Why do Brits Hate Handegg aka Football?

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[QUOTE="GazaAli"] Yea I'm not blaming or patronizing the NFL or Handegg for that. It will always be an American thing I guess.GazaAli

I find this to be very surprising.

American football seems pretty popular in Great Britain.  A lot of people enjoy the sport, which is why 80,000+ seat stadiums sell out when the NFL plays over there.

I a not a big fan of either. 

But I guess NFL has cheerleaders.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="thegerg"] "I do think its hilarious that the US invents sports and then declares themselves world champions without playing anyone from outside the US " What sport are you talking about?cain006

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[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] Baseball and NFL. Have you never heard that before?deeliman

[QUOTE="deeliman"][QUOTE="cain006"]Well I'd be pretty surprised if a team outside the US could beat them. I imagine the best baseball/football players from other countries come to the US because they'll get paid more.LJS9502_basic

American football has no flow, its a stop start nightmare. Considering that the players are only active for 10 seconds out of every 40 it is a wonder why the game is divided in quarters. I guess that just so they can squeeze in as many advertisments as possible.

It's not just Brits, but the same goes for most other countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. North America (and maybe Japan too) is pretty much the only place that calls it "soccer" instead of football.

As for Brits, a lot of people here tend to view American football as just a toned-down version of rugby.

Jag85

[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]Right, largely because it doesn't exist in most of the world. It's kind of hard to be into something you have zero exposure to.

Pirate700

And yet the NFL Europe league failed hard.

American football has no flow, its a stop start nightmare. Considering that the players are only active for 10 seconds out of every 40 it is a wonder why the game is divided in quarters. I guess that just so they can squeeze in as many advertisments as possible.

tenaka2

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"][QUOTE="thegerg"] "I do think its hilarious that the US invents sports and then declares themselves world champions without playing anyone from outside the US " What sport are you talking about?LJS9502_basic

There also can be an argument made that competitions like the "World Series" can be named that b/c baseball teams usually have players from all around the world that are competing in it (Japan, American, Latin America, etc). 

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It's not just Brits, but the same goes for most other countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. North America (and maybe Japan too) is pretty much the only place that calls it "soccer" instead of football.

As for Brits, a lot of people here tend to view American football as just a toned-down version of rugby.

TigerSpiderman

Yup, yup.  I don't get all bent out of shape when people call American football gridiron, it clarifies things.  Calling association football soccer clarifies things.  And calling the type of football you grew up with football is completely reasonable, if a confusion ever arises you can just say either soccer or gridiron, simple.  The "hurr durr handegg" crowd just seems like a bunch of butthurt whiners who are angry because "waaah, you're not calling it what we call it!  Waaah, we were here first, it's not fair!"

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

It's not just Brits, but the same goes for most other countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. North America (and maybe Japan too) is pretty much the only place that calls it "soccer" instead of football.

As for Brits, a lot of people here tend to view American football as just a toned-down version of rugby.

TigerSpiderman

Some Brits did, but the majority of Brits have always called it just Football.

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[QUOTE="GazaAli"] Yea I'm not blaming or patronizing the NFL or Handegg for that. It will always be an American thing I guess.worlock77

And yet the NFL Europe league failed hard.

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]I doubt it. I'm not saying t it will ever be as popular as soccer in the rest of the world, but there are supposedly serious considerations to bring the NFL to other countries. And like I said, the NFL packs the stadium in London every season.

comp_atkins

And yet the NFL Europe league failed hard.

Precisely my point.