears to be hitting a ball with a racquet of some kind, so one might expect that his sport be called 'racquetball.' Instead, the sport goes by the completely nonsensical name of 'tennis!' + Show Spoiler +
Oh well, it seems like no sport these days has been named with even an ounce of sense, I'll just stick to watching my football. + Show Spoiler +
Now if I pointed out that basketball, handegg and volleyball all originated from US what would you say? Inb4 Keanu Reeves realisation meme.
meh, football is football and soccer is soccer. seems pretty simple to me. Although soccer should perhaps be called falling down constantly and trying to get a penalty ball.
Haha you guys are crazy. I don't get the whole football, football, soccer, whatever thing either, but it's not that big of a deal. I call football, football, and American football, American football.
On December 20 2011 01:20 gwaihir wrote: for gods sake....you god damned americans name a sport that ALREADY HAD A NAME (football) SOCCER....are you retarded and dumb????? and dont want to comment on any of the posts all retards have posted, like the handballthing because of 1 single goalkeeper per team....you guys are dumb dumb dumb and EVEN MORE DUMB!!!!! football is older than your cheap stolen defiled copy of rugby called "american football".....only because there is a ball kicked very few times in your shitty game, you stole a name form another sport? while 99% of this game you carry the "ball" in your hands? and you really are wondering why everybody else in the world thinks that americans are retarded dumbasses. and the only thing they do right is raping countries with oil or other resources in the name of "democracy".....god this makes me so angry andf i have the feeling im on the verge of getting banned.....god i hate you all so much
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why are you complaining? its not hard to distinguish in Germany at all. fußball and football
Juliette wrote I would watch handegg, lol. But is called soccer in EU too.
Messi too good (but handegg mvp would be brees)
In an effort to derail this thread further handegg MVP has to be Manning. And I'm talking about Peyton not Eli (yes even after last night's victory Peyton still should be the MVP).
I just saw this and will continue.
Peyton must be so proud, they're growing up so fast.
On December 20 2011 05:43 aphorism wrote: I wasn't going to comment on this post, but after some reflection, I realized that this incorrectness in naming extends to so many other sports, the whole 'football vs. soccer' dilemma is the least of our worries!
Look at this athlete, one who engages in a sport universally referred to as 'basket-ball' + Show Spoiler +
Despite the name of the sport, this player is handling the ball with his hands! If football is so named because the players handle the ball with their feet, then why is this player not using his baskets to handle the ball? + Show Spoiler +
What about these athletes, who claim to be playing 'volleyball!?' Again, they are handling the ball with their hands, and their 'volleys' are nowhere to be found! + Show Spoiler +
This man appears to be hitting a ball with a racquet of some kind, so one might expect that his sport be called 'racquetball.' Instead, the sport goes by the completely nonsensical name of 'tennis!' + Show Spoiler +
Oh well, it seems like no sport these days has been named with even an ounce of sense, I'll just stick to watching my football. + Show Spoiler +
Now if I pointed out that basketball, handegg and volleyball all originated from US what would you say? Inb4 Keanu Reeves realisation meme.
Neither the sport nor the usage of the term "football" to describe it originate in the US. However, I can't speak to the origin of the term "handegg".
I would also say (and I know the guy was joking, but still) that the names of basketball and volleyball fit their respective sports quite well.
On December 19 2011 23:59 Mobius_1 wrote: America --- inventing sports to replace those that they suck at since the Dawn of Time.
If you saw what kind of soccer infrastructure is being created right now as we speak - you'd be scared, very scared. USA is going to own with it's own talent very soon, huge amount of kids are already choosing soccer over other sports at school. Give it time, US already has a team as good (or better) as second-tier Euro teams.
The biggest obstacle that soccer has to overcome in the US is that stigma of a sport for sissies and crybabies, because that's what most older folks make fun of. Seeing how soccer is still shit in terms of fake injuries and diving and nonstop pauses (even progressively getting worse from what I observe) I'm not sure how long it will take to change the mentality.
top US athletes play basketball/football, top european athletes play soccer
there's the explanation of the discrepancy right there.
imagine a soccer team composed of 11 top NFL WRs or CBs, and imagine they played soccer all their life instead of football. team would be top-tier for sure.
On December 20 2011 11:01 Gann1 wrote: top US athletes play basketball/football, top european athletes play soccer
there's the explanation of the discrepancy right there.
imagine a soccer team composed of 11 top NFL WRs or CBs, and imagine they played soccer all their life instead of football. team would be top-tier for sure.
The type of physique optimal for football, hand egg, and basketball are completely different. You don't need to be particularly tall or large to excel at football. Some positions in basketball don't require height, but height certainly helps. And hand egg... well, it's probably more interchangeable with sumo wrestling.
On December 20 2011 11:01 Gann1 wrote: top US athletes play basketball/football, top european athletes play soccer
there's the explanation of the discrepancy right there.
imagine a soccer team composed of 11 top NFL WRs or CBs, and imagine they played soccer all their life instead of football. team would be top-tier for sure.
The type of physique optimal for football, hand egg, and basketball are completely different. You don't need to be particularly tall or large to excel at football. Some positions in basketball don't require height, but height certainly helps. And hand egg... well, it's probably more interchangeable with sumo wrestling.
You are thinking of linemen. There are many positions in american football and each has it's own physical optimum. The best Wide Receiver in the league would be a trash Tackle, and vice verse.
Edit: What Gann1 said is right, the physical attributes that make one a good wide receiver/corner back in football overlap almost entirely with the physical attributes that make one a good soccer player.
Here's a couple of games that I think you should also change:
LongStickSmallBall
SlightlyBentLongerStickFrozenPuck Also known as FistFace
HandBall
HandBall
HandBall
And finally FingerKeyboard
There really are a lot of sports that are named incorrectly now that you mention it. We should really do something about it. I really appreciate you taking the time to let us know that there are sports whose names are confusing, I never really heard about the whole football/soccer thing!
On December 20 2011 11:01 Gann1 wrote: top US athletes play basketball/football, top european athletes play soccer
there's the explanation of the discrepancy right there.
imagine a soccer team composed of 11 top NFL WRs or CBs, and imagine they played soccer all their life instead of football. team would be top-tier for sure.
Don't hate on baseball. There's a lot of great athletes in the MLB also.
Even as an American, I have often wondered why we call it football instead of handball. I actually prefer calling futball "soccer" because it pisses off my family in europe and asia. Trolling them is so much fun because they care so much and I could care less what either sport is called.
On December 20 2011 11:01 Gann1 wrote: top US athletes play basketball/football, top european athletes play soccer
there's the explanation of the discrepancy right there.
imagine a soccer team composed of 11 top NFL WRs or CBs, and imagine they played soccer all their life instead of football. team would be top-tier for sure.
Oh sweet ignorance. Truth is you will never be even decent at football cause it has not become and never will be a social phenomenon over there. And btw great athletes/=great sportsmen. Guys like Babe Ruth would school all today guys like Lebron despite LbJ's physical dominance. Maradona was a gambler and a junkie and yet he was in the top.
On December 20 2011 11:01 Gann1 wrote: top US athletes play basketball/football, top european athletes play soccer
there's the explanation of the discrepancy right there.
imagine a soccer team composed of 11 top NFL WRs or CBs, and imagine they played soccer all their life instead of football. team would be top-tier for sure.
Oh sweet ignorance. Truth is you will never be even decent at football cause it has not become and never will be a social phenomenon over there. And btw great athletes/=great sportsmen. Guys like Babe Ruth would school all today guys like Lebron despite LbJ's physical dominance. Maradona was a gambler and a junkie and yet he was in the top.
Our high school "handegg" teams can beat the top teams from other countries. The descrepancy in soccer isn't even near as close, we're a top 16 world cup team ffs.
On December 20 2011 11:01 Gann1 wrote: top US athletes play basketball/football, top european athletes play soccer
there's the explanation of the discrepancy right there.
imagine a soccer team composed of 11 top NFL WRs or CBs, and imagine they played soccer all their life instead of football. team would be top-tier for sure.
Oh sweet ignorance. Truth is you will never be even decent at football cause it has not become and never will be a social phenomenon over there. And btw great athletes/=great sportsmen. Guys like Babe Ruth would school all today guys like Lebron despite LbJ's physical dominance. Maradona was a gambler and a junkie and yet he was in the top.
On December 20 2011 12:30 awwnuts07 wrote: Even as an American, I have often wondered why we call it football instead of handball. I actually prefer calling futball "soccer" because it pisses off my family in europe and asia. Trolling them is so much fun because they care so much and I could care less what either sport is called.
If you actuallt wanted to know I could explain it for you. Football was at the time of the coneption of america mostly played in the schools of England. All these schools played under their own rules. The thing they had incommon was a ball needs to travel over a certain line to score points. Make up the rules as best you wish. Most of the schools used a mixture of what later would become rugby and football, some schools however noticed that they were much better at making the ball travel from feet to feet, while others were better at the pick up and run with it style. Hence they made it their style of play at their school making up the 2 distinct sports, both at these times named football.
So the English went to America and brought with them the sport of football, which we now call rugby and football. The rugby rules were the more popular ones and they developed them from there. The English however now noticed that it was pretty much 2 different sports that were being played and split them up into Rugby and Football.
There really are a lot of sports that are named incorrectly now that you mention it. We should really do something about it. I really appreciate you taking the time to let us know that there are sports whose names are confusing, I never really heard about the whole football/soccer thing!
/sarcasm
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Judging by the look on his face I'm pretty sure that one should be called handball aswell.
On December 20 2011 12:30 awwnuts07 wrote: Even as an American, I have often wondered why we call it football instead of handball. I actually prefer calling futball "soccer" because it pisses off my family in europe and asia. Trolling them is so much fun because they care so much and I could care less what either sport is called.
If you actuallt wanted to know I could explain it for you. Football was at the time of the coneption of america mostly played in the schools of England. All these schools played under their own rules. The thing they had incommon was a ball needs to travel over a certain line to score points. Make up the rules as best you wish. Most of the schools used a mixture of what later would become rugby and football, some schools however noticed that they were much better at making the ball travel from feet to feet, while others were better at the pick up and run with it style. Hence they made it their style of play at their school making up the 2 distinct sports, both at these times named football.
So the English went to America and brought with them the sport of football, which we now call rugby and football. The rugby rules were the more popular ones and they developed them from there. The English however now noticed that it was pretty much 2 different sports that were being played and split them up into Rugby and Football.
Thanks for the explanation. I'll actually use it one of these days to show my friends who love watching the NFL how little they know about their favorite sport's history.
Come to think of it, this thread has given me an awesome idea. I think I'll start trolling my friends by calling football...HANDEGG!!! My relatives in EU and Asia shouldn't be the only ones annoyed.
Well since a soccer ball is technically a truncated icosahedron we should call it Foot-truncated-icosahedron game or F-Tig for short. Since footballs were initially made out of inflated pig bladders wrapped in leather we should call it Foot-Bladder-airfilled-and-laminated-in-leather, or football for short.
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