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"Rugby missed the boat. Once the American created the forward pass it was all over. NFL blew up. NFL was actually Rugby or similar to Rugby back then. Rugby is a physical sport but it doesn't have a lot of strategy. It lacks the forward pass."

You have obviously been exposed to only the drunken frat boy version of the game. The fact that the players at Harvard and Yale added the forward pass and blocking to the game of rugby does not automatically give the game even a hint of strategy. In top flight or even club level rugby with no strategy and discipline you will not make it through the 15 opposite players that really just want to get that ball from you by any means for their team.

"Oh and I'm not letting any of you into my compound when the zombie apocalypse hits. Not with those kinds of attitudes. :P "

You may want to invite some rugby players because you know, "Rugby players eat thier dead." LOL

whatever

LOL BEST COMMENT SECTION EVER! Far more entertaining then the 2 second goal. So many stereotypical responses and generalizations.

As someone that watches ALL sports I will say that soccer (futbol) is great to watch when played right. World Cup and the Euro Cup are great and always have a lot of passion behind them. Outside of that sometimes soccer (futbol) can be boring when passes aren't crisp or if the teams are just sucking that day. When the game is on it's top level it really is a beautiful game.

American football is great because it's all about strategy and the players doing their assignments perfectly. If someone screws up in what they do then it can lead to a big play. This is why college football has such high scores, lots of screw ups.

Oh and I'm not letting any of you into my compound when the zombie apocalypse hits. Not with those kinds of attitudes. :P

1270 Danny

first off i am an independent because i chose to stay out of political arguments, and secondly i said right wing EXTREMISTS not right wing party members in general. The numerous republicans that are to the extreme right have voiced their opinions about what they think of the Muslim world. They are also the same people that believe Obama is an Muslim, just because he has a Muslim name. So before you spout off and calling people names read what i said. I wasn't calling all reps. idiots i was simply reffering to the people that make these generalizations and listen to idiots that spread that Islam teaches to hate, because it does not. So before you go off on a political rant to save your party's face... think. one thing that both parties refuse to do.

This is the link to the working video, enjoy. Prety cool shot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3kn2_pVQEI

re: 1332. Posted by 305gkrg
I seem to remeber a little experiment calle NFL Europe that in truth failed miserably! Games were attended by ex-pats and eventhen it was more for a chance to drink beer with other Americans in one location.

As far as you SOCCER lovers out there go, just wait until the world sees top flight 7's rugby in the 2012 Olympics. Soccer will drop like a rock once people know the glory and power that is rugby.

LOL

(politics on a sports blog....this must be moderated by soccer lovers.....lol)

I have a lot of friends who are camel jockeys and im a mexican who is not dirty....Im not a freakin dirty mexican. I take showers every day.

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Lol Realist are you for real? With some of the tantrums that american sports stars have thrown and you say soccer players are emotionaly immature? The list is too long to count in America?

Soccer is for children to play before they gain the necessary hand-eye coordination it takes to play baseball and American football. Most soccer players remain emotional children as witnessed by their frequent faking of injuries and whining about everything that happens that doesn't go their way on the field. Notice I didn't call their field a pitch, because a pitch is what a baseball pitcher throws to his catcher.

Big deal I saw it done twice in high school!

#1368 : " The Europeans run that sport and they did not want to tweak it, and then an AMERICAN came along and created the forward pass and the rest was history."

Yeah, that's why American football is still played only by americans compared to rugby. In other words, if football/soccer is adapted to the "american creative ideas" it will be doomed just like the american football.

Football/soccer is the biggest sport today; it proves that people in the whole world love to play it as it is.

politics has to be in everything because obama sucks

@!%*# the arab media and @!%# soccer!

The video was taken down by Arab Media Corporation so maybe the story should be revised, or taken down.

What the hell, guys? Why do people have to bring politics into @#$% EVERYTHING? Jeeze, people. Chill the heck out. No wonder I'm a misanthropist.

posting 1365 hate to tell you this, but Rugby rules the roost baby!!

@#$% the Arab media.... i wanna see the damn video!!!!!!!!!

Here is the link to the video that works. Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3kn2_pVQEI

Rugby missed the boat. Once the American created the forward pass it was all over. NFL blew up. NFL was actually Rugby or similar to Rugby back then. Rugby is a physical sport but it doesn't have a lot of strategy. It lacks the forward pass. Its difficult to watch men run around and hold on to one another behind. SOCCER needs some tweaking. Allow more substitutions in and out, widen the goal, get rid of the wall, get rid of stoppage time and go to the stop watch or shot clock. If this is done Soccer will be even bigger than it is right now, and it is the biggest sport in the world. The Europeans run SOCCER and they don't want to adapt any American creative ideas. they are stuck in their ways. If they don't tweak SOCCER, MLS will need to break away from FIFA and do their own sport and call it AMERICAN SOCCER. Same thing with Rugby. The Europeans run that sport and they did not want to tweak it, and then an AMERICAN came along and created the forward pass and the rest was history.

Great goal.

In reference to posting 1364: Argentina has a GREAT Rugby Union program you are correct. (They have some great speed in the open field) However, the reference to soccer being the best sport, your logic is faulty at best. More to the point it is factually false.

(Please folks, this is a sports blog and the soccer (thats right I said "soccer") versus rugby argument is not at all a serious topic to take offense at.)

soccer rulz...screw ya al who hate soccer