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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7888187" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>There is significant intelligence required from many of the positions on an Gridiron football team, but the scoring system is not that different from Rugby League, which is not surprising because back before we broke from the crown they were basically the same sport. They just evolved and got formally codified differently.</p><p></p><p>"Touchdown" (Try in Rugby): 6 points, versus 4 points in Rugby League</p><p>"Extra Point" (Goal Kick in Rugby): 1 point, versus 2 points in Rugby League</p><p>"Field Goal" (Drop Goal in Rugby): 3 points, versus 1 point in Rugby League</p><p>"Safety" (Penalty in Rugby): 2 points, also 2 points in Rugby League</p><p></p><p>Now, as for the intelligence required, Gridiron football is the most tactically complex sport on the planet, owing to the fact that it relies so heavily on complex set pieces and relatively little on improvisation.</p><p></p><p>To give an example for the unversed that might give a glimpse into this:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]hmkJYpa9G_g[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>The real dump stat in Grid Iron football compared to Rugby or Soccer is Constitution. On the spectrum of the importance of power versus the importance of endurance, American football is much closer to Sumo Wrestling than Soccer (with Rugby in the middle). It is a mistake to assume those fat guys in American Football aren't dexterous and fast. They may weigh 320lb but they are plenty graceful. What they can't necessarily do is run continuously for long periods.</p><p></p><p>Incidentally, that's one of the problems soccer has catching on in the US. In the US there is a bias that for a sport to be manly, it requires a man of significant size to play it well. Soccer with its emphasis on endurance and speed tends to favor smaller men, which goes against the American stereotype of a roughly 6'4" 240lb man as being ideal in physique.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7888187, member: 4937"] There is significant intelligence required from many of the positions on an Gridiron football team, but the scoring system is not that different from Rugby League, which is not surprising because back before we broke from the crown they were basically the same sport. They just evolved and got formally codified differently. "Touchdown" (Try in Rugby): 6 points, versus 4 points in Rugby League "Extra Point" (Goal Kick in Rugby): 1 point, versus 2 points in Rugby League "Field Goal" (Drop Goal in Rugby): 3 points, versus 1 point in Rugby League "Safety" (Penalty in Rugby): 2 points, also 2 points in Rugby League Now, as for the intelligence required, Gridiron football is the most tactically complex sport on the planet, owing to the fact that it relies so heavily on complex set pieces and relatively little on improvisation. To give an example for the unversed that might give a glimpse into this: [MEDIA=youtube]hmkJYpa9G_g[/MEDIA] The real dump stat in Grid Iron football compared to Rugby or Soccer is Constitution. On the spectrum of the importance of power versus the importance of endurance, American football is much closer to Sumo Wrestling than Soccer (with Rugby in the middle). It is a mistake to assume those fat guys in American Football aren't dexterous and fast. They may weigh 320lb but they are plenty graceful. What they can't necessarily do is run continuously for long periods. Incidentally, that's one of the problems soccer has catching on in the US. In the US there is a bias that for a sport to be manly, it requires a man of significant size to play it well. Soccer with its emphasis on endurance and speed tends to favor smaller men, which goes against the American stereotype of a roughly 6'4" 240lb man as being ideal in physique. [/QUOTE]
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