Football Training Camps Have Opened!

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

Football season is coming!

Yay!

:):):)


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This season will mark The Return to Glory for the

OAKLAND RAIDERS!

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Can I get a hell yes?

Not even a Raiders fan, just another American who enjoys real football?

(If you are a fan of Denver go away. And die.)

[Pogue]

that isnt football

[Intifadah]

you mean runthrowandcatchball

[Killfacer]

that aint football

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

Oh yes it is. It's just the adult version.


you mean runthrowandcatchball

No, it's runthrowandgetlaidoutonthefieldball.

As opposed to runkickanddonothingelseball.

[RedAnarchist]

Oh yes it is. It's just the wimpy version of rugby.

Fixed.;)

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

I have respect for rugby, and aussie rules. Those are both men sports, unless being played by women.

But anyway, American football has gotten watered down a bit. You can only hit a receiver on his run within the initial 5 yards before the ball is in the vicinity, helmet-to-helmet hits carry a fine (which might be OK granted all the brain damage that occurs) and a 15 yd penalty, and there are more bullshit "roughing the passer" calls then ever before, especially at the college level, where they expect a 250+ lbs lineman to go from all out hunt-kill speed to stopping instantly.

But it is still a mans sport, even if it has had its balls tied a bit. If I were the NFL commisioner, I'd go back to the 1-bar helmet. No more massive protective facemasks that cause the majority of spinal injuries and concussions. Granted, what most people don't realize when they criticize the helmet or pads is they don't consider the fact that when a man runs into you at full speed, a lot more is felt if he is wearing an inch thick piece of hard plastic on his head, and at least as much on his shoulders.


But goddamn, how many fucking threads do you people need to discuss the kicking of balls? Seriously?

I post in any one of the gagillion threads, even ones labeled "General Football," which you think would include anything labeled as a football sport, and I get mods telling me I'll be banned from this subforum if I don't stop.

Politely as ever, I kindly ask all of y'all to fuck off. This is a thread about football.



Anyway, my preseason pick to win it all is New England, unfortunately.

[Killfacer]

I think the new york rams.

I know nothing about it but i used to play as them on the Madden game.

[TheCultofAbeLincoln]

That's St Louis Rams, or NY Jets/Giants.

Giants have a shot.

And I'll admit, I no nothing about it but the world cup was fun to watch drunk. Major League Soccer has a no-drinking policy (at least in Texas), so that kind of turns it off for me.

To demonstrate how little me or my friends no, we were drunk off our ass for the France-Italy match and all out of breath by the end due to yelling, mainly, "What the fuck is he getting ejected for? That was fucking bad ass!!!!! What the Fuck?" regarding that whole head butting incident.

I could see me enjoying the sport quite a bit if the culture I lived in harbored those loyalties and traditions.