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Aca0012
Rock Star
Silver Level
I like sports at all, but I'm not some fan of American football. I prefer European football more, because I think it's better and more interesting. Great names are playing in Europe and give a special chore of football here in Europe so that I can decide for European football before. Greeting!
tw082
Legend
Platinum Level
didnt think europe had football....owe u mean soccer.
..yea its a tough comparison..while never getting into soccer myself seem like a tough strenuous sport with more stamina and agility used constantly with more instant decisions and quick changing strategies kinda like collage basketball...while "american" football is slower n more methodical. with lomg term strategies n small change ups according to opponent. with entire games planned out before hand, down to each play. alot more brain activity goes into coordinating football than most think.. thats why im a huge fan of collage football...all pro sports in america kinda suck...they get payed big money n slack off. still hungry in collage
..yea its a tough comparison..while never getting into soccer myself seem like a tough strenuous sport with more stamina and agility used constantly with more instant decisions and quick changing strategies kinda like collage basketball...while "american" football is slower n more methodical. with lomg term strategies n small change ups according to opponent. with entire games planned out before hand, down to each play. alot more brain activity goes into coordinating football than most think.. thats why im a huge fan of collage football...all pro sports in america kinda suck...they get payed big money n slack off. still hungry in collage
Cajin007
Visionary
Silver Level
Euro soccer gets good when it's close to championship time. Teams seem to really fire up and push the pace when it looks like a rival will crack. American football is ok, but with recent bs, looks like money talks, and the only thing leadership hears is "Cha-Ching". ( or is that "Cheat-ding"? )
VITOS
Visionary
Bronze Level
Football is popular on all continents, so it can only be called European, as it appeared in Europe. American football is a completely different game, close more to Rugby. The only thing that American football has in common is that it is also a team game with a ball on a natural grass field. By the way the Americans call their football just football, and the European they called soccer. I like European football!
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FrothyGoodness
Visionary
Silver Level
Is all preference because of the complete difference I both sports. I prefer you're good ol egg toss over soccer , but I do respect futbol' players and the amount of constant movement they have to endure. Played rec once and about broke my damn ankle trying to get the ball movement down
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LotharMcDowner
Rock Star
Silver Level
Baseball, Basketball and Soccer are worldwide sports because they do not require a large investment to play. Stickball is cheap ball & bat (usually homemade), you don't really need a glove or helmet. Soccer and Basketball you only need a ball and goal, and the goal can be as simple as two trash cans or whatever... So that's the main reason they have worldwide appeal. Essentially because the poor people can play, and there are many more poor than rich, those become more popular.
As far as what's better Football or Soccer... well commercials in American Football slow the game down, so there's that. Flopping, time wasting, moving the ball up the sidelines, all that unregulated BS in Soccer makes it really hard to watch personally. I consider American Football by far the most athletically challenging as it combines extreme strength, agility, endurance and intelligence. Soccer has most of the others, but not very strong.
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blata8ruga
Visionary
Bronze Level
I love European football during the world cup, though I do not appreciate the flopping of the players when they barely get touched !!! As a Canadian who grew up watching Hockey and American football this is a little distasteful. So I would overall have to choose American football over European because I like sports that are really competitive and tough not boring and wimpy. Sorry all u European football fans but this is a common complaint from North American sports fans. 1.NHL 2.NFL 3.NBA
maksonios
Rock Star
Silver Level
European football is more exciting and I can explain why. All the richest clubs are playing in Europe, in tournaments like Champions League and Europa League. But when famous players are getting old - all of them moving to Japan or America because European clubs don't want to pay them like earlier. In Japan or America, they are getting a lot of money because tournaments there are less exciting and less hard.
krisi77
Legend
Silver Level
These are really different sports and it’s a matter of what style of game you want to watch or play, while american football is based of more hard play and and physical strength, the european football is really fast paced and skillful, I’m not saying that in the american there isn’t skill, but if there is fast paced game there should be more fast decisions and interesting plays.
PelyaMX
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hi mates,
So what do you preferred watching American HandEgg or European Football ;o)
Personally I find both things fun
On a Sunday evening / Night with the boys we tend to do more out of American Football - Its just for us to support the same team
I'm 49ers fan so that will be in 20 years we gonna win SuperBowl
Let me hear your thoughts
/Morten
I live in Europe but since 2012 I 'm a big Am.Football fan
& 49-ers fan in particular! =))
But since I'm from Europe & NFL season leads only from September till 3rd of Feb. I love both sports ! NFL have finished Chempion Legue & Europa League stars in the middle of Feb.
But I can say with No doubt Am/Football is more exciting & more unpredictable !!! =)
Lets Go Niners !!! =))
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Richardszabo
Visionary
Silver Level
A few years ago i met American Football, and i really liked it. I used to watch only European Football. I think American football is a lot more fun, i'm rarely watching European football today. I think you don't have to wait 20 years
wasal2002
Rock Star
Silver Level
I'm into American football and have been a 49er fan for over 40 years. Super bowl is getting close for us. Euro football not so much but do love to hang out with friends watching soccer.Hi mates,
So what do you preferred watching American HandEgg or European Football ;o)
Personally I find both things fun
On a Sunday evening / Night with the boys we tend to do more out of American Football - Its just for us to support the same team
I'm 49ers fan so that will be in 20 years we gonna win SuperBowl
Let me hear your thoughts
/Morten
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Synopsis
Legend
Silver Level
I'm american, and didn't grow up in the suburbs, so I'm a American football guy. It's strange to me how in America that soccer is a rich kids sport (while in school) and football, as I know it, requires so muvh more equipment. Not only that, but soccer is a poor sport, or more easily accessible I mean, in the rest of world. It's so ass backwards. It's just strange to me.
My father got a new job when I was 14, and we moved to a richer city. I was always a basketball and football guy. When I was 16 or so, my friend got on a selection team, which was a team of the best youths in the south east united states. Me and some friends were going back to my house and passed him and he had a group of those players with him because their next game was in the area, pensacola. Some of my friends, and admittedly me also, poked fun at them. Long story short, we played them. No one on my team ever played before, and we completely destroyed them. I think that to Americans in middle school/high school, who play basketball and football (american), soccer is just a easy sport. I mean we completely destroyed them, I don't recall the score but it was like 7 to 0 after maybe 20 minutes, and these kids were the best of the best in the whole south east region. I'm not saying it's a bad sport, and I'm sure many will read this and be offended because soccer is their sport, but in america, at least to kids that aren't at wealthy schools, soccer is just boring, and easy. It's slow and boring unless one team is destroying the other (if it's the team you like). I do admire ball skill, and it's impressive, but if you have a background in basketball and football, then it's just flashy and means nothing.
I think if they changed the rules, and took all the acting out, it would be much more entertaining. Offsides for instance, that's just a stupid rule, if you can't guard your guy, then he should be rewarded for it, not penaltlized for it. It's just stupid. It's the equivalent of a wr out running the backfield and a flag being thrown because he was 5 yards past them.
Sorry for the long post.
My father got a new job when I was 14, and we moved to a richer city. I was always a basketball and football guy. When I was 16 or so, my friend got on a selection team, which was a team of the best youths in the south east united states. Me and some friends were going back to my house and passed him and he had a group of those players with him because their next game was in the area, pensacola. Some of my friends, and admittedly me also, poked fun at them. Long story short, we played them. No one on my team ever played before, and we completely destroyed them. I think that to Americans in middle school/high school, who play basketball and football (american), soccer is just a easy sport. I mean we completely destroyed them, I don't recall the score but it was like 7 to 0 after maybe 20 minutes, and these kids were the best of the best in the whole south east region. I'm not saying it's a bad sport, and I'm sure many will read this and be offended because soccer is their sport, but in america, at least to kids that aren't at wealthy schools, soccer is just boring, and easy. It's slow and boring unless one team is destroying the other (if it's the team you like). I do admire ball skill, and it's impressive, but if you have a background in basketball and football, then it's just flashy and means nothing.
I think if they changed the rules, and took all the acting out, it would be much more entertaining. Offsides for instance, that's just a stupid rule, if you can't guard your guy, then he should be rewarded for it, not penaltlized for it. It's just stupid. It's the equivalent of a wr out running the backfield and a flag being thrown because he was 5 yards past them.
Sorry for the long post.