Why do Europeans call that sport "football"?

[repaeR]

It's called soccer. Not football. Europeans are so weird.

[eram]

Автор сообщения: repaeR

It's called soccer. Not football. Europeans are so weird.

why dont those Americans call it hand egg?

It's called hand egg. Not football. USA'ns are so weird.

[crunchyfrog]

Because it is football.

It originated in the English countrside long before America was a thing. IIt was usually played between local villages where town swuares were the goals, and FEET were used as much as hands and so on.

Later it refined and rugby was also split off from it. The remainder was called football because surprise, surrise, you use feet. Verus rugby where you largely don't.

Funny how language works ain't it?

So no, it was called football long before American Football was a twinkle in someone's eye.

[Devsman]

Автор сообщения: tiny E

I am a HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE NFL fan, but the name is beyond stupid.
Kicking makes up about 1% of the game, but it's called "football".


Europe, well the rest of the world actually, has it right.

Maybe it's as opposed to carball.

Maybe it's not that the foot refers to kicking, but rather that it refers to running.

[TheOriginalMark:-)]

American "football" is rugby only in full battle armour to avoid getting hurt.

Whatever, all sports suck anyway, don't people realise exercise is bad for you?

[Tsubame ⭐]

The European name makes much more sense than North American football, where passes are by hand, and only one person - the quarterback - dictates the flow of the game.

That being said, I have long lost interest in Association Football - the official name for football/soccer - as it is utterly boring and defensive these days. If they at least had some rules that made the game much more fluid and offensive.

And the actresses who play for fouls and the almost never used bench that doubles as overpaid cheerleaders, these are the icing in the cake...

Also, usually there is only a handful of teams that dominate each country league. At least in Brazil things are a little less predictable these days, my team has been relegated twice in the last decade, won the 2nd division twice, and has since then won the South American Copa America and the 1st division.

But yes, I rather watch American Football these days.

[Varsik]

Lmao english invented it and americans copied it (actually ,murica football is pretty much rugby but more dangerous)
The question should be the other way around

[76561199099449901]

Who cares what it is called, what I want to know is why it is not classified as religion, seeing how religious some people are about it

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

I call it soccer because I like how that word sound.

[ChaffyExpert]

Автор сообщения: eram

Автор сообщения: repaeR

It's called soccer. Not football. Europeans are so weird.

why dont those Americans call it hand egg?

It's called hand egg. Not football. USA'ns are so weird.

the ♥♥♥♥'s a USAn?

[trousers]

Soccer? You mean the abbreviation for "association football"?

[ChaffyExpert]

Автор сообщения: HypersleepyNaputunia

idk why it isnt called rugby, thats a good name for that sport where everything is roughed up and tackled

But, what exactly is a rug bee

[Mauserich]

The game is played 90 % with the foot, so the English name football is accurate.

American Football is actually a variation of rugby and the name American Football is misleading. It should be called American Rugby.

But since the term Football was already used for American Rugby, it was simply called soccer.

Doesn't matter anyway in a democracy that upholds imperial systems of measurement.

In any case, this has nothing to do with logic or reason. ,-)

[☮ne✟rue𝓢ax☯n]

OP you seem obsessed with Europe......... I can taste your inferiority complex from here, it's kind of tragic!

[Shiro♌]

Football is the term most people do refer to and understand. However, when you're talking to people who do live in North America or South America, you do refer to the sport as soccer, because they'd be at a loss as to what you're refering to.

[AdahnGorion]

Автор сообщения: repaeR

It's called soccer. Not football. Europeans are so weird.

Why do American´s not even call their sport the correct name?
It is called Gridiron !!!!!!!! and for good reason.

Football is the name, not just Europeans, but most of the world call actual Football.
Just because 4.2% of the worlds population, think that Gridiron should be called Football and actual football called soccer, does not really matter much, now does it?

I mean.. its a tiny minority after all.. The only thing to do, is shake your head and walk away, the same applies for when talking about stuff like the Imperial system........