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Re: Football sets!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sat, 22 Jul 2000 12:08:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dan Simonson writes:
> > > 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.
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> 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.
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> Dan
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 make an M-1 tank
more primitive than a board with a nail in it. The reasons football is more
violent than rugby are that football players are bigger and faster, plus they
wear pads and helmets. I actually really like rugby (soccer is another story).
-Marc
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