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Why do Europeans always bitch about football players wearing tons of padding, but you hardly ever hear them complain about the fact that on basically every contact the soccer players flop around on the ground. I'm not really a fan of football, but I'd much rather see the players in tons of padding being able to rough each other up without falling around on the ground saying they are hurt every couple minutes.
>> Anonymous
soccer players a pussies, they fall to the ground whenever they are touched so they get a penalty.

football>soccer
>> Anonymous
Water polo and rugby beat the shit out of both of them.
>> Anonymous
>>269222
omg water polo...u get u get reach arounds under water. how tough. rugby is just dog piling, not big hits.
>> Anonymous
I prefer the stop and go of football because the go is always action packed. Soccer is filled with nothing but go and no breaks, but 95% of that time is boring running around the field.
>> sage
>>269233


There are big hits in rugby, just not as often. In American football you line up and go at the other guy 100% each play. Pads are required. If they didn't wear them there would be way too many injuries. This isn't rocket science to understand.
>> Anonymous
>>269237
maybe if americans weren't such huge pussy faggots they wouldn't need 100000 pads to "not sustain injuries"
>> Anonymous
>>269247
Maybe you should've worn a helmet
>> Anonymous
what is the average career of a rugby player? in years.
>> sage
>>269247


You're not very bright, are you?
>> Anonymous
The difference is the padding is real whereas the "falling around on the ground saying they are hurt every couple minutes" is barely true.
>> Anonymous
Oh great, more of this bullshit.

>>269200
>>269247

Same fag, btw. He's probably laughing to his friends about the easiest way to start a shitstorm on /sp/. Haven't we grown tired of this shit yet? Haven't all the insults and image macros been flung already?

Let's show some respect for ourselves and just let this guy argue with himself.
>> Anonymous
So answer me this, how come we never see any former rugby players in the NFL? I mean, you'd think if football is so much easier then why don't we ever see any of them come over and get paid phat multi-million dollar paychecks? Oh yeah, it's because they couldn't hack it in the NFL.
>> Anonymous
>>269281

>easiest and best way to start a shitstorm on 4chan

Fixed. It's the only topic I see anyone get consistently and genuinely upset over on 4chan.
>> sage
>>269284


Keep your facts and logic out of this.

Back on topic:

lOlO!Llol Pads!!1
>> Anonymous
OP, until you've played Football and experienced someone sliding into your fucking feet while you're running full speed, you have no room to whine that Football players "flop on the ground like pussies".

Ignorant Americunts.
>> Anonymous
>>269284

Couldn't hack it in the NFL? going from no protection to a full suit of pads? Yeah, they'd have SUCH a hard time I bet.
>> Anonymous
>>269234
This, honestly just because the clock is always running doesn't actually mean anything is happening. I watch soccer, but seriously as a fan even I have to say there is enough boring midfield play to fill all the time NFL players spend in huddle during a game.
>> Anonymous
>>269247
Maybe if soccer players wore more pads maybe they wouldn't have to spend half the game lying on the ground rolling around
>> Anonymous
>>269281
OP here, I've posted a couple times in this thread but im not 247
>> Anonymous
sage for the cancer killing /sp/

if you don't like a sport then shut the fuck up about it, seriously.
>> Anonymous
>>269284
The Eagles did get a Rugby player, as a punter.
>> Anonymous
American football = rugby with padding.

Play football the same way you do now but wear no padding at all & you get rugby. Although rubgy is harder & more brutal.
>> Anonymous
>>269306
Nice job skirting the question. If football is so much easier why aren't there any rugby players in the NFL?
>> sage
>>269326


7/10
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>269314
ITT: WE PRETEND SOCCER INJURIES ARE REAL
>> Anonymous
>>269326
Nice job showing your ignorance. Football is nothing like rugby except the tackling and the ball is a similar shape. U FAIL
>> Anonymous
So is this /sp/'s equivalent of cut vs uncut?
>> sage
Why the fuck can't you block in rugby? Talk about taking all the strategy out of the game.

That, and you eliminate most of the collisions. No wonder they don't use pads.
>> Anonymous
>>269338
Faking an injury makes you even more of a pussy. You have to resort to lying to hopefully win. Basketball players sell fouls, soccer players fucking invent them
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>>269338

yeah soccer injuries are so fucking fake. look at him flopping on the ground and shit LOLOLOl
>> Anonymous
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>>269352


haha

fag

haha

SOCCER SUXX 'MMURICAN FOTBALL rulzz
>> sage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSySFNv9xNE
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>269352
>>269357
oh man this totally negates all the time someone rolled on the ground got the call and then hopped back up.
>> Anonymous
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>>269357

LOL wat a faker!!!!
>> Anonymous
>>269342
Your ignorance is shown in your post. I didnt go into details I just said that rugby is played without pads unlike american football.
>> sage sage
This thread.
>> Anonymous
ITT some Eurofaggot uses one freak incident to defend his faggot sport.
>> Anonymous
>>269360

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0TM4oFAAH4

yeah i know seriously

lol what a bunch of actors
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>269371
WTF

I CAN USE YOUTUBE AS WELL OMG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5epK4YFFjh4
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>269376
Just wanted to add my video is hilarious btw
>> Anonymous
>>269364
No you didn't. You said take off the pads and you have rugby, tard >>>>>269326
>> Anonymous
wow this thread is fucking retarded.

eurofags, americunts, stfu.
>> Anonymous
A sport is determined by how hard each player hits each other.
>> Anonymous
>>269388
Thats what all the rugbyfags would like us to think, because that always seems to be there only argument.
Plus:
>>269284
>>269331
Nobody has answered that question, which proves the point for our football.
>> Anonymous
>>269393
Football and rugby players would fucking drown in water polo, therefore water polo is superior.
>> Anonymous
ITT:

People who don't fight Muay Thai pretend that their sport is tough and manly when in fact it is fucking gheyy.
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>269400
Nice red herring. The point was that rugby the exact same as American football except more mainly.

if this was the case rugby players would come to the states for a few years and earn millions.
>> Anonymous
>>269378

It truly is.
>> Anonymous
>>269376
That is fucking sad to look at.
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>269453
makes you wonder who eurofag trolls even work up the nerve to call football, padball.
>> Anonymous
>>269200

Because Europeans and Americans (Americans more than Europeans) love taking digs at each other's sports. It's not supposed to be well thought out.

Britfag here, and yes, of course American Football players need padding. Tackling in rugby is much more restricted and less dangerous (I'm not going to get into that 'more tough'/'less tough' bullshit). If American Footballers didn't have padding and helmets there'd be deaths frequently.
>> Anonymous
>>269371
lol @ nigger catching fire
>> Anonymous
American Football players are near twice the size of Rugby players, plus they are far more injuries in football, even with the padding.

Due to the dangerous nature of the sport, the average career expectancy of a NFL player is only about 2 years.
>> Anonymous
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This thread is not pleasing me.
>> Anonymous
Average Pro rugby player: 5'11 160 pounds

Average NFL player: 6'2 245 pounds.

There is no comparison here, it's like comparing men against boys.
>> Anonymous
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>>269560
>> Michael Phelps
>>269376
This video is why Europe sucks.
>> Anonymous
>>269569
It's like comparing fit men against fat men
>> Anonymous
Alright here are some not to biased aspects of each of the sports at hand. (from a football player)


Football: Padding is needed. Not for contact, for COLLISIONS. two strong men running into each other without pads and colliding. your body can only do so much of that without breaking i mean shit.

Waterpolo: Reacharounds under water, but brutal because: refs cant see you punch the shit out of people. and water = drowning. thats about it

Rugby: Less collisions, so less pads. your body can take the amount of collisions in rugby, especially those buffed up guys. and you do need tougher skin cause bare fists/elbows/knees are flying everywhere.

Soccer: To be honest, a lot of the injuries in soccer are faked to get penalties. but when soccer players get hurt, they get HURT, usually with some sort of joint which is not good.

there? is that SOMEWHAT fair and balanced?
>> Anonymous
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>>269627
Seriously, dude. People tried to present logical arguments like yours before, but this is 4chan. Pic very related.
>> Anonymous
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>>269623
Yep look at that fat fuck
>> Anonymous
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>>269623
Oh that fat nigger too
>> Anonymous
>>269627
I love when soccer players fake injuries, it's my favorite part of the game.
>> Anonymous
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>>269623
OMG do those guys ever stay away from the buffet?
>> Anonymous
>>269638

oh i know, but sometimes explaining shit might make ONE damn person refrain from a quote like

"waterpolo has speedos...LOL DONGS"

and this isnt /b/ where i normally venture, so i expect MORE not completely retarded people like yourself
>> Anonymous
>>269512
Holy shit, someone who isn't trolling?

LOL TROLL SOCCER SUX
>> Anonymous
>>269647
when I see a soccer player fake an injury it reminds me of that stand up shit Robin Williams did about soccerfags in 2002
>> Anonymous
>>269656

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ-5IGViRio

that clip lol
>> Anonymous
wait... why are people talking about Waterpolo being a tough sport?
>> Anonymous
>>269668
I know, so funny
>> Anonymous
>>269668
You might not see it clearly, but people kick and punch the shit out each other underwater. The trick is not to get caught doing it.

They would even destroy your junk JUST to get the fucking ball.

Also injuries.
>> Anonymous
>>269668
because it is you fuckface
>> Anonymous
>>269677

it was a sincere question asshat. i know nothing about waterpolo.


but you should all see
>>269410
>> Anonymous
>>269665
Jesus, Robin Williams really need to make more comedy specials.
>> Anonymous
>>269410

half the people on /sp/ dont play a fucking sport

and it is retarded for you to think so
>> Anonymous
>>270119
Hmm doesn't sound right to me. POLL TIME.
Do you play a sport? y/n
Y for me.
>> Anonymous
>>270140
Yes, I'm a wrastler, Folk style not the fake chit
>> Anonymous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_IRLOXOcas&feature=related

thread over.
>> Anonymous
>>270202

Sadly enough, I can actually explain every counterargument to his points.

>>"There is no thought in American football. Whereas American Football plays out like a series of beer jingles, soccer plays out like jazz."

Firstly, trying to indicate that there is no thought in American Football is downright ridiculous. Quarterbacks are given the next offensive play, true. But take into account that then they have to remember the play itself based on a complex coding system used to name plays, decipher the defense, decide whether or not the play is viable given the visual cues from the defense (some of which as subtle as checking whether or not the will linebacker is on the balls of his feet or the heels), and if the defense has a play that would negate the offensive play, cycle through the list of hundreds of plays in his head, choose one that he believes can counter the defense, then shout it aloud and hope the rest of his offense understands it and performs it flawlessly. Of course, that's unless the mike linebacker recognizes the change in the play based on receiver shifts, line shifts, etc, and modifies the defenses' scheme. Secondly, If American football were played more like soccer less "coach tells player, player tells players, play executed, repeat," the result would lead in the team being demolished by the opposing team, who would be far more organized and thus able to counteract any of the crap team A tries to pull. You don't give a mob a bunch of AK-47s and tell them to fight the Army, the result will always be a slaughter.
>> Anonymous
>>"Why do the Americans insist on calling Football "soccer"? It doesn't make sense etc etc"

Blame the Brits. When Rugby was first created and popularized (mythically by a soccer player who, in desperation, grabbed the ball and ran into the goal), the sports association or whatever in Britain chose to distinguish it from Football by labeling Rugby as "Rugby Football" (hey look at that, the Brits started the whole "handball being football" thing) and Soccer as "Association Football," which were colloquialy referred to as "rugger" and "soccer," respectively. When Rugby football was demonstrated in the United States, it caught on in popularity amongst the Ivy League schools, who had their own rugby matches. They would modify the rules and eventually created American Rugby football, which was literally armies of players charging at each other in a huge melee for the ball. However, there were large numbers of injuries and even a few fatalities and the President decreed that either they came up with safer rules or the game was banned in the United States. The game was toned down, and other modifications were made to the game over the span of about 50 years until the game became what it is more or less today. Examples of such being the 4-down rule, as it was incredibly boring to watch a team inch its way to the goal line, and the ability to pass the ball forwards, as it was recognized as a dangerous weapon.