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According to a Wall Street Journal study of four recent broadcasts, and similar estimates by researchers, the average amount of time the ball is in play on the field during an NFL game is about 11 minutes.

In other words, if you tally up everything that happens between the time the ball is snapped and the play is whistled dead by the officials, there's barely enough time to prepare a hard-boiled egg. In fact, the average telecast devotes 56% more time to showing replays.

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shows why no one else likes slow boring American pussy rugby :P

they are only feeling bad, because even Mexico plays better then they do.

Shows why no one ever reads the NYT :P  Never were the best at math...

I realize this is just a flame bait topic, but ah well...One good thing american football has going for it is that there is no "divers".  Anyone who fakes an injury are ridiculed and called pussies directly to their face.  Soccer on the other hand worships divers.

In fact...now that I think about it, the people who do the most injury faking in american football are the kickers...who are all (ex)soccer players.  Personally I respect rugby(and all its variants) as well as hockey.  I also enjoy the occasional game of soccer, but watching all those effeminate men prancing about and rolling in the dirt crying like babies when people get within a mile of them sometimes makes me turn off the television in disgust.

It's not that I am all about violence in games either.  I just like to watch people playing giving 100% effort.  Players are less likely to slack off in sports where loafing around can end with you having a serious injury.  Every single second of those 11 minutes (if its even true), often have more action in them than at any given moment in most soccer games.


That said, I dislike professional football as well because once again, I think the players slack off entirely too much.  Fact of the matter is....the best american football is on the college level.  Bunch of guys going out there and pummeling each other for free...just for the sake of kicking the ass of their rival school.

Go watch Australian Football and Rugby Union/League and you will realize the difference between the athletes.  I have seen running back come out of the field and they need to use breathing masks after running 70yrds.  Even the slow players in rugby sprint 60 meters and they are still able to play the whole 80 minutes of nonstop running/tackling.

King Charley, American footbal it not the best sport in the world, and football(futbol) requires more physical and metal challenge than amercian football.  American football players are told what to do in the game, they can't think for themselves all they need to know how to do is follow directions.  In football, what you call soccer, in rugby, and australian football all the players must think and analyze the field while playing. They need to be smart and physicaly fit. American Football is far from being the best sport in the world.

", and football(futbol) requires more physical and metal challenge than amercian football."

I apologize for not picking up the sarcasam

and Sir Jangstrodomus it is obvious that you are american and haven't played a real football game in your life. I have played american football, football, australian football and rugby. American football doesn't require much brains.

Also, my friends that have played football all of their lives and even they know that on average a football play doesnt last more than 5 seconds

and yet americans seem only to love sports only americans play?? The Rest of the WORLD loves football (soccer to you tards) and you call them second rate <3 guess it shows you only like to play when you are 100% sure of a win eh

For your information i played football in the usa and started as defensive tackle. our team was state runner ups.  i quit pkayimg after the state championship because football was  not preparing me for rugby, and practices were a waste of time.  And i start in my rugby team in the usa, we are number 4 in the nation in the high school league.  i have experience to back up my opinion, unlike you i dont pull idea out of my ass. i know what im talking about. get some brains before you try to analyze other people.

I've played American Football, Football(soccer) and played some rugby in college but no league.  To be honest I had more fun playing soccer then any of the other sports.  But it's not as widely popular in the states as some could hope.  I also realized straight off that Rugby wasnt for me.  Shattered my wrist and got 2 concussions while I played.  Unlucky but I like having bones in my body.  Though it was extremely fun while I played.  When it comes down to it everyone is passionate about the games they like.  All I can say is I was fortunate enough to try some of them.

I was reading an ESPN magazine article on England where it said they play with honor and don't dive.  Just straight up skill and ability(from what my memory recalls).  Not diving like other European teams.  +1 for England in my book :)

23:03:05 Jun 11th 10 - Mr. Path:

Aha.  Sooo....that's why there has been 1016 direct (mostly brain, neck, spinal related) and 711 indirect (heat stroke/heart related)  fatalities in american football players since 1931, and under 80 rugby players died in the last 100 years.

Simply put, you are much more likely to get a scrape or bruise in rugby than you are in american football.  You can then show off your scar to people proudly.  If you are lucky, you maybe even get a cracked skull and broken bone or two.  Not having a helmet/padding leaves you vulnerable to these inconveniences.   On the other hand, american football is much more likely to be a real injury.  Vertebrae smashed into splinters, broken spinal cords, pelvic fractures, ruptured aortas, etc.

If you think people in rugby are hitting as hard as they do in american football, you are clearly deluded.  Go watch a match and tell me how many head to head contacts you see.  Then watch american football and pay attention to the same thing.

Shoulder checks and arm tackles....

btw Charley, I find your comment to be pretty funny.  Apparently people who choose not to play football are doing "something worthwhile with their lives".  Would you say the same thing for people choosing not to play soccer?  To me, it sounds like some football players gave you a hard time growing up so you have some sort of grudge.

Show us on the doll where they touched you

"us americans love football."

I agree, Thechamp. Football > American football.

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Hey, Path. The reason rugby players don't get hurt is because a fundamental aspect of rugby is learning how to hit properly so you dont get hurt. Everyone knows that the football pads are to hurt people rather than protect people. Think about it, what type of tackle do they teach the football players to do. Put your head in their chest and smash them down, only problem with that tackle is that you can break your neck doing so. In rugby their are three different types of tackles head-on(offensive) tackle, side tackle, and defensive tackle. neither of which require putting your neck and head in a position where they are likely to get hurt.  That is the reason rugby players dont get hurt. They are taught to play correctly and safely, rugby players start to get hurt when pathetic no good football player rejects decide that since they didnt make the football team they are going to play rugby.

You said it, head to head contact doesnt mean squat. The reason rugby players dont hit heads is because its idiotic to do so in the first place, secondly it would get nothing accomplished smashing your head into someone who is running at full speed towards you with whose mission is to stop you

we dont put our heads into their chest. we actually put it to the side and make them go down from the waist

what? all im saying is that if you dont like american football, then dont post

Thechamp, your american im guessing, correct? dont you guys have the first amendment that says you support freedom of speech or is that another amendment gone down the drain like the one that says your allowed the persuit of happiness. 

So please don't tell people what they can or cannot do, im fine with people giving their opinion no matter how harsh, but your nobody to tell people what to do.

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Charley, flame bait or not, you got some serious mental issues.  I was just curious if they were caused by football players.