yeah, the NFL is the same exact way. every game starts with a foot kicking a ball, therefore it is football
soccer is short for association football, englanders created it, therefore it is soccer
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It's not a sphere, therefore it's not a ball. It's shaped like more like an egg.
You kick it once with your foot, then you carry it with your hand.
It's not football, its HANDEGG.
we'll call it handegg for a few years then switch back to football once europeans unanimously call it handegg, then we'll make fun of them for it
That ridiculous name was all Britain's fault
Why is is foot so far from the soccerball aren't you supposed to kick it?
It's interesting how different aspects of US culture can trace its roots back to England.
So stupid in Italian it's calcio and nobody gives them shit
Soccer? Hardly even know 'er.
I'm sure this has been asked before, but what should American Football be renamed to, to avoid confusion?
The game has way more in common with Rugby.
We have Rugby League, Rugby Union. I'm sure could fit in a Rugby big girls blouse edition too.
Rugby football and gridiron foot ball are closely related, much more so than they are to association football. But they’re all football.
The full name would be “gridiron football” like how the full name of “soccer” is “association soccer.”
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Trying to apply logic at Americans. Waste of time. They still use imperial and call their sport football even though it's without using a foot and ball.
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