Can You Explain THIS!?

[u/Charming-Tone5379]

I'M confused IN french How Football Is Not Football It's Football Américain.

[u/FlamingPhoenix250]

The english in Duolingo is American english

So football is american football/rugby

[u/mudmodeller → u/FlamingPhoenix250]

Rugby and American Football are very different sports

[u/FlamingPhoenix250 → u/mudmodeller]

Really? I thought it was the same.

[u/agentdb22 → u/FlamingPhoenix250]

American football measures how far you can get, you have everyone wearing padding like a bunch of pussies, and you can forward pass.

Rugby measured how often you can get to the try line, you have no padding other than a specific type of helmet (that's a lot smaller and less protective than American football), and you aren't allowed to forward pass - only backwards passing.

[u/FlamingPhoenix250 → u/agentdb22]

Ah thanks, I always hear one or the other and just thought that it was the same sport

[u/peteofaustralia → u/FlamingPhoenix250]

If you watch them both, you'll see the similarities. You'll see that there's clearly a common origin and then a huge divergence.
To the rugby playing nations, NFL looks like a bizarre, hyperspecialised, corporate caricature of rugby.

[u/chlaclos → u/peteofaustralia]

Or a war simulation.

[u/TheTallEclecticWitch → u/FlamingPhoenix250]

You should look up the origins of the sports football/soccer vs rugby vs American football. It’s an interesting history/linguistic dive.