I hate sports, football mostly, does that make me un-American?
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Well at least it makes you uncapitalistic. Follow this line of logic. Wherever you have a need (in this case entertainment) you have people willing to spend money. So you hire people to support this need (athletes) and pay them a percentage. The NFL is a multi-billion dollar business. It's only fair that these athletes take their percentage.\nI think you are way over generalizing athletes. While there are certainly selfish immature players. There are also classy, generous, respectable athletes as well, It's just that the more immature players tend to stay in the public eye do to their hijinks.\nNow the olympics are a complete abomination. They secure television contracts, charge unGodly prices for seats, yet they don't even pay the participants that make the olympics a reality. How is that fair? \nIt's not wrong to be rich. To make the money you earned. It's wrong to be an child and a thug. But these two things aren't really even related.
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No Americans love American Football and Canadians love Hockey
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Come off it, stingking13.  Do you think the 11 that start for the US are not passionate about the sport?  Just because the nation as a whole isn't rabid about the sport doesn't mean the players on the field don't give it their all.
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To defend the Americans (for once) I have been a fan of American Football for some years and it is a specifically (and continuously) impact sport where the padding is absolutely necessary.  Even with it there are still significant injuries.\n\nRugby is absolutely a rough sport but if they hit like the American footballers do we would need 50 a side to be able to finish the game.\n\nOverall enjoy the sport you love, don't try to big it up by slagging off other sports\n\nPeace Out.
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Americans, in general, are not too interested in soccer even if US is playing.  The exception are the many Imigrants who will watch and root for their birth country's team.
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im a canadian. The People in the us take football WAY too sriously. Some of them would sell their first born just to get into a game. I went to the orange bowl once in flordia, and the first thing i noticed was that almost everyone had their team colours on and that they were getting wasted out of their mimds just for a football game. There was fights and even a stabbing. People in the US take it like it was life and death. I mean some of them are F ucking nuts. oh and as for football being all american , it was invented by canadians uh burn. oh soccer umm its not really big in north america not even here in canada, Esspecially not in the US.
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I have exactly the same problem mate. Traditionally, like most people in the US, I have grown up watching American football and have always enjoyed it. Recently though I began watching football(soccer) and have fallen in love with the sport. I love the pace of the game, and the skill of the players. I have actually begun watching more soccer than football, so I guess that proves I like soccer better.
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You know, I understand how you may feel this way. However, it's quite natural for people to stick up for a sport they like. Just like football...for example...if people like it, they will stick up for it until the end no matter what people think. That's the beauty of being a fan...a true, old fashioned fan of a sport. I happen to be a large NASCAR fan and I would stick up for it in a second. But I'm far from being a redneck. I live in the Northeast, and I do a lot of things that a lot of people think is stuffy and elite...and not redneck-like. I am nothing like a redneck, but still adore the sport. It's just something I like...just like I enjoy watching water polo....or just like I enjoy playing tennis or fencing. I'm sure you understand what I mean. Don't assume that all NASCAR fans are all rednecks. I'm not, and I know others who also aren't. I know you'll probably just pick a best answer from somebody who writes the opposite of what I'm saying (or should I say, typing!) but try to understand my meaning.
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Football. Not soccer, Football. American Football.
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Born and raised on (real) football (soccer)!!!  Football is the only sport I can watch on tv.  Its my fav. team-sport to play.  Football is worldwide!  Perhaps people in the U.S. arent to fond of it because they like to think theyre better, having the attitude of 'oh, we're better than you, so we can make our own sports...' type of attitude.  Eff american psuedo-football!
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Yeah, there's a point in football. Football is , in my opinion, America's greatest past time.  There's more pride in football than any other sport,especially if their favorite team is located in their home state.Some People think football is meaningless and barbaric. To those people that detest against football,pick up ya remote and enjoy watchin Lifetime...ya wuss.
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no its my life i dont see it as a sport i see it as a part of me its like my personnalty i just wouldnt be me with out it my favourite sports football (iam english so if ur americian i mean soccer)
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American football is not for wimps, its for utter pansies. The hits in rugby are comparable to the hits in American football. however what is this special teams stuff, once your on the pitch stay on the pitch. Until you've laid on the wrong side of a ruck in rugby you will never know just how soft American footballers really are. There are a few differences with equipment as well, the body Armour used in American football, bloody hell why all that padding? where are they playing Baghdad?. and they certainly don't wear huge studded, hardened toe capped boots. so there you have it. Rugby is a game for men of enormous stature and bravery, and American football is played by the male equivalent of a 5 year old girl. PS. murder ball is the only true game!
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Not so sure about the above answers, but soccer is a complete pile of crap, it has a following that tends towards violence, and the sport itself seems to be full of men who like hugging and showering together (not to mention other things).\n\nThere are plenty of better sports out there American football being one of them, but rather than sit on your buts watching other people do stuff get out there and get some exercise yourself. Spectator sports are the fodder of the unfit masses :)
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yes american football , not none of that SPlC soccer (fut bol)!
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American football has to have pads because of the size and speed of the players.  Many guys that play rugby would not stand a chance in American football as they would not be powerful enough.  All you have to do is take a look.  Rugby is a tough game I do agree but don't knock ours because it's actually more violent and faster.  Soccer is just what it is and we can't very well call it football when we already have football now can we? Also, why is it Europeans or wherever you come from why don't you quit bashing America.  Tired of it man.  Do you understand?
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Honestly, people who say they hate football are completly insane, it has to be one of the most intense games to watch, and play once you get into it, plus it has constant movement for 90 incredible minutes.\nI love football.