Football vs Football?

Question

I have played football (European) for my school team back in 2000-2003
When i cane to Sweden in 2005 , through the years I played Rugby and football (American) and the only one that I felt passion for was Rugby. I used to watch European football all the time until 2009

Although there was many other things that made me question that football being the world's number #1 sport in the history and still. I had a lot of discussions about all these 3 major sports but only two of them are international and have (world cup) tournament and it's football and rugby, while the (American) football still pretty local.

Which one is your favorite and why?

Answer 1

NamerOfStars

Guru

Let's be fair, here: it's not "American vs European"; there's still the other 80% of the world. It's "American vs Metric" (yes, that leaves Liberia and Myanmar out in the lurch, but let's be honest: when was the last time you thought of either of those countries?). Also, Australia calls its team the "Socceroos", so who knows WHAT they're thinking.

Anyway, the big advantage of soccer is that pretty much all you need to play it is a ball and a field. No fancy equipment required, so even the poorest of people can usually scrape together everything that's needed.

Jaximus-Lion

2 mo
American vs metric? Football had no fancy equipment? I am not getting what you are saying. The most sold jerseys are football jerseys (european) i don't like it either. Equipment? Most sold sport equipment are football cleats. You need to think about this as a world wide and the NFL is not , it's played only in America
NamerOfStars

2 mo
I'm not saying that soccer HAS no fancy equipment, just that it doesn't REQUIRE it. If you're homeless, or a child, you're not likely to have what you need to play, say, basketball (which requires two backboards and baskets at fixed and identical heights). All you need for soccer is a ball and a flat field. At a professional level, it requires more, natch.

And as to geography, my point is that the world doesn't consist simply of the US and Europe. YOU need to bear that in mind.

Answer 2

Jaximus-Lion

American vs metric? Football had no fancy equipment? I am not getting what you are saying. The most sold jerseys are football jerseys (european) i don't like it either. Equipment? Most sold sport equipment are football cleats. You need to think about this as a world wide and the NFL is not , it's played only in America

Answer 3

NamerOfStars

I'm not saying that soccer HAS no fancy equipment, just that it doesn't REQUIRE it. If you're homeless, or a child, you're not likely to have what you need to play, say, basketball (which requires two backboards and baskets at fixed and identical heights). All you need for soccer is a ball and a flat field. At a professional level, it requires more, natch.

And as to geography, my point is that the world doesn't consist simply of the US and Europe. YOU need to bear that in mind.

Answer 4

zozo7880

Xper 7

Soccer is a lot of fun to play and watch, but the way extra time and penalties are awarded really annoys me. The referee has to much power and feels like they choose what they will do on a whim with no real reasons. American football is my favorite because I'm American I guess, some referee problems there too but not as much as soccer, and at least there is instant replay to fix some referee mistakes but not all. I haven't seen or played Rugby very much so its harder to have an opinion on it, but it looks fun.

Jaximus-Lion

2 mo
I do agree on the the points you wrote there about football. I played all 3 and your football is just too slow with all the defence/offence change, the long time that it takes, the pads and armor, but still not as bad as the other football is. I watched a super bowl once and never more, OMG the commercials, the shows, in betweens, here there, just play the god damn game 🤣 . I do like the workout and the crew management.
zozo7880

2 mo
Yeah the Superbowl has become like some sort of money grab party. Less about the game more about the halftime show and commercials. People performing at halftime that probably don't even know the rules of the game. Kind of sad actually.

Answer 5

Jaximus-Lion

I do agree on the the points you wrote there about football. I played all 3 and your football is just too slow with all the defence/offence change, the long time that it takes, the pads and armor, but still not as bad as the other football is. I watched a super bowl once and never more, OMG the commercials, the shows, in betweens, here there, just play the god damn game 🤣 . I do like the workout and the crew management.

Answer 6

zozo7880

Yeah the Superbowl has become like some sort of money grab party. Less about the game more about the halftime show and commercials. People performing at halftime that probably don't even know the rules of the game. Kind of sad actually.

Answer 7

DizzyDesii | 75 opinions shared on Sports topic.

Master

The tricks they do in soccer/futbol is cool but i dont care to watch the sport. Football is only watchable during superbowl but even then i dont pay it much attention. I like baseball and volleyball, but more so to play then watch

Answer 8

jiedwar1234

Xper 4

American Football isn't as wide spread outside the US hasn't had that much exposure compared European Football. Despite that, American Football is gaining a following in London and infact Germany has its own American Football league. The NFL and it's international wing NFL International is slowly, but steadily bringing American Football to the world. Yet I don't think it will become anywhere near as popular as America's other sport, Baseball. Baseball, originally developed in the US in the 1870s and 1880s has had almost 140 years to naturally develop and reach beyond America's borders gradually. Now it's played on every continent, and every age group.