Originally Posted by
chalice
American Rugby would be closer to the mark, I reckons.
Nope.
'American' is disallowed,
'rugby' is in use; besides which, the ball is more pumpkin-ish.
As an aside, I've always heard rugby players are envious of the comparitively svelte ball we use to play...um,
our game.
Originally Posted by
devilsadvocate
Calling it football originated in the game's infancy when official rules had yet to be employed. It rose from a favored method of bringing members of the opposite team down by kicking certain sensitive parts of the body. The same tackling method led to the invention of the armored athletic cup.
It's true I tell you.
I novel solution; I like it.
Kind of like pricking your finger while another might be fingering his prick.
As it were.
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