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Last post by Josquius - Today at 06:52:12 AM

Lots of great responses about to the fifa peace prize.

"he won the bellend'or"
"what next? The NFL Laureate in Physics?"
"imagine being the second winner of the fifa peace prize"

Trump today suggested that soccer should be called football, and that American football should find a new name.  If this doesn't bring down MAGA, nothing will. 

There is no sport called "football."  There are many sports that are types of football, but there are also many sports that are called "racing." People just drop the qualifier to fotball for their own local football types (Association, American, Rugby, Australian, etc).

Not that sch a sophisticated notion is something Trump could understand.

Nobody calls rugby football. Calling American Rugby football is just extremely silly. It adds insult to injury that because of it you call the sport which you actually play by putting foot to ball "soccer".

Few call rugby football in 2025 but go back maybe 40-50 years and beyond and it does start to become more common.
Lots of rugby clubs called football club for instance.
I had a PE teacher (so much later than 50 years ago) who was a big rugby fan and insisted on always calling football soccer as rugby was an equally valid and superior football.
It's funny that a lot of people have this idea that "soccer" is such an Americanism when really it's more of a public school / rugby fanism.


Might I propose Yankball? :p

#12

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Last post by jimmy olsen - Today at 06:27:57 AM

Hoplite, IIIa (this was supposed to be a four part series, I think it's going to end up at least six)

https://acoup.blog/2025/12/05/collections-hoplite-wars-part-iiia-an-archaic-phalanx/

#13

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Last post by jimmy olsen - Today at 05:38:05 AM

la bella Simonetta

#14

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 05:07:19 AM

I like Canada's chances of getting out of their group.

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Last post by Syt - Today at 03:04:52 AM

Wikipedia agrees with grumbler (how to annoy a whole bunch of people with one sentence ).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football#Present-day_codes_and_families

Association Football: Soccer, Beach, Futsal
Gridiron: American, Flag, Indoor, Canadian
Rugby: Union, League
International and related: Australian, International, Gaelic

The various codes of football share certain common elements and can be grouped into two main classes of football: carrying codes like American football, Canadian football, Australian football, rugby union and rugby league, where the ball is moved about the field while being held in the hands or passed by hand, and kicking codes such as association football and Gaelic football, where the ball is moved primarily with the feet, and where handling is strictly limited.[10] Common rules among the sports include:[11]

Two teams usually have between 11 and 18 players; some variations that have fewer players (five or more per team) are also popular.[12]

• A clearly defined area in which to play the game.
• Scoring goals or points by moving the ball to an opposing team's end of the field and either into a goal area, or over a line.
• Goals or points resulting from players putting the ball between two goalposts.
• The goal or line being defended by the opposing team.
• Players using only their body to move the ball, i.e. no additional equipment such as bats or sticks.
• An inflatable ball.

In all codes, common skills include passing, tackling, evasion of tackles, catching and kicking.[10] In most codes, there are rules restricting the movement of players offside, and players scoring a goal must put the ball either under or over a crossbar between the goalposts.

And:

There are conflicting explanations of the origin of the word "football". It is widely assumed that the word "football" (or the phrase "foot ball") refers to the action of the foot kicking a ball.[13] There is an alternative explanation, which is that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe that were played on foot.[14] There is little conclusive evidence for either explanation.

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Last post by Tamas - Today at 01:45:16 AM

Trump today suggested that soccer should be called football, and that American football should find a new name.  If this doesn't bring down MAGA, nothing will. 

There is no sport called "football."  There are many sports that are types of football, but there are also many sports that are called "racing." People just drop the qualifier to fotball for their own local football types (Association, American, Rugby, Australian, etc).

Not that sch a sophisticated notion is something Trump could understand.

Nobody calls rugby football. Calling American Rugby football is just extremely silly. It adds insult to injury that because of it you call the sport which you actually play by putting foot to ball "soccer".

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Last post by Syt - Today at 01:21:56 AM

I went with Lucrezia, feel like she has a chance of sexy with a small risk of fugly.   

Dunno, she reminds me of the priest in Barry Lyndon which is not really my vibe.

#18

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Syt - Today at 01:18:32 AM

With Trump's travel ban in effect, seems like fans from Haiti or Iran will have to watch on their TVs. (Unless they play in Mexico or Canada, I guess.)

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Last post by garbon - Today at 01:09:32 AM

Trump today suggested that soccer should be called football, and that American football should find a new name.  If this doesn't bring down MAGA, nothing will. 

Well FIFA did create that peace prize for him...

#20

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Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:57:36 AM

Trump today suggested that soccer should be called football, and that American football should find a new name.  If this doesn't bring down MAGA, nothing will. 

The SEC is going to make all their football teams play soccer now.