ShaggyJebus wrote...
I think I get what you're saying - we should start calling football soccer, and start calling soccer football.
I admit, as an American, it seems wrong, but it does make the most sense. I can put aside my illogical patriotism.
I cannot agree more about Rugby though. Why isn't that shit broadcast primetime here in the States? FOX already has a show where people destroy each other emotionally (The Moment of Truth), why not have a show where people destroy each other physically, too? It'd be just like regular football, whoops, I mean, soccer, except without all that wimpy gear. The ratings would go through the roof! And maybe, just maybe, we could actually see a person die on TV. I know it doesn't usually happen in Rugby, but we Americans, we gotta go overboard, don't we? I think if we did, someone would die. And that would be awesome.
Not quite what I was going for but, it would work. I never liked American Football the players are cocky, paid way too much and a player is in the news every time you turn around for drugs or beating their wife/girlfriend. I just like rugby plain and simple. If my school had a rugby team I would have joined immediately.
European football - Football
American Football - Grid Iron or something else
@Angelus: Yeah, we southerners tend to get a little friendly with everyone though you don't see that as much in Cities like Atlanta where there is a high number of northern transplants.