Real football
Not minding the physical macho aspect, how can you call picking up and running with a ball for football?
shareBecause you run with your feet. "Football" (all versions; American, rugby, soccer) is called such because it is played on foot as opposed to horseback (which was popular at the time all these sports were invented). The term has nothing to do with kicking the ball.
shareBy that definition, handball would mean you run with your hands, carrying the ball with your feet.
Fighting a religious war is like fighting over whose imaginary friend is better.
I have no idea what "handball" is but while that seems to make sense (somewhat), football is a specific type of sport from a specific period of time. Football is actually a genre of sports and not a singular sport (i.e. rugby football, association football, American football) and was named as a comparison to equestrian sports (i.e. polo, jousting) and not sports holding balls.
shareHandball is the baby of basketball and football, where you drible the ball and throw it at a goal. By that proximation, American football and rugby have more in common with handball than with association football.
Fighting a religious war is like fighting over whose imaginary friend is better.
You do realize soccer is actually a British word and their invention to separate it from rugby (of which Am. football evolved from). As was said it is football because it is played on foot and not on horseback. Handball evolved from something else completely and is not of a British tradition and while these names might seem weird now they have a history behind them that makes sense.
It's ridiculous to be demanding these terms to make sense in current standards when they were invented centuries ago in a different day and age. Stop being a douche-nozzle and accept that that Am. football is football as much as soccer is.
Ha. :)
I know you're being facetious, of course, but it does work with his/her reasoning. Handball was likely named such to differentiate btwn sports that use an alt. apparatus, i.e. a stick, bat or racket. I didn't really connect it all until I read his/her explanation.
All makes perfect sense to me, especially given the era in which these names were adopted. ;)
90% of all sports is running with your feet. Actually it is much easier to name sports which is not played on foot (cycling, polo, motorsports being few of the examples).
shareAhhh... very cool! I know it would've just taken a few keystrokes to Google this on the Internet, but I didn't even think to (and some folk are just lazy). Makes perfect sense! Thank you for sharing.
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