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The Official World Cup 2006 Thread

BakedBeans said:
I was jabbing at the use of the word soccer.

I don't even get the rules to baseball really, and what i do know i don't really like. Basketball is a really good game.
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Baseball is a great sport, fun to watch even better to play.
 
BakedBeans said:
A game called football where you use your hands.....
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Actually, you could use your hands in the original version of Association Football, as set by the Football Association in 1863 – Law 8 stated...

If a player makes a fair catch, he shall be entitled to a free kick, provided he claims it by making a mark with his heel at once; and in order to take such a kick he may go back as far as he pleases, and no player on the opposite side shall advance beyond his mark until he has kicked.
 
Me thinks rugby would be more similar to the old type of football.

It is obvious that American football has its roots in rugby style football.
 
MacsRgr8 said:
Me thinks rugby would be more similar to the old type of football.

It is obvious that American football has its roots in rugby style football.
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American football is more tackle and stop the ball as Rugby is more a kick and pass and avoid getting stopped. But the basic principals are similar.
 
MacNut said:
American football is more tackle and stop the ball as Rugby is more a kick and pass and avoid getting stopped. But the basic principals are similar.
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Yes, they have both evolved into different games, but it is quite obvious they are "related".
 
MacsRgr8 said:
Yes, they have both evolved into different games, but it is quite obvious they are "related".
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1869
Rutgers and Princeton played a college soccer football game, the first ever, November 6. The game used modified London Football Association rules. During the next seven years, rugby gained favor with the major eastern schools over soccer, and modern football began to develop from rugby.
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1876
At the Massasoit convention, the first rules for American football were written. Walter Camp, who would become known as the father of American football, first became involved with the game.
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http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1869-1910
 
MacNut said:
American football is more tackle and stop the ball as Rugby is more a kick and pass and avoid getting stopped. But the basic principals are similar.
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There is a game called Rugby League (not Rugby Union) which has a limited number of tackles per phase of play.

Rugby league consists of an attacking team who has possession of the ball and a defending team who must attempt to stop the attacking team from scoring. In order to score points the attacking team must move up field. To do this they use a combination of kicking and running head-on into the defensive line to either force back the defence or break the defensive line. The defending team must devise tactics to limit the effectiveness of the attacking team's ball running and kicking.
The attacking team has six chances to attempt to score. The defending team tries to stop the attacking team from scoring by tackling the player with the ball. When a player is tackled, the entire defending team, with the exception of two markers, must move back 10 metres towards their in-goal area. The tackled player must then play the ball.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League
 
Silencio said:
The official in the Netherlands/Argentina game was letting contact like that go all game long.
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IMO that game was a good example of an official letting the players play, but still maintaining control of the game.

I wish FIFA would experiment w/a 5th official in a replay booth to instantly review suspect calls. The diving/acting is all too common, rewards unsportsman like conduct, and can unfairly change the flow of the game.


Lethal
 
This is the wattle, the emblem of our land, you can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand. AMEN!!

Crack a tube Bruce!!!


CARN STRAYA!!!
 
MacsRgr8 said:
It is obvious that American football has its roots in rugby style football.
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But Rugby, Union anyway, is just way more exciting. The game flows like football does. American Foorball is just; one minute preparation, five seconds action, repeated for hours as far as I can see. All the passion and spontaneity's gone from it.

BTW, am I the only one here watching Japan vs. Brazil?
 
MacsRgr8 said:
Ya know... that should have been a penalty.
He was hanging on to Viduka like his life depended on it.
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Brilliant tackle - for a a rugby player.

Blow your whistle ref!!
 
Jaffa Cake said:
Nope, that's the game we've got on too. Don't the Brazilians look odd in their white shorts?
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I thought that at first, but I've already got used to it :)
 
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