Yeh I guess your right considering all you have to do is keep people away from the guy with the ball, and if you drop the ball play stops wether in rugby regardless of wether the ball drops players still go for it showing bravery and get completely slammed. Plus that 75% thing is bullcrap if your running in rugby your freaking running unlike american football where you have a break every 10 seconds coz of a play that doesnt work.
American football, fast, HAH. 60 minutes played over 3/4 hours. Fast my hole. I reckon it'd be safer without pads and especially helmets. You wouldn't get assholes flying head first at people. Although they'd have to learn how to tackle, rather than just hit, might be a strain on them.
Rugby League is faster than Union. Both are tough but I reckon League is tougher.
Have either of you actually watched football being played?
Rugby is running....Football is sprinting. You can't sprint for 60 minutes straight. It's just like your football, yes there is sprinting involved but it isn't truly sprinting, its just running a little faster.
Showing bravery for going after a loose ball? That's a fumble buddy...it's part of American football. Need I really get into the forward pass? That adds a dimension to the game that rugby will NEVER understand. That "guy with the ball" has the toughest position in professional sports. Think about it...who has a tougher job than a quarterback?
Originally posted by Linkalicious
Have either of you actually watched football being played?
Link, the answer to that is "well, I did see this football game on TV one time. Some guy ran with the ball, got tackled, and I, thinking that was the extent of the sport, turned the channel."
Just like when football fans turn to a soccer game on TV and say, "I saw a guy kick a ball and I, thinking that was the extent of the sport, turned the channel."
But one of them was right. 😉
I have watched the NFL for a few seasons now. The way I see it is:
Receivers, RBs and corners runs fast most of the time. Safetys, Tight ends, linebackers run fast some of the time. Linemen and QBs hardly ever run fast. Apart from passrushing and scrambles. The players that do run a lot get subbed regularly from what I've seen.
Also nobody plays the whole game as there are three teams in one. So none of the players need to defend and attack and punt return. I reckon a player will be playing for a maximum of 35 minutes out of 3.5 hours.
Rugby League is basically shuttle running when you don't have the egg and full pelt when you have it. With tackling (minus pads) in between. For two 40 minute halves, non-stop with 10 minute HT. Most players will play for at least 60 mins of the game. They can defend AND attack, imagine that!
Rugby union is almost the same as League but the egg is out of play much more. So there is more opportunity for rest.
Somebody please tell me what running fast has to do with girls playing football!! We might as well be discussing the 100 meter dash!
OK yes, not all those players have to run fast for the entire duration, but they also get the sh*t beat out of them on many of the plays. And yes, the quarterback doesn't always have to run fast but he usually gets knocked to the ground by a 300-lb. lineman or a 260-lb. linebacker about 10 times per game. Hell, some QB's get sacked four or five times per game. That number doesn't include the knockdowns.
Why do you think the NFL injury list is so large?
Originally posted by Aku
EVERYTHING! Girls can't run fast so american football would be better than girls playing rugby!
^^ * Confusing statement of the month *
Aku, I like you and all, but I thought we were discussing girls playing football, not rugby. And if that's the case, being able to absorb the physical hits is about 10 times more important than being able to sprint.