bmxdave Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 How gay is it? Ive seen it before but never paid much attention. So when i was flicking through the channels to find football for the dog to watch i put it on and she was pretty happy with it so i left it on. I then got drawn into watching it purely out of curiosity. I noticed that theyve got full on bodyarmour on. Have a break every 3 second. Cry when they get bumped (a bit like footballers then). They achive absolutely nothing but run over a line, and then get about 40 points. Then i watched some programme about it and the commentator conveyed no information whatsoever. I actually feel more stupid for watching it. Then they showed some trials to get into a team and they where running about 35 metres and they where well out of breath and it took them about 5 seconds. Fastest was about 4.5. Which is pathetically slow for a professional athlete. Plus the skintight lycra trousers proves that they all have tiny todgers, probably from all the steroids they take which make them bigger but no stronger. Why bother. If they played rugby theyd get battered. If they played football theyd get tired. Dont even get me started on glorified rounders or netball.
ZetecVan 2.0 Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 I'm not an expert and have never even watched it, so my opinion isn't very valid. But, it is very gay.
Trevmk3 Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 So when i was flicking through the channels to find football for the dog to watch i put it on and she was pretty happy with it so i left it on. i have tried to watch the odd game before mate, and ive always said that it is no match to rugby as they play for the whole of the time they are on the pitch not just little phases that last seconds. then you have the kicker that only comes on to kick the ball between the posts every 20 minutes or so, pure athlete that said i do have a team that i look out for, St Louis Rams, just because im am Derby County (The Rams) fan in real football (sorry soccerball)
D4N Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 I watched some off it when they played at wembley. Didn't understand it. They tackle some one even when he dosn't have the ball...
Messenjah Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 right .... in the trials they run 40m and they get a time for the 40 not 100% sure why they only do it over 40m but hey ho just thought id correct you They do wear the body armour etc but it is surprisingly hard to score a touchdown yes there is a break after about 5 or 10 seconds play but during that time they are Flat out ! they have phenomenal power and anaerobic strength but no aerobic fitness so you they would get nakered playing rugby. but you have to think aswell i would be small for an american football player at 6"2 ish and 20 stone ... they are King big guys and they can run 40m impressively fdast for their size. it is a bit gay and i deffo much prefer rugby but its not quite as gay as you were making out
escortmad79 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 American football... the most pointless sport since cricket!!
Trevmk3 Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 yes they are big fellas, but the one that do most of the running throwing ect are the smaller lighter ones, not the big lard arse blockers i know they bought the body armour in because of the amount of deaths that were happening from tackles during games. but like most American sports it is designed so that it can have about 8000 advert breaks during the match
Finn Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 It is America in a game, lots of razamataz, and Janet Jackson gets her ti#s out at half time, what else is there?
Doc Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 I played for ten years including for great britain and its a heavier impact sport than rugby , Trust me ive played that as well . Its completely different and in the short periods of play its faster than rugby . Most of the rugby lads that played with me loved it cos they could smack someone harder than they could in rugby and with those impacts the body armour doesnt help much . Those guys that play proffesionaly are pound for pound stronger , faster and can hit harder than most other athletes My coach used to say that the Ridell label on the front of the helmet was put there so you could leave an imprint of it on an opponents rib cage !
Messenjah Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 yes deffo doc pound for pount stronger and faster then most athletes and faste rhtne rugby in the periods of play. but aerobic fitness you have to admit they lack ? they couldnt play rugby for a full 80 mins
Doc Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 yes deffo doc pound for pount stronger and faster then most athletes and faste rhtne rugby in the periods of play. but aerobic fitness you have to admit they lack ? they couldnt play rugby for a full 80 mins No they are trained for short period and explosive performance not endurance and a flowing like rugger when i was fit i was faster over 50yds than anyone i knew ..... and at 10 yds id run right through you . Best season 1449 yards rushing and 18 rushing touchdowns with 5 passing touchdowns
32 HI-BOY Posted February 22, 2008 Report Posted February 22, 2008 I'm not an expert and have never even watched it, so my opinion isn't very valid. But, it is very gay. how can it be gay it has to have sex but it cant!!
geoffersmasher Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 i remember my pa telling me about a game where the they got the best of uk vs the best of us and played american football.......... us brits went over and royally kicked there asses at there own game ill find out more about it when i see him
Doc Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 i remember my pa telling me about a game where the they got the best of uk vs the best of us and played american football.......... us brits went over and royally kicked there asses at there own game ill find out more about it when i see him problem was though that it was adults from the uk and they beat a high school team
Messenjah Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 yeah.. lol put em against a pro team and watch em get BATTERED
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