roll OK, this could be posted here, the touchy issues or the sports issues, but do you find American Football the slowest game in the world.
I am still trying to figure, how you make an hour game last 3 hrs and still have a crowd left.
And folks tell me here that football (proper footie) is pooring. Have they all been drinking to much or something lol.
Ummmmm strange
No I think that would be golf.
A lot depends on your point of view.
I first got interested in Americn football when I lived in England 20 years ago.
Once you know the rules better it helps I think.
Regular football can be just as boring I think when there isn't a lot of scoring action.
The better the teams the better the games no matter what sport your talking about.
You know this will get moved to the sports forum. lol
Yeah Golf is slower. As is cricket. And of course, so is Chess. And as for dull, go watch a Dr Marten's League footy match. Snore.
This is SO going to the Sports forum.
Goose, you need to be careful with talk like that if you live in the home of 'America's Team'.
American Football is actually quite interesting when you get to know the rules. I think it does require a different mind set to appreciate when compared to traditional European team sports (Rugby, Football, Field Hockey). The best analagy that someone gave me is that it's kind of like watching a battle unfold, with so many tactics and decisions that are made on each play it can be quite fascinating.
What gets me is that some Americans complain that soccer is so 'low scoring'....well, perhaps it would be 'high scoring' if we gave them 6 points for every goal....Duh... x roll I mean, there can't be much difference in the number of touchdowns in a US football game vs. the number of goals in a soccer game...its just that the score is pumped up because you get more points when you score. roll
Yeah Golf is slower. As is cricket. And of course, so is Chess. And as for dull, go watch a Dr Marten's League footy match. Snore.
This is SO going to the Sports forum.
Speak for yourself mate Ive watched some good Worcester City games....but then again Ive seen some bad ones too :wink:
Beng's battle analogy sums it up well - American football is about as close to the old form of warfare as we can get nowadays.
Some of the plays are quite impressive to see when they come off.
What gets me is that some Americans complain that soccer is so 'low scoring'....well, perhaps it would be 'high scoring' if we gave them 6 points for every goal....Duh... :x :roll: I mean, there can't be much difference in the number of touchdowns in a US football game vs. the number of goals in a soccer game...its just that the score is pumped up because you get more points when you score. :roll:
I hear that familiar story about footie being 'boring' and 'low scoring' too. Ive followed american football in England since the 80's (thanks to Channel 4 :wink: ) I think its a combination of things. With american football its a physical pounding game with this kind of gladiator type mentality which the public like, with a minimum of 4 structured downs which kind of suits the attention spell thing, and its all choreographed to suit television/radio advertising. With all the commercial breaks it turns a 60 minute game into a 3 hr+ ordeal (for Bills fans :wink: ) With our football its 45 minutes a half with no commercial breaks and with the exception of stoppages no real breaks of attention. As a fan of footie I think we look for skills like passing, individual skills like shooting and taking on players, good defence and goalscoring and goalkeeping and etc.... whereas in american football its about hits, passing, good defence, sacking, with a committee of coaches designing plays, whether they seem offensive or defensive. Fans of american football talk about the west coast offence and zone blitzing and other aspects of the game and on the whole they just think footie is men (and women) kicking around a ball. Look at some of the most intense international and club football games weve had to endure over the years, with low scores. Ive watched some defensive slugouts in the NFL where its been slow and low :wink:
I dont think they appreciate also the culture which follows our football. I think I have a pretty average general knowledge of world football (like others on this site) and when I'm asked about football or speak about it people ask why is it that english football fans have this kind of 'in depth knowledge' of football history. Americans tend to romanticise about sports history too, but in their case its all their sports and all this isolated 'world champs' thing they have. I'm sad enough to admit that I think I have a pretty decent general knowledge of american sports. If you want to sum up american sports philosophy just look at Sports Illustrated :wink: I think a lot of people just think our football is all about fighting and violence.
I have to speak as I find, that Ive been to Buffalo Bills games and Sabres games (NHL) Bandits (NLL) Bisons (AAA Baseball) Blizzard (indoor football) and the Destroyers (indoor american football now reloated in Adeshell country :wink: ) and theyve all been every bit as fun to go and watch as football and county cricket (Worcestershire CCC) but I think its all in the eye of the beholder so to speak, youre not going to get some of your average american football fans to watch MLS.
Maybe, and just maybe if you had 5-4 games for every fixture it would bring in some new fans :wink:
I'm sad enough to admit that I think I have a pretty decent general knowledge of american sports.
Well, I hope you have more success over here in the 'Sport and Leisure' Trivial Pursuit questions than me! :wink:
I wouldnt bank on it!! mate wink
8) But its still just a one hr game stretched to 3 hrs lol
8) But its still just a one hr game stretched to 3 hrs lol
Nope!!
Its just 60 minutes
Its the rest of it that takes the time up :wink:
You should try watching NCST play a game, if it aint four hours long they got wipped D
Took me a while to get into the game now I cant wait for the playoffs, nothing like seeing the packers fans crying in the snow.