Should the name of American Football be changed to "Tackle Ball"?

[KostasKouvalis]

Inspired by @Julie4's question...

Américan Friends can you please stop calling this sport "Foot"?

If I get enough "YESes", I'll submit a petition to the National Tackle Ball League

YES, it's a game where you tackle people

NO, you indeed play with your foot

[Daniela1982]

It should be called Dard Ass with all the gear they wear. You don't see Aussies wear that stuff.

In 2008, research surfaced that was gathered by neuropathologist Ann McKee, MD, from the Bedford VA Medical Center and CTE Center at Boston University Medical Center. After studying the brains of 12 former football players over a 2-year period, Dr. McKee found evidence of neurodegeneration. Each brain showed apparent signs of repeated trauma, the only cause of a condition known as CTE. CTE has been found to lead to depression, loss of judgment, inability to control impulse, rages, and memory loss, and can ultimately result in dementia. What’s worse, these symptoms are not immediately apparent and can emerge up to 10 years after one stops playing football.

Also there have been football players that went bonkers and committed suicide.

[KostasKouvalis]

Oh you're Aussie? I am familiar with Aussie Rules Football and Rugby. Is "dard ass" some Aussie slang? Though you're right about the gear. My other idea was "Wussy Ball". LOL
And yes, I am familiar with that study. Ironic, considering all the gear they wear.
The same thing happens to professional wrestlers. When Chris Benoit murdered his family, doctors determined that he had suffered brain damage from repeated blows to the head. Honestly, you shouldn't need an official doctor's report to come to that conclusion. It's quite sad actually.

[IslaTheWitch]

Come on @KostasKouvalis let them live :D

What's wrong with their names ffs? Like does anyone really care?

And most of us already gotten used to them, so change would bring total chaos :D

[KostasKouvalis]

I live for chaos! :p Nawet nie wiem jak sie "American Football" nazywa po Polsku.

[IslaTheWitch]

American Football :D z tego co kojarzę nie mamy spolszczonej nazwy :P

[KostasKouvalis]

Słyszę że od kilka lat just lige macie😂

[IslaTheWitch]

ja od 12 lat w Niemczech żyję :P jestem nie na bieżąco

[KostasKouvalis]

Wiem widziałem to. Cały czas myślałem, że mieszkasz w Polsce😂

W Niemczech też chyba jest.
JEST! 9 krajach, i w Niemczech jest siedziba.😂

[IslaTheWitch]

sorry, jakoś sport nie jest moim głównym zainteresowaniem :P

A Ty może z Litwy? Jakoś username znajomo brzmi :D

[KostasKouvalis]

I'm not surprised, lots of women aren't 😂
No, USA. My username is Greek though, but I have no connection to Greece, except that I was there on vacation.

Never been to Lithuania. Maybe YOU should move to Lithuania. Lots of witches there😂

Byłaś na Litwie?

[IslaTheWitch]

Part of my family is from the current Lithuania territory, from the Vilnius neighbourhood. I visited the area and Vilnius but it was many years ago.

To skąd znajomość polskiego?

[KostasKouvalis]

I'm not surprised.
Ćiał bym na Hill of Crosses i na Polski zamek, Trakai. Ładne dziewczyny na Litwie, i dużo Paganów.

Moja rodzina stamtąd pochodzi. Ale całe życie się chowałem w USA. Przyznaje się że Polska ortografia trudna dla mnie. Ale mówię dobrze, tylko pewnych słów nie mogę wymówić które mają brakujące samogłoski, jak "Piotr" i "mgła"😂
Ale byłem wiele razy w Polsce.

[Redstang88]

No, it’s called football. Maybe not the most fitting name, but that’s what it is

[KostasKouvalis]

Oh, you guys say "soccer" too?

[Redstang88]

Of course, that’s what it’s called

[KostasKouvalis]

I heard Americans started calling it that because of the long socks the players wore

[Redstang88]

My quick search shows it came out of England around the early days of the official rules of the sport

[KostasKouvalis]

Well that's ironic.

[Daniela1982]

Well, you do start the game with a kick, and you can kick it during the game too, can't you?

[KostasKouvalis]

Technically😂

[LemiaOfThunder]

Here we call it Rugby

[KostasKouvalis]

Rugby is different though

[DryGermanGuy]

"Well, you know what they say about soccer. It's a gentleman's game played by hooligans. On the other hand, rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen."
- Capt. Feyder, Invictus

[Gent207-2]

Get over yourself

[strateguy632]

good idea yes