because who gives a shit.
that's why.
the important thing is that it's better than soccer. that "sport" where grown men pretend to cry and flop about anytime someone so much as grazes them while going for the ball.
is this a professional contact game or a ballet recital?
What's more sad is that in the Premier League in the UK alone, the player salaries are enough to feed multiple small nations.
What's with all the protection then?
Rugby is closer to HandEgg than football. And I agree there are too many prima donnas in football.
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So that they can hit a fuck ton harder. Football is actually more dangerous than Rugby and players are more prone to injury because the pads aren't used as protection so much as an excuse to slam into people with excruciating force.
Except for the quarterbacks and kickers. They're almost as whiny as soccer players.
In America we glorify violence, so obviously we would go overkill with tackles.
It even went so far that there was a "bounty" put on targeted players that if you injure them, you get paid to do so.
Zxanphorian,
Are you a Steelers fan? I ask because I was a Houston Oilers fan. If you are a Steelers fan that could then give us "even more reason" to disagree with each other and thus we could hate each other on an even higher level! God knows Oilers fans strongly dislike the Steelers. That would still leave you a couple levels under XenoPhreak or whatever that guys name is though. But you're better than him. Surely you can get higher on my "I really hate that guy" list. Maybe you can move to Austin and live in a tent near City Hall!
What's with all the protection then?
Rugby is closer to HandEgg than football. And I agree there are too many prima donnas in football.
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Lets see if anyone spots the deliberate contradiction.
My guess this also applies to Pens and PhillyIf you live in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia especially, you better not speak ill of the other team in the other city, unless you want an all-out brawl. Al would probably know exactly what I am talking about.