Now That You Argue About Soccer Being Football

[j4y3m]

Originally posted by hobbes+14 May 2004 - 00:42--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hobbes @ 14 May 2004 - 00:42)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Lamsey@13 May 2004 - 11:31
The funny thing about all these other forms of football is that they allow the use of the arms. Surely they should be called handball


edited to insert grammar

Does the foot actually ever touch the ball in soccer?

No, the shoe does.

Socker was close as it is closer to the ball than the foot, but perhaps "shoeball" is better.

I think we should strive to name each sport as a literal description of the game. Golf should be called, "whack ball with firm rod".

A regressed 4th gen noob:

For example, a throw in football usually means a throw-in or a goalie throwing it. Whereas a thro in american football means one of the out field type guys (quarterbacks or whatever) throwing it...

Out field guys? An outfielder is a baseball position. And yes they will throw the ball to the infield.

In American football, the "throw" is called a "pass".

At a bar, "throwing a pass" means flirting with a woman.



directly staring at the boobs is probably a bit forward. [/b][/quote]
I&#39;d imagine when the game first started it was just played by kids with now shoes or anything on so they name it football and the name stuck.

[J'Pol]

To throw in cricket is to bowl incorectly.

However there is obviously another type of bowling, which is played on an alley.

Or grass, which is know as a rink.

Which of course would be be also used for skating.

Which they do in hockey.

Unless it is played on grass.

Like cricket.

Where to bowl incorrectly is known as throwing.