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American football isn't popular because it is too hard to play from a logistics point of view. Even without factoring in how much equipment is needed to play in a league or on a "real team", you still have to get a ton of other friends around in order for it to be any fun as just a game in the park. Try playing 3v3 or something, it's boring as hell because it's so limited. You need at least 14 people, minimum, to be able to play a decent game and so kids just play other sports where they CAN play with a group of 6 or whatever, such as soccer or basketball. Sure, soccer is more fun with a full team, but it can also be played with "small goals" with much fewer people. Football, not so much.
Baseball isn't popular because it's boring. I'm still not sure why it is still popular here. Oh, and also it's like football where it is difficult to play unless you have a large number of people. You need a pitcher, catcher, at least 1 person on each side of the infield and ideally at least 2 people in the outfield... and then you need some people to play offense (bat and baserun) too. Cricket is easier because all you need is a bowler, 2 batters, and then everyone else can play in the field. So for baseball you essentially need at least 8-9 people, cricket you can probably play decently with as few as 5.
Last edited by JoulesMSU; 08-13-2013 at 01:36 PM..
But that was to show, In Rugby you are always defenseless and vulnerable.
People have died in Rugby too. Suffered serious permanent injury like paralysis.
Concussions and broken bones all the time.
But that was to show, In Rugby you are always defenseless and vulnerable. People have died in Rugby too. Suffered serious permanent injury like paralysis.
Concussions and broken bones all the time.
No it's not dumb. Thats how the sport has always been played. They have changed the rules slightly for safety reasons. It is the nature of the sport though. It is a sport YOU(the person) choose to play and therefore should be aware of the risks.
While it may not seem like it, Rugby is a very disciplined sport.
But that was to show, In Rugby you are always defenseless and vulnerable.
People have died in Rugby too. Suffered serious permanent injury like paralysis.
Concussions and broken bones all the time.
Still don't use pads or helmets.
I played both, football in high school and Semi Pro Rugby. They are completely different sports and physicality of each can't be compared. The padding and helmets in pro football make for worse and more powerful hits, linebackers and safeties would never make in Rugby tackling the way they do in football. Fans of both know this, they also know that there is nothing and I mean nothing as scary as a punt return in pro football.
Rugby is also more of a Gentlemens game, pro football is about tearing somebody's head off and standing over him while the injured player lies on the field. Rugby has never seen guys like Reggie White who was a nice guy but freakishly strong and fast, or a guy like Larry Allen who could bench close to 700lbs, much less a James Harrison type or the Suh guy from Detroit who would literally stand on your throat.
You take any 3 good O lineman in pro football who are 6'5 and 320 lbs and they would probably win a scrum by themselves. To be fair, Rugby is known as a hooligans game played by gentlemen, football isn't either.
Endurance/ Stamina goes to Rugby, strength goes to football. If Football took the helmets off then the sports would be more comparable, Or you can look at it like this, getting hit by an elephant while wearing pads, or getting hit by a horse with no pads, neither feel all that good.
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