American Football: Don't post in this thread if you are American

[pavyracer]

I'm trying to get a feeling of American Football's popularity in other countries.

Is it on TV?

Is it discussed in newspapers?

Do people talk about it with friends when they go out?

How many people know the rules?

Is it taught as a game at the High School Level?

Again if you are American don't post any stupid comments. We don't need to turn this into a garbage thread.

[SportsMushroom]

I live in europe, i've been to a few countries within the union and nowhere have i seen an american football team, met anyone that plays it, knows about it or cares about it

not taught in schools, not played in colleges or universities, not shown on tv

to be honest its entertaining to watch but i would never play it or want anyone i care about playing it, you end up with permanent injuries and brain damage from all the hits in the head, just look at brett favre

[DeeWizzle]

okay

[brxbmbers42]

canadians need not answer in this thread. they are just America's hat. so they don't matter

[Jordan23]

canadians need not answer in this thread. they are just America's hat. so they don't matter

Agreed!

[Squirrel]

Is it on TV?

Yeah. Sunday Night Football is live on Free to air TV, 2 Sunday games and Monday Night Football are both live on subscription channels. Every playoff game is on PayTV too (PayTV is part of the channel that carries EPL and all the other big sports).

Is it discussed in newspapers?

Nope, very rarely - gets a bit of coverage on the BBC and Sky internet sites but usually gets about 3 inches of column space per week in newspapers, superbowl review usually gets a full page.

Do people talk about it with friends when they go out?

Nah, never seen it in my social circles anyway - as you would expect most of the sports chatter amongst friends is "soccer" related, aswell as any other big tournaments that might be happening in other majority sports like Cricket.

How many people know the rules?

Most people who watch it do, the fanbase in general is very small and spread wide in this country but ALOT of people I know who like the game know the game inside out, probably on a par with your average American viewer.

Is it taught as a game at the High School Level?

Nope, never has been and never will be - too many other sports take priority for obvious reasons. If you want to take it up you just generally have to join up with the few teams there are down the South of the country and play thatta way.[/quote]

Views from England

[SoV]

I'm trying to get a feeling of American Football's popularity in other countries.

Is it on TV?

Is it discussed in newspapers?

Do people talk about it with friends when they go out?

How many people know the rules?

Is it taught as a game at the High School Level?

Again if you are American don't post any stupid comments. We don't need to turn this into a garbage thread.

1. Yes, they do show some games on Sky. All playoff games.

2. Might be a small column or something. NFL is on the weekends, like major footy so footy news takes obvious precedence.

3. Not really. Football is much more popular. Cricket, Darts, Rugby, F1 etc. get talked about more.

4. Been living in the US for 2 years now so I know most of the rules. Still need to ask sometimes though. But if you ask someone on the street, I'd say they wouldn't know.

5. Nope, other sports are more popular. Instead of American Football, lads usually play rugby.

[SoV]

Wait, they have NFL on ITV?

[Squirrel]

Wait, they have NFL on ITV?

No, SNF has been on Channel 4 all season

[Domestic]

1. Three Sunday games are shown live on free to air and the Monday Night game is shown on ESPN which is a pay channel here in Australia. All playoff games are live. There are also a few college games shown each week on ESPN.

2. Very rarely, a little towards super bowl time.

3. Not sure, none of my friends are that into sports.

4. Usually just the kids that play Madden lol, I probably know about five or six people that know the rules in proper detail.

5. No but some Universities have a casual team

[Le_Donk]

I'm trying to get a feeling of American Football's popularity in other countries.

1.Is it on TV?

2.Is it discussed in newspapers?

3.Do people talk about it with friends when they go out?

4.How many people know the rules?

5.Is it taught as a game at the High School Level?

Again if you are American don't post any stupid comments. We don't need to turn this into a garbage thread.

1. they only show the superbowl in free tv, but its pretty lame coz the broadcaster sucks balls

2. nope, but the biggest german paper reports regulary about lingerie football

3. nope , they dont even know the names of the team

4. only a few

5. no, we played rugby for fun in school

i think the lack of intresst comes that there arent any good international players in the nfl and in general europeans dont like sports with a lot of breaks.

[FourLengthsClear]

I love it (hate basketball, baseball and Hockey).

American Football has a keen but quite small following in the UK. It is not played in schools and is not really a topic of discussion for anyone outside those keen followers.

Channel 4 (terrestrial TV) show the late Sunday game live during the regular season.
Sky Sports (Satelite broadcaster with about 25% market penetration) show on average 3 other matches per week live including every playoff game.
The Superbowl is also shown live on the BBC.

Newspaper coverage is patchy and fairly basic.

[Squirrel]

I love it (hate basketball, baseball and Hockey). American Football has a keen but quite small following in the UK. It is not played in schools and is not really a topic of discussion for anyone outside those keen followers. Channel 4 (terrestrial TV) show the late Sunday game live during the regular season. Sky Sports (Satelite broadcaster with about 25% market penetration) show on average 3 other matches per week live including every playoff game. The Superbowl is also shown live on the BBC. Newspaper coverage is patchy and fairly basic.

Fellow Brit

[forsberg21]

canadians need not answer in this thread. they are just America's hat. so they don't matter

And the US is just Canada's pants

[SoV]

Fellow Brit

Ingerland is full of shite!

[Squirrel]

Ingerland is full of shite!

WTF? TRAITOR!!!!!!!!

[maxcraft]

@OP - Never heard you pal.. Who are you?

[horseexpert]

A true mans game. That's why not many know about it in other countries

[bruceBRUCEbruce]

Born and raised in Italy, haven't lived there for a half dozen years, but when I was a lad American football coverage was non-existent. Nobody knows the game, the rules, etc. The American sport that got the most coverage was basketball/NBA.

[maxcraft]

Soccer is for sissies.. Euros are sissies.. They are fukking soft and they have no backbone.. obviously they will embrace the softest sport of all time which is Sucker/Soccer...

They will never ever understand American Football because it's a true man's game..

Only one sport exists in their life which is the faggy Soccer..

[latinrus]

I'm trying to get a feeling of American Football's popularity in other countries.

Is it on TV?

Is it discussed in newspapers?

Do people talk about it with friends when they go out?

How many people know the rules?

Is it taught as a game at the High School Level?

Again if you are American don't post any stupid comments. We don't need to turn this into a garbage thread.

In Latin America

1 - Yes there are games on cable TV cause of ESPN and Fox.
2 - Never saw nothing about NFL in newspapers, most of times the talk about soccer the national league or the european leagues. A lot when it CL!
3 - Never heard someone talk about NFL. Maybe about NBA or even MLB.
4 - I think no one has an idea of what are the rules, maybe just the fans! I just learn about it cause of betting.
5 - No, they play other sports depending of the country, mostly futbol, in some places basketball or baseball.


In Russia.


1 - Never seen it on TV just on paid TV.
2 - U'll never see NFL on a newspaper. They write about soccer, hockey, basketball and they talk a lot of biathlon and winter sports in winter.
3 - they don't even know the name of the league.
4 - If someone know is just maybe cause of betting or some other reasons!
5 - No,they usually play hockey as one of the most popular ones, ice skating, and everything related to winter. Soccer has his place here and also Basketball!

[gman2114]

To sum it up for you.

If people do not speak english, they don't care about USA or to a very less degree USA sports.

[latinrus]

To sum it up for you.

If people do not speak english, they don't care about USA or to a very less degree USA sports.

Even if the do speak English they don't care much!

[bruceBRUCEbruce]

Euros are sissies..

They will never ever understand American Football because it's a true man's game..

Only one sport exists in their life which is the faggy Soccer..

We call American football "soft-boy rugby." Because rugby is a tougher sport than the pad-wearing pansies who play American football. Some of these American footballers would be running off the rugby fields, crying for their mommas if they had the balls to take off their pads and play rugby abroad...

[bconngemini]

Soccer is for sissies.. Euros are sissies.. They are fukking soft and they have no backbone.. obviously they will embrace the softest sport of all time which is Sucker/Soccer...

They will never ever understand American Football because it's a true man's game..

Only one sport exists in their life which is the faggy Soccer..

A real manly man finally steps up!

Its not just euros who are sissies, its also africans, asians, south americans, basically every man not born in the US is not a truly masculine man because they all think soccer is manly. THe fact that no foreigner plays in the NFl except in the sissies position (kicker) is undeniable proof that non-americans are feminine. That's why AMerica wins in all wars and dominates the world as a masculine superpower.

[Vaughany]

American Football is a terrible sport! Nothing worse than seeing English dudes tryin to play American Football and walking around with Giant's jerseys that hang down to their knees!

[SoV]

WTF? TRAITOR!!!!!!!!

The reaction I was hoping for.

And yes, I definitely feel more intimidated by the first two guys than the second:






GO TEAM GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

HERE WE GO TEAM, HERE WE GO!

D-FENCE! D-FENCE!

[SoV]

We call American football "soft-boy rugby." Because rugby is a tougher sport than the pad-wearing pansies who play American football. Some of these American footballers would be running off the rugby fields, crying for their mommas if they had the balls to take off their pads and play rugby abroad...

Is right.

No padding like these American pansies!

[bconngemini]

The reaction I was hoping for. And yes, I definitely feel more intimidated by the first two guys than the second: GO TEAM GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HERE WE GO TEAM, HERE WE GO! D-FENCE! D-FENCE!

Are you kidding me, that's no even a soccer fan. A NFL fan would beat up 10 soccer fans easily. A NFL player would beat up 10 soccer players easily. You are kidding yourself if you deny this, time to accept that soccer is unmanly sissy sport while football is for men.

[ouman101]

We call American football "soft-boy rugby." Because rugby is a tougher sport than the pad-wearing pansies who play American football. Some of these American footballers would be running off the rugby fields, crying for their mommas if they had the balls to take off their pads and play rugby abroad...

Rugby is actually the safer of the two, because they don't wear helmets. There are far less head injuries in Rugby because people don't tackle leading with their heads. If the NFL really wanted to get rid of helmet to helmet hits, they would get rid of the helmet. Lets see how many guys go diving head first at each other without a helmet.

I definitely have respect for rugby players.

[SoV]

Are you kidding me, that's no even a soccer fan. A NFL fan would beat up 10 soccer fans easily. A NFL player would beat up 10 soccer players easily. You are kidding yourself if you deny this, time to accept that soccer is unmanly sissy sport while football is for men.

That's not a soccer fan?

http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2010/10/14/2165244/serbian-hooligan-ivan-bogdanov-i-have-nothing-against-italy

Shove it up your prick kisser!

[Pareto]

In Denmark there is a lot of focus on NFL. There is shown three live games every sunday, and MNF + the thursday game. I love the game and watch as much as I can.

I know most of the rules, however there are still a few where I am not sure. Such as which events are challengable, and the "ineligible player downfield" penalty.

It is not taught at high school level. I played a little rugby in high school, but never any american football.

[Vaughany]

Are you kidding me, that's no even a soccer fan. A NFL fan would beat up 10 soccer fans easily. A NFL player would beat up 10 soccer players easily. You are kidding yourself if you deny this, time to accept that soccer is unmanly sissy sport while football is for men.

hahahahah Are you 12 years old?

[bruceBRUCEbruce]

Rugby is actually the safer of the two, because they don't wear helmets. There are far less head injuries in Rugby because people don't tackle leading with their heads. If the NFL really wanted to get rid of helmet to helmet hits, they would get rid of the helmet. Lets see how many guys go diving head first at each other without a helmet.

I definitely have respect for rugby players.

Completely agree about the head/helmet thing as far as rugby goes.

I imagine most of the typically ignorant Americans in this thread have never seen a rugby match...

You don't see Rugby fans here starting threads about why pussy American footballers have to wear so many pads if they're such tough guys...

[ouman101]

Completely agree about the head/helmet thing as far as rugby goes. I imagine most of the typically ignorant Americans in this thread have never seen a rugby match... You don't see Rugby fans here starting threads about why pussy American footballers have to wear so many pads if they're such tough guys...

I'm actually surprised the US doesn't have a professional rugby league. Pretty much all the high schools (at least around me) and most of the colleges have rugby teams. I guess the players just go to Europe if they want to play professionally Not sure.

I don't think football players are pussies for wearing pads. Its just a difference in the sport. Kind of like comparing cricket to baseball.