BreakPoint
World Cup starts today
Ben wrote:Jack Lambert (aka The Sherrif) used to patrol the back field of the Steeler Defence and won four Super Bowl trophies was taken out of the game sundenly with "turf toe". Aside from the coin toss, what other event in American Football is accomplished without feet?
Ben
-Groan-
So we should rename tennis, golf, volleyball, basketball... to football because people use their feet?
Having said that, when my dad says "football" he means THIS.
Each to their own I suppose. As long I can watch the world cup I don't care if it's called soccer, futbol, football, fussball, footie or whatever! 
Shane,
Intaris wrote:
Ben wrote:Jack Lambert (aka The Sherrif) used to patrol the back field of the Steeler Defence and won four Super Bowl trophies was taken out of the game sundenly with "turf toe". Aside from the coin toss, what other event in American Football is accomplished without feet?
Ben
-Groan-
So we should rename tennis, golf, volleyball, basketball... to football because people use their feet?
Having said that, when my dad says "football" he means THIS.
Each to their own I suppose. As long I can watch the world cup I don't care if it's called soccer, futbol, football, fussball, footie or whatever!
Shane,
Did I touch a nerve there Shane?
Please take a good like at the reply where I posted that message to see my comment was in response to a post about American Football (I really don't know another name for it since I don't think I can call it soccer) not having anything to do with feet.
Aside from "American Football" what term should I use for that game?
Not trying to make trouble in the least.
Ben
Not meant to be taken seriously Ben. 
I maybe need more smileys. Not my first mail on this thread to be taken more seriously than intended. 
Just unfairly trying to impose a stereotype on your mail.....
American football is 49'ers, seahawks, giants, redskins, cheeseheads and so on right? I used to love watching it while I was in college. Stayed up late to watch a few superbowls also. Jerry rice was always my favourite player, just awesome. But for some reason the green bay packers always had a place in my heart. Don't ask me why, maybe it's justthe colour green.
I think nearly everybody calls it "american football". Just like my link refers to gaelic football. MY dad calls it football. I call soccer football and most americans mean american football when they say football. I think in Australia football means something else also, I'm not sure about south africa or New zealand re: rugby.....
A lot of Europeans (with a distinct lack of american football) like to make the joke of calling "American Football" "Handegg" because you use your hands more than your feet and the ball is more like an egg......
I've even started referring to "football" as soccer over here too.
Shane.
Intaris wrote:Not meant to be taken seriously Ben.
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A lot of Europeans (with a distinct lack of american football) like to make the joke of calling "American Football" "Handegg" because you use your hands more than your feet and the ball is more like an egg......
I've even started referring to "football" as soccer over here too.
Shane.
I like that term. It will be usefully in confusing someone. I'll add it to my list right after octothorpe.
Ben
Yes, I work from home...unless I'm doing an integration, then I'm onsite for the client. My client right now has me working late afternoons/evenings onsite, so I work from home in the morning doing modifications to the code that result from the previous evening's findings. I'm heading down there in about 15 minutes. I'm self-employed, which is also why I have the freedom to go out at lunch every day and play pickup futbol.
Shane already replied to Ben's point but I'll throw in 2 cents' worth anyway -- American football uses feet primarily as a means of human conveyance, like basketball and hockey do. Not entirely, of course, as there are two guys on the team whose function is to kick the ball. But primarily, feet are merely something to move the player from Point A to Point B, while he carries the ball. The ball itself is mostly conveyed via the players' hands.
This is not the case in futbol (soccer), of course, where the feet serve not only as a mechanism for conveying the players from Point A to Point B, but are also the primary mechanism for conveying the ball from Point A to Point B. I mean, there's only one guy from each team on the field allowed to use his hands, and not even under all circumstances (such as a deliberate pass back from a teammate -- the keeper essentially becomes a field player when that happens), and only inside a specified area. Futbol truly is "foot"ball. It's all about feet. American football is primarily about the hands.
Interestingly, that's one reason that the USA produces such high-quality keepers. The big sports here in our nation -- basketball, football, and baseball -- involve a lot of hand-eye coordination. Our kids grow up playing those sports as well, and the cross-training develops a lot of the skills needed in a good goalkeeper. Tim Howard was a basketball star in college as well as a futbol star.
So that's why I feel that American football has very little to do with feet.
I like "handegg". Cute!
"Octothorpe"?
The kittens are on the desk again.
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Intaris wrote:
I maybe need more smileys. Not my first mail on this thread to be taken more seriously than intended.
GRUMPY OLD MAN!!!
Well, here are my thougths on the goalies. As a volleyball player I always feel quite confident in the goal.
About Hockey, that's IceHockey to us mere mortals (we call field-hockey hockey).
Just saw Forlan score a good goal, still have to decide which physic law made the ball come down in time.
On americans and sports I always wondered how they claim the term 'World champion'. That would be like saying that the Premier League champion is the world champion since they 'invented' (or patented) the game.
Ton
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