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Originally Posted by Wildcat!
I prefer American Football. And for me, I moved to the US, when I was like 13. And I hated american football. I didnt understand it, and thought it was too slow. But I got into it, because everyone in my High school, went to the game, every friday, and the whole town was into it. THen i started understanding the game, and got into collegfe football, NFL, and Madden video games.
When you understand the game, the plays, and stategies behind it, its an amazing sport, and soccer is boring and simple compared to it.
But again, you really have to live it, to appreciate it. I dont see, anyone who doesnt live in the United states, prefering it to soccer.
And My Username, stands for Arizona Wildcats BTW. A College Football team!  |
Yeah, this. My Dad got quite into the NFL Europa league and he took me to a couple of London Monarchs (or English Monarchs as they became) when I was very little. That was my first taste of the game, but naturally at the age I had very little idea as to what was happening.
I started following the sport seriously about 3 or 4 years ago, although I'd been something of a casual supporter until then (I'd been a Broncos fan since visiting Denver when I was younger). I found it a little hard to get into at first, but, like you said, once you truly start to understand the finer aspects of the game, thats when you really enjoy it. It annoys me now when people compare the game to rugby because there's such huge differences in the two games. I've only been to one NFL game (besides the Monarchs game) and that was the Chargers vs Saints game at Wembley two years ago, I was away when the other two were on, but I'm going to see the Broncos take on the 49ers in October at Wembley which I cant wait for
I definately now prefer it to English football, and, Wildcat, I think you'd be surprised at the number of people that do. I'm on a couple of UK NFL forums (although only one that I really use) and there's thousands of people who prefer it