I say as i played rugby and still do...american football is for pussies because 4 reasons
1) no pads and we hit just as hard
2) no stoppage of play unless the ball goes out of bounds and/or advantage against the team that a penalty was committed against is lost (if a team commits a penalty the other team has to prove advantage and if they do the penalty is null in void)
3) i have seen so much blood on the field and on players and we smile when it happens because that just means the other team gets to get hit harder (if thats possible)
4) on the field you are bitter enemies...after the game win lose or draw youre best friends with the opponents hugs and shakes and congratulations are always heard and no matter what the other team is treated with respect (there are allways the assholes that ruin that but normally they are dealt with from their own team and or coach making them run for an entire practice or something of that nature for being an asshole...there was a kid on my team
Who punched an opposing player and had to run 12 miles between 3 days of other things like windsprints and other things like it before he could continue playing with the team...just because he showed such a level of disrespect to the other team and the sanctity of the game.
Id really like to see any football player say something like that happened when you have deflate gate and all the cheating scandals that have coursed through the nfl over the past few years...
Footballplayers tackle with their feet first (No harm to me, ha ha ha).
We rugbyplayers go face first, exposing ourselfs and lay the opponent controlled down.
We respect the ref, and call him Sir.
I have yet to see a fluffyhaired footballplayer show that kind of respect.
Doesn't scare NFL players. Just never caught on in America. Doesn't mean rugby players are supermen and football players are pussies. Just two different sports.
1) no pads and we hit just as hard
2) no stoppage of play unless the ball goes out of bounds and/or advantage against the team that a penalty was committed against is lost (if a team commits a penalty the other team has to prove advantage and if they do the penalty is null in void)
3) i have seen so much blood on the field and on players and we smile when it happens because that just means the other team gets to get hit harder (if thats possible)
4) on the field you are bitter enemies...after the game win lose or draw youre best friends with the opponents hugs and shakes and congratulations are always heard and no matter what the other team is treated with respect (there are allways the assholes that ruin that but normally they are dealt with from their own team and or coach making them run for an entire practice or something of that nature for being an asshole...there was a kid on my team
Id really like to see any football player say something like that happened when you have deflate gate and all the cheating scandals that have coursed through the nfl over the past few years...
We rugbyplayers go face first, exposing ourselfs and lay the opponent controlled down.
We respect the ref, and call him Sir.
I have yet to see a fluffyhaired footballplayer show that kind of respect.