People Who Like American Football Are Boring

djchameleon · 10-26-2013, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

They don't mate.

Hockey is HUGE in Canada and that's outside of the US!

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

So because Americans don't like it it's not so great?

What about the rest of the world? Football is acknowledged as the single most popular sport in the world man! Just cos you Yanks don't get it --- and let's not forget, the odd time you do well you're all over the effing place about how great your team is --- doesn't make it no good. What arrogance!

I'm using the same arrogant argument that Fluffy is using to prove a point. He's saying that just because the rest of the world doesn't like American football it's not great.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Again, you know nothing about football and its history. I don't go to matches or drink, but I love it. It can be enjoyed without being drunk. The unpredictability of say a tiny team unexpectedly beating a world class one can't be overstated. It's a game in which anything can happen. Now, given that, I know next to nothing about American Football, and it's possible unexpected things can happen in the games of course, but it does seem to be almost choreographed to the nth degree, removing a lot of the spontanaeity from it you get from football here.

How can you say that the spontanaeity is removed from it when you say that you know next to nothing about American Football? The statement alone about it being choreographed proves that you don't know anything about American Football.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 10-26-2013, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

lolwut

Its super easy to get the jist of American football.

Wat

This is just so wrong man. I mean ya can atch and figure out very basic stuff but there'sjust so much more strategy and nuances than other sports and I don't think thats reasonably argusble

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-26-2013, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

Hockey is HUGE in Canada and that's outside of the US!

Yeah it is big in Canada to be fair. Still North America though.

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I'm using the same arrogant argument that Fluffy is using to prove a point. He's saying that just because the rest of the world doesn't like American football it's not great.

It's not the same argument. If us Brits were the only ones playing/watching football then it would be. The rest of the world loves the sport. Other than Americans.

djchameleon · 10-26-2013, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

Yeah it is big in Canada to be fair. Still North America though.

Go tell a Canadian that they are in the US and see what happens to ya lol

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 10-26-2013, 02:18 PM

Hockey
..... russia?

For the record I don't care much about hockey or any non american sports. I find soccer boring

Ninetales · 10-26-2013, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by butthead aka 216

Wat

This is just so wrong man. I mean ya can atch and figure out very basic stuff but there'sjust so much more strategy and nuances than other sports and I don't think thats reasonably argusble

Yeah I was talking the basics. But every sport has nuances and strategies and I dont think American football is any more complicated than say hockey or European football.

In terms of randomness or unpredictability American football is towards the bottom of any sport.

Unknown Soldier · 10-26-2013, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

lolwut

Its super easy to get the jist of American football.

I guess it is, if you can get through the pointless statistics jargon. Here's just a few of the stunners 'Fumbles Lost' 'Rushing Touchdowns' and the best of them all 'Sacked Yards Lost'

NFL Statistics Glossary - NFL - ESPN

Now where did I put my Chinese dictionary.............

djchameleon · 10-26-2013, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

It's not the same argument. If us Brits were the only ones playing/watching football then it would be. The rest of the world loves the sport. Other than Americans.

It is the same argument. You are saying because the rest of the world loves the sport then it most be better. It's the same arrogance regardless.

Unknown Soldier · 10-26-2013, 02:23 PM

To be honest ice hockey is the least American sport there, as it is huge in some European countries like Russia, Czech Republic, Sweden and Finland all come to mind.

~~Lord Larehip~~ · 10-26-2013, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke

But they're American teams. It's just stupid on every level.

The English Premier League is full of international players. It's an English league. If you win, you're the champions of England (technically Wales too since Swansea & Cardiff play in it).

If it was a true 'World Series' you should have the countries of the world play each other. But nobody gives enough of a fuck about baseball to field a team other than Americans

Oh. That's what it is--your little feelings are hurt. Didn't you just say nobody in your lousy country gives a good goddamn about American baseball? Yes, you did. So why do you care what American baseball calls its championship series? Be a man and humor our little imperialist indulgence instead of crying like a tree-hugging pantywaisted liberal.

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~~butthead aka 216~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: freely swimmin thru the waters of glory much like a majestic bald eagle soars thru the skies Posts: 1,463	Hockey ..... russia? For the record I don't care much about hockey or any non american sports. I find soccer boring