Americans only please.
2006-08-04 10:45:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
You can't really restrict who answers - but if you limit a question like this to Americans, isn't that going to slant your answers pretty heavily one way? Surely if you are genuinely interested in getting a serious answer you need the opinions of people who are passionate about (what 90% of the planet calls) football?
2006-08-04 10:51:22 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer's great and all, but football is more exciting for me, personally. The big hits, the breakaway runs, the long bombs, the pageantry of college football, I love it. Both rugby and soccer are fun, too. But if I had to watch one of the three, it would definitely be football.
And to all you word elitists out there, the term "soccer" was actually invented in England. When the rules of soccer were codified, it was called association football to distinguish it from rugby football. From "assoc" developed the colloquial word "soccer". In countries such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the U.S., or South Africa the word football does not refer to soccer, but either Canadian football, American football, Aussie rules football, or rugby, as these sports are more popular in those countries. If you need at any proof of that, look at the Australian national team; they're called the Socceroos.
This question is clearly in the American football category, so to all of you who come in here and say "the rest of the world this", you can stop now because you're wrong, we're talking about American football, and we don't care--we'll call it what we like, you can call it what you like.
2006-08-04 11:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by Lmeister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Football. Soccer doesn't interest most Americans. I didn't even watch the World Cup until the Finals...
2006-08-04 10:51:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 or 7 years ago I would have said football. Now I'm all about soccer. I fell in love with the game after becoming disillusioned with football when I played. I tried rugby after football actually but I tore up my knee so I decided to give soccer chance and I'm glad I did.
2006-08-04 10:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by Beorn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Such a dumb question. It's apples and oranges. They're two entirely different sports. They require completely different skills to play, different strategies, etc. They each have their positives and their negatives. Why does everybody feel the need to compare them just because the word "football" is used for soccer everywhere else?
2006-08-04 11:35:30 · answer #5 · answered by booterdude14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Football all the way! It is more exciting to watch and I have my local team. Maybe if we had a pro soccer team in Philly, I would watch, but probably not!
2006-08-04 12:43:38 · answer #6 · answered by goofnwfy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soccer, by far. Not even close. Soccer is a beautiful game that is played with passion.
2006-08-04 11:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by bulladawudz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FOOTBALL. Never heard of Soccer what is that anyway?
2006-08-04 10:51:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
football. vicious hits and guaranteed the score will be higher than 0-0 at the end of a game.
2006-08-04 10:50:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends if ur talking about our football your soccer, your soccer our football
football is better
2006-08-04 10:59:25 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋