I know that football has "plays" and playbooks that negotiate strategies to avoid the other teams defensive line. I would argue that the only intellectual aspect of football and grace involves the running back and the quarter back, that takes talent and strategy. The rest, including the receivers, do not have to be terribly intelligent to do what they do...avoid apes or destroy them. I am not insulting football, I like watching it too at times, it has its virtues, however in my opinion it really doesn't hold a candle to "soccer" or better known as futbol. Football gets boring because its interrupted so many times by the mere logic of the game, its so ridiculously labour intensive that I can't imagine myself playing it. Futbol is a game ANYONE can play, and anyone can imagine playing. To me, this is not merely an issue of the virtues of the actual game but who these games represent.
Football = rich, every American is rich even the poor kids you mentored by world standards. You need a certain level of nutrition, body mass, a oddly shaped ball that essentially can only be bought, and expensive equipment.
Futbal= the game of the masses, all you need is a ball, two feet, and a quick mind. The ball is an actual ball, meaning it can be made of just about anything, you don't need any equipment, and most important its more intellectual because it forces YOU to think and develop your own skills...not those found in a book.
Futbal > Football in my books...its not only a game its a way of life.
This is the "know-it-all's" opinion and it has been written.
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by
Nick86 on
07/01/2008 12:50:33 PM EST
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