Do you agree that we should change the name of American football to something else since international foot football or soccer is actual football?

[RyanEC]

In American the football is usually carried and only sometimes kicked.

In international football or what Americans call soccer the ball is kicked across the field and kicked in the goal.

I think we should call soccer football and call American football something else.

Maybe Ameriball or Tackle ball.

@julie4 what do you think?

[KostasKouvalis]

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

Glad to see this movement is gaining traction

[RyanEC]

I was actually inspired by Julie’s post a few days ago.

I’ll check your post out.

[KostasKouvalis]

I was too

[purplepoppy]

American football has never taken off outside of America. I suspect as well as being boring, the name puts other countries off. If you dropped the American bit as well as the football it would have wider appeal

[Julie4]

Just call it American Rugby

[WindAtMyBack]

There is no reason to change the name. If you changed the language every time something didn't have a literal meaning you'd change half the language.

[NathanDavis]

SometimesWeUseTheHandsTooBall...

[LiamJHayden]

No. "Foot" ball distinguishes games that are played on foot as opposed to games like polo. In any event, there is no way that the NFL or American public will accept it.

[goaded]

Deathball? Head jousting? Handegg? (OK, that last one is Rugby.)

[molonski2]

NO , football is not just soccer.
There are many different types of football including AFL and Rugby.

[Levin]

Should call it girl's rugby. Oh yeah, shots fired!

[exitseven]

No football is Football. It was around before foot football.

[goaded]

It predates not just the US but the colonies by quite a long way.

"The earliest evidence that games resembling football were being played at English public schools – mainly attended by boys from the upper, upper-middle and professional classes – comes from the Vulgaria by William Herman in 1519. Herman had been headmaster at Eton and Winchester colleges and his Latin textbook includes a translation exercise with the phrase "We wyll playe with a ball full of wynde".[51] "

[zagor]

Nah, we already have a name for "international football": soccer.

Which is boring af.

[slatyb]

No, what's the point?

[Anonymous]

Let’s change soccer to goofball or homolove.