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>>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.
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