04-08-2008, 04:36 AM | #11 |
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I am pretty sure we are debating spectator sports.
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04-08-2008, 04:46 AM | #12 |
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Some football players never move more than a few strides on any play, and never touch the ball. Most of football's 3.5 hours is players standing around.
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With pulling and off tackle plays and traps, it would be hard for me to imagine very many plays where the players aren't active or involved in significant collisions.
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This is such a stupid debate. There's no question the popularity of football far exceeds that of basketball.
There's also no question that a 'January Psychosis' - a playoff for football - would be more popular than March Madness.
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Spoken like a man who fancies the ballet. I would love to see you strap up and play a series on either of the lines, and then tell me that most of the game is nothing more than standing around. The trenches is an all-out war and I kid you not, I had everything imaginable happen to me, from nut grabbing, to spitting, to biting to people trying to break legs in piles.
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Because RB's are usually faster than linemen, the force of collisions would be that of an car accident at 20-25 mph. Running the ball 30 times a game, well, you get the picture.
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January Psychosis? December Delirium. It'd be HUGE.
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Spoken like a true Dan Brown fan. The masses are asses. Actually, if that's your measurement basketball is far more popular than football worldwide, as is baseball and of course the mega-popular sport worldwide, soccer. Like sloppy joes and root beer football is only popular in the United States, and especially in backwaters.
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