"Does SOCCER Really Make The World Go Round?" Topic

Or does it just feel that way to the billions of true fans all around the globe?

Dan

Not for me. Never could understand the allure of soccer.

I don't know if it makes the world go round but it sure makes the money go round.

Everyone is special with their own special talent.

I'll admit that when my son stopped playing soccer and started wrestling, I was sad. Wrestling just isn't pretty, especially when it is your kid with his face (or worse, back) pressed to the mat.

I have grown in appreciation of wrestling, but still miss soccer, which I enjoyed watching more.

andy

I'm British so its football….

Rupert: "I'm British so it's football …"

Is that also where Hacky Sack is called "Footbag"? :)

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Dan

"I'm British so its football…."

The funny thing about the is that it was the British who originally coined the word Soccer for the game.

Well yes the early days of football/rugby as played by public school boys did cause a bit of confusion but no one in Britain, these days, uses the word Soccer..

We go to the football

EFL stands for English Football League

The FA is the Football Association

and we have football hooligans.

Luckily after some early mucking about we took the British game with an oval ball were you use your hands most of the time and called it Rugby so there wouldn't be any confusion with another game where you use your feet a lot.

And, so many teams are FC, Football Club, right? Personally, I'm decry the pale, steroid fueled im1tation Rugby our side of the pond uses the name, I tend to think 'World (Association) Football, and that other game…'

*duck*

Doug

and that other game…'

You mean this or this or this or this or this?

I've definitely become fond of "the beautiful game" in the past few years,myself.

Globally football surpasses any sport by a mile on the planet..
Anywhere you can talk football with passion.
It's the world sport and nothing gets near it .

While I can't rightly call myself a true global football (that is, "soccer") fan, I do think American (NFL) "football" is a misnomer because unlike "no hands" football, the only time our foot are allowed anywhere near the ball is when we either couldn't score a touch-down (by kicking a field goal) or fail to even gain 10 yards and get a first down in three tries (by punting). Okay, there's also the extra point after a TD but, let's face it, everybody prefers a two-point conversion than the point after. In other words, the foot = epic failure in American "football."

As a matter of fact, I submit that American football should be called "soccer" instead because players routinely get their bells rung by defensive linemen, linebackers, cornerbacks and safeties in almost every play. It's a "rock 'em, socker 'em" type of game. So I'm all in favor of a name swap between the two in North America.

Alas, as logical as it may be I don't think Roger Goodell would be amenable to my suggestion.

"World in motion ,"
NEW ORDER

says it all.

No fatbottom girls makes the world go around.

All football codes come from "scoring" by kicking a ball between posts. In some codes this is no longer the primary aim.

In Leeds until the early '70's we all used soccer so we knew which "football" we were talking about. Apparently "match of the day" (a tv programme) changed everything so soccer became football.

However on the terraces when I'm watching Cas Tigers the crowd still talks about good football and footballers and the oval thing they're playing with is "the football".