American Sports

[Heggam Bacon]

American Football
Ice Hockey
Basketball
Baseball/Rounders
Wrestling

All shit.

[baggiebloke]

Rounders has been played before the U.S.A. existed.

[Duffers]

Does Loyalist not get enough cuddles these days?

Seems to spend all his time on here posting for bites and attention.

[Josh1873]

NFL - fantastic sport with immense depth in terms of tactics and coaching.

NHL - Is it an American sport? It's pretty big in Scandinavia. In any case, I'm not a fan, but I do enjoy watching the odd game when the Winter Olympics are on.

Basketball - my favourite sport. Hence my user picture! It's much more than the back-and-forth scoring people assume it to be.

Baseball - my least watched, so I can't really comment. I've got a few mates that have been to the US and watched a live game and they've nothing but positive comments about the experience. I do have the MBL app on my TV which features a free game of the day. I have tried watching a game, but usually fall asleep, as I watch in bed last thing, but I have enjoyed what I've seen. I don't understand what's going on, other than the basic 3 strikes and you're out, and how you score a point by running to all 4 bases.

Wrestling - more entertainment than sport.

The two main US sports I follow, NBA and NFL are really nuanced, and have deep tactics/plays whatever phrase, it's far from simple. I do completely understand the stop/start nature of the sport is frustrating, and the constant breaks for commercials can be infuriating, but that shouldn't detract from what great sports they are. I consume NBA/NFL via League/Game pass and watch games on demand, this cuts out the commercials and you watch a game in 1.5/2 hours straight, with no breaks. It's fantastic - much better than football.

[wba13]

Each to their own I’m not into the American sports and how they can call it American Football when the ball is thrown and the players are Smashed like rugby. The name alone stats Football, then the twats call real football Soccer.why it’s football mainly played with your feet. Yanks just like to be different to think there right about everything.
I’ll stick to football, cricket and golf all played with a round ball.

[Josh1873]

Soccer was first used by the English. It's something to do with an amalgamation of Association and football, or something.

American football is called football as it's based on Rugby Football. I always thought it was called football as the ball is a foot long, but I found out a while back that that's a myth.

That's how I understand the two points you raise. I'm not sure if I'm parroting urban myths, or whether they're accurate!

[baggy1]

Soccer was first used by the English. It's something to do with an amalgamation of Association and football, or something.

American football is called football as it's based on Rugby Football.  I always thought it was called football as the ball is a foot long, but I found out a while back that that's a myth.

That's how I understand the two points you raise. I'm not sure if I'm parroting urban myths, or whether they're accurate!

Tis true I think Josh, 

I suppose logically that if they call Association Football soccer, and Rugby Football rugby, then they should call American Football merrer or something similar.

[Borin' Baggie]

Soccer was first used by the English. It's something to do with an amalgamation of Association and football, or something.

American football is called football as it's based on Rugby Football.  I always thought it was called football as the ball is a foot long, but I found out a while back that that's a myth.

That's how I understand the two points you raise. I'm not sure if I'm parroting urban myths, or whether they're accurate!

Soccer as a term is an upper class creation, soc from association plus er. It was very prevalent in the 19th century at Rugby School (where football referred to, unsurprisingly, rugby) and was adopted at the University of Oxford. It was popularised in the UK by Charles Wreford-Brown (am Oxford graduate and amateur footballer) before being adopted in the US to distinguish it from American football. 

It was not used by the likes of people who played and watched professional football on the whole with very few exceptions.

[wba13]

Soccer was first used by the English. It's something to do with an amalgamation of Association and football, or something.

American football is called football as it's based on Rugby Football.  I always thought it was called football as the ball is a foot long, but I found out a while back that that's a myth.

That's how I understand the two points you raise. I'm not sure if I'm parroting urban myths, or whether they're accurate!

Tis true I think Josh, 

I suppose logically that if they call Association Football soccer, and Rugby Football rugby, then they should call American Football merrer or something similar.

American Football, Rugby union and rugby League are not football though, so why put the name of football in there a football is kicked as the name says not caught and run with an oval shaped ball.
I know your all right about how it came about but I still think it’s wrong.

[Wimborne Baggie]

i am currently in Chicago and went to a cubs game last night and actually really enjoyed it , typical American hola but the speed of pitch is incredible , how anyone hits anything is beyond me. like live cricket in that sense.

the overall atmosphere was great, very friendly

downside. 19dollars a pint !!!