2006-12-07 06:48:51 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Very unpopular question...but i'll awnser it, and i hope its the last time too, this question has been ask waay too many times
because the history of the sport.
it use to be like rugby we use to use our feet only to progress the ball forward, but as time went on we introduced an idea called the forward pass. and also back then field goals were worth alot of points (at one point it was more points) than a touchdown. but TDs became more points, thus it was more desireable to try to get a TD instead of a Field Goal.
2006-12-07 06:56:18 · answer #1 · answered by Kev C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
American, football, Aussie rules and rugby, all resemble the form of football that was played pre-19th century, rather than our football that was a muddle between rugby and football before the inception of the Cambridge rules
2006-12-07 07:01:16 · answer #2 · answered by Hendo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, I have no idea. I'm an American, and I don't understand anything about American football, much less the name.
2006-12-07 06:51:58 · answer #3 · answered by dana_osmundson 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
What a very unpleasant bunch of answers have gathered here.
I believe the best was the explanation about the root game being the one where players advanced on foot.
2006-12-07 11:00:32 · answer #4 · answered by Salamander 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a great question. Americans are full of themselves. Burkahs comment on the World Series rings true too. Soccer is the true football ; )
and American English is really just American.
Scottie Boy...This is a UK site. Not an American one -_- You are not helping our cause any dude.
LOL Tackle Ball lol
2006-12-07 07:41:13 · answer #5 · answered by elliott 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Why are non-North Americans so obsessed with what we call our sports? For a country that many of you supposedly hate, you sure spend a lot of time worrying about unimportant issues involving them.
2006-12-07 07:04:25 · answer #6 · answered by Craig S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
football came first i suppose, so any team sport of similar rules using a ball is a variation of it.
check my id and you'll see it's not just the americans.
2006-12-07 07:00:00 · answer #7 · answered by Hull Rugby League Football Club 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of the shape and design of the ball used when the game was invented.
why didnt you ak the same question regarding australian rules "football"? is it just your unresolved bitternesss towards the greatest country on the planet? must be.
2006-12-07 07:02:52 · answer #8 · answered by FIGHT ON! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't hate on us, or is that jealousy.. we are a superior country. **** all you ho's. Do something, our reataliation is QUICK AND POWERFUL. Oh, and football is football cause football said it is.
2006-12-07 08:25:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suspect the clue is in the word american. Go figure.
2006-12-07 06:53:00 · answer #10 · answered by ♣ My Brainhurts ♣ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋