The_Gabe Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Handegg.. Or as Americans call it football. Here is just 3 simple reasons for the name of the sport to be changed Reason 1: Americans are essentially one of the only countries who play this sport. Alas, the name is already taken by another sport; a sport referred to as soccer by the United States, but football by the rest of the world. Reason 2: In American football, you don't even use your feet at all other then for running... Why FOOTball? Reason 3: You aren't even using a ball! This is the definition of a ball A spherical object or entity such as this or this or even this As you can see, this IS NOT SPHERICAL!! It is more oval-ish, like an egg.+ You tend to hold it in your arm/hand. Thoughts? Three months banishment to 9gag is something i would never wish upon anybody, not even my worst enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armybuilder Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Agreed as im sure most non americans will. I mean look at rugby same shape ball thats not called football +) [spoiler=Clans]Current Events Leader of Tal Shiar AllianceCurrent Raid Leader of Wilderness GuardiansCurrent Old School Power Ranger of Team Power RangersCurrent Member of Clan EuropeEx Member of Team Dark Legacy (R.I.P)Ex Paladin of Old Age Militos DeciEx Leader of New Age Militos DeciEx Early Veteran of Pk Masters (R.I.P) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepsiguy Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 i agree that football should be called something else,never could figure out why its called football when you only kick the football during a fieldgoal or punt,and im american, and what pisses me off everyone in my school thinks soccer is a girl sport and im like "aha go [bleep] yourself The once was a mexican called pepsi,Or maybe it's just he had Hep C,He was a pretty cool bro,Bros generally are you know,He hailed from the land of 'taters,He was known to hate many-a-hater,He likes a girl named Lacey,His thoughts about her are kind of racy,And also his dad likes to [rooster]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range_This11 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Who cares. Accuracy in names has never been an American forte. "He could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirbyallstar Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I'm an Amurican and I approve of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dax Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I love calling soccer soccer! #KERR2016/17/18/19/20/21. #rpgformod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpx Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 The sport already has a name with less hypocrisy. It's called gridiron. First to 99 Farming on 27. September, 2005.First to 3766 Port Score on 20. March, 2014.First to 4664 Port Score on 2. March, 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holiday Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 It's not worth the riots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racheya Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Handegg sounds [developmentally delayed]ed, but it's better than the false name of Football :P I edit for the [Tip.It Times]. I rarely write in [My Blog]. I am an [Ex-Moderator]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriegsmier Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 1. Sigh. Canada plays it (CFL), Mexico plays it (ONEFA), UK has leagues (BAFACL), Japan plays it (X-league), Germany (GFL), and Italy (IFL). What about the Central European Football League (CEFL) which includes Hungary, Serbia, Slovania, Austria, and Turkey? What about the European Federation of American Football which includes people like Norway, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia? You're right, virtually no one else except the US plays it. 2. Do you even know the rules or the game? Clearly not. You use your feet for more then running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepsiguy Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 1. Sigh. Canada plays it (CFL), Mexico plays it (ONEFA), UK has leagues (BAFACL), Japan plays it (X-league), Germany (GFL), and Italy (IFL). What about the Central European Football League (CEFL) which includes Hungary, Serbia, Slovania, Austria, and Turkey? What about the European Federation of American Football which includes people like Norway, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia? You're right, virtually no one else except the US plays it. 2. Do you even know the rules or the game? Clearly not. You use your feet for more then running.like what? all i think of is feild goals or punts, and soccer still uses their feet more then football The once was a mexican called pepsi,Or maybe it's just he had Hep C,He was a pretty cool bro,Bros generally are you know,He hailed from the land of 'taters,He was known to hate many-a-hater,He likes a girl named Lacey,His thoughts about her are kind of racy,And also his dad likes to [rooster]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Handegg sounds [developmentally delayed]ed, but it's better than the false name of Football :P I agree with the former, but not the latter. Football is what it's been called for years. There's an established history in the league of that name. Honestly why bother changing it now? NHEL just doesn't have the same ring as NFL. Last.Fm My Bloggy Proud to have served on Tip.it Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulxai Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 1) You use your feet for kick-offs, punts, field goals, and running. Sure, it's not the majority of the game, so what? 2) Handegg? Really? No offense, but that's a horrible name.3) Just because football is used in other countries doesn't mean we can't call our sport Football. This is a different country after all.4) The definition from dictionary.com adds "or spherical; a round or roundish". It's not perfectly round, but it's roundish. Take a circle, squish it in the middle a bit, and you have a football shape, or an oval. 5) Why does everyone care so much? The reason we call it football is because Soccer (I'm saying soccer to prevent confusion, back then it was football, bear with me) had a split between players who wanted to use their hands vs. players who want no hands at all. Those who wanted to use their hands split, and eventually formed American Football, while those who wanted to keep the no hands rule stayed Football in other countries. Americans didn't want to have two sports the same, so we renamed Football (with the feet) to Soccer. That's basically the short of it. And no, the name won't change. ~ Proud Father ~ Proud (Currently Deployed) Army National Guardsmen ~ Proud Lakota ~ Retired Tip.It Crew ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myweponsg00d Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 If a ball is defined as a round, spherical object, then I am sorry...the "ball" used in "soccer" doesn't follow the rules either. The shape of a soccer ball is a truncated icosahedron. So untill you're going to rename soccer to "foot-truncated icosahedron" and rename american football to "handegg" at the same time, they'll both stay football. The full name for soccer is "Association football." The full name for the game we play in america is "American football." Both uses of the word "football" are not even the actual name of the sport; they are nicknames. 1. Sigh. Canada plays it (CFL), Mexico plays it (ONEFA), UK has leagues (BAFACL), Japan plays it (X-league), Germany (GFL), and Italy (IFL). What about the Central European Football League (CEFL) which includes Hungary, Serbia, Slovania, Austria, and Turkey? What about the European Federation of American Football which includes people like Norway, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia? You're right, virtually no one else except the US plays it. 2. Do you even know the rules or the game? Clearly not. You use your feet for more then running.like what? all i think of is feild goals or punts, and soccer still uses their feet more then football Well if we are going to name a sport after what the ball is in contact with the most, then soccer should clearly be renamed "grassball" Calling American football "football" makes sense because it is the only sport that was played here that allows and actually requires contact of the ball with the foot. I mean its the first damn thing you do in the game...kick it. Its how the game starts....whatever... If you wanted to call american football "handegg" or "handball" or anything like that, it wouldnt make sense. The names of sports highlight the unique qualities "Baseball" only sport with bases"Basketball" only sport with baskets"Handegg" only sport where you hold the ball.....errr...wait! NHEL just doesn't have the same ring as NFL. Uh, I'm pretty sure it would be the NHL. After all, its NFL not NFBL... Need assistance in any of these skills? PM me in game, my private chat is always ON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 NHEL just doesn't have the same ring as NFL. Uh, I'm pretty sure it would be the NHL. After all, its NFL not NFBL... I'm pretty sure NHL is already trademarked by the National Hockey League. Last.Fm My Bloggy Proud to have served on Tip.it Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myweponsg00d Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 NHEL just doesn't have the same ring as NFL. Uh, I'm pretty sure it would be the NHL. After all, its NFL not NFBL... I'm pretty sure NHL is already trademarked by the National Hockey League. The acronym NHL is not a trademark...lol. Another franchise of a different name could have the same acronym. If NHL was trademarked I'd feel sorry for some guy named Nathan Herbert Lewis. "I'm sorry sir, you cannot write your initials...that acronym is trademarked by the National Hockey League" Need assistance in any of these skills? PM me in game, my private chat is always ON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 Here comes the Americans in their rage! Hey, we TIFers in California should start a proposition for this, along with any other states that allow props, the rest of you write to your Congressmen. Handegg or even Footegg better than Football! "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 We'll rename it handegg if you start spelling your words properly. Sincerely,America EDIT: Spot the trolls. This debate is really old and equally ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sees_all1 Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 So, remind me again, what do you play with in rugby? 99 dungeoneering achieved, thanks to everyone that celebrated with me! ♪♪ Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thoughtHave some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself ♪♪♪♪ And I'm not doneAnd I won't be till my head falls off ♪♪ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millard Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 We'll rename it handegg if you start spelling your words properly. Sincerely,America EDIT: Spot the trolls. This debate is really old and equally ridiculous. I imagine you are referring to British English? If so, it is America who should start spelling our words properly, after all they are our words eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 We'll rename it handegg if you start spelling your words properly. Sincerely,America EDIT: Spot the trolls. This debate is really old and equally ridiculous. I imagine you are referring to British English? If so, it is America who should start spelling our words properly, after all they are our words eh? Don't you know we do everything better eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffwilson99 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 So, remind me again, what do you play with in rugby? A rugby ball? But once again Rugby is know and as Rugby Football sometimes, for example ORFU (Otago Rugby Football Union), but other times it isn't. Like NZRU (New Zealand Rugby Union). We'll rename it handegg if you start spelling your words properly. Sincerely,America EDIT: Spot the trolls. This debate is really old and equally ridiculous. I imagine you are referring to British English? If so, it is America who should start spelling our words properly, after all they are our words eh? Don't you know we do everything better eh And what are you on about? I'm guessing the "eh" is some sort of dig at Canada,, but what... :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 So, remind me again, what do you play with in rugby? A rugby ball? But once again Rugby is know and as Rugby Football sometimes, for example ORFU (Otago Rugby Football Union), but other times it isn't. Like NZRU (New Zealand Rugby Union). We'll rename it handegg if you start spelling your words properly. Sincerely,America EDIT: Spot the trolls. This debate is really old and equally ridiculous. I imagine you are referring to British English? If so, it is America who should start spelling our words properly, after all they are our words eh? Don't you know we do everything better eh And what are you on about? I'm guessing the "eh" is some sort of dig at Canada,, but what... :unsure: No more than T_Millard's was/might have been. Though if you haven't picked up on the sarcasm, I apologize. I must not be laying it on thick enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffwilson99 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I got the sarcasm, I'd be worried if it wasn't, I was wondering about the spelling part... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberly Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 I got the sarcasm, I'd be worried if it wasn't, I was wondering about the spelling part... Was sarcastic there as well. Hence 'spot the troll". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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