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Re: Football sets!
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Sat, 22 Jul 2000 05:23:41 GMT
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> > But then you should ask, "Why?" Especially if we already have the real deal.
> > I am reminded of an evolution chart showing the ape in 3-point football • stance
> > and then progressing to the upright human soccer player. ;-)
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> !!!!! I am shocked! I hope you are kidding, but if not... Surely you know that
> football is actually an evolutionary step up from soccer. Soccer begat rugby,
> which begat football. And football is far more complex and mentally • challenging
> than soccer. I would say that any starting pro quarterback (except maybe Gus
> Frerotte) is more intelligent than 90% of athletes in all other sports.
> -Marc "outraged left tackle" Nelson Jr.
Actually (I happen to be an American), I was just in Australia and saw a rugby
game on TV, and American football is more premitive because it is more
violent. In rugby the person is just tackled, and then the players line up and
play. Soccer contains no violence so basically it goes American football,
rugby, soccer.
Dan
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| (...) deal. (...) that (...) I was referring to the historical evolution of football from soccer, and the increasing complexity from soccer to rugby to football. I don't think something is more primitive just because it is more violent. That would (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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