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HearstFan · 2012-04-14T20:20:42-07:00

To the point of the league trying to limit dangerous and big hits, and the very mention of possibly getting rid of the kick-off. IMHO, the league has lost site of the core reason why we watch the game -- COURAGE -- this goes for both males and females. The league has tried to gain a wider audience by making the game more high scoring and reducing the "violence" of the game to appeal to more females. BUT, the very reason that football has such a huge audience -- and is different than any other team sport -- is that we admire the players because we know it takes toughness and courage to play the game; to play a game that risks big hits and injury. To go on the field against other superb athletes, tough athletes, ready to physically challenge each other for dominance on every play. And players have to be able to carry out their assignments while under the duress of phyiscal fatigue and with the risk of taking a big hit. At what point is the game so watered down that the risks of injury so minute that it no longer takes much courage to play? At that point, it is no longer football, its soccer with plays, its basketball. And the die-hard fans that make football so unique, and profitable, dies with it.

Apr 16, 2012 at 8:44 PM

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SonocoNinerFan
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Originally posted by Aussie49ah:

Originally posted by SonocoNinerFan:

Originally posted by Aussie49ah:
I think the main reason is the fact it's a part of the culture, you guys are brought up on football just like Australians are raised on AFL It becomes a part of you from the first time you kick a footy with your old man then in the schoolyard with your mates etc. It's always there no matter how bad your week has been it can be turned around by your team getting a W

Anyone ever watched an AFL game? Think we might have you on the physicality levels

I've watched some and yes Aussie rules football is crazy physical . . . as is Rugby. I played football as an offensive lineman, usually center, for 12 seasons and never had worse than bruises and hyper-extensions. I played Rugby for two years and was done after I severely compressed some vertebrae during a scrum. I've been going to a chiropractor a couple time a year ever since.

Yea rugby is insane.... Bloke was killed in a NRL game over east on the weekend from a tackle.

Jesus . . .

Apr 18, 2012 at 9:56 PM

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SFTifoso
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Some guy once said "Mountain Climbing, Bull Fighting, and Race Car Driving are the only true sports. Everything else is just are just games." I would add Football that list.

Apr 20, 2012 at 4:39 AM

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Originally posted by SFTifoso:
Some guy once said "Mountain Climbing, Bull Fighting, and Race Car Driving are the only true sports. Everything else is just are just games." I would add Football that list.

Bull fighting is questionable. I don't like that the bull fighter fights the bull after it has been stabbed and bled for a long time before the fighter steps in the ring.

Fight the bull at 100%. Not at 20%.

Apr 20, 2012 at 5:35 AM

#34

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Originally posted by blizzuntz:
Originally posted by SFTifoso:
Some guy once said "Mountain Climbing, Bull Fighting, and Race Car Driving are the only true sports. Everything else is just are just games." I would add Football that list.

Bull fighting is questionable. I don't like that the bull fighter fights the bull after it has been stabbed and bled for a long time before the fighter steps in the ring.

Fight the bull at 100%. Not at 20%.

I don't see bullfighting as a sport. It is actually quite disgusting.

Apr 20, 2012 at 7:45 AM

#35

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None of the above.

I watch it because 11 people must execute in order to reach a common goal; while 11 others are trying to F up their plan.

Apr 20, 2012 at 10:32 AM

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49erstrandedinclev
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Originally posted by Aussie49ah:
I think the main reason is the fact it's a part of the culture, you guys are brought up on football just like Australians are raised on AFL It becomes a part of you from the first time you kick a footy with your old man then in the schoolyard with your mates etc. It's always there no matter how bad your week has been it can be turned around by your team getting a W

Anyone ever watched an AFL game? Think we might have you on the physicality levels

Grew up in Australia I still try to catch some Australian rules football games now that I live in Cleveland and just added fox sports soccer channel just so I can watch the NRL.

Apr 20, 2012 at 10:34 AM

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49erstrandedinclev
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I watch a lot of games because I bet money on them

Apr 20, 2012 at 4:41 PM

#38

est1985
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I watch because it's easier than porn to masterbate to.

Apr 20, 2012 at 4:44 PM

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49erstrandedinclev
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Apr 22, 2012 at 2:09 PM

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Wodwo
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Originally posted by D_Niner:
None of the above.

I watch it because 11 people must execute in order to reach a common goal; while 11 others are trying to F up their plan.

This combined with the strategy aspect for me.

Apr 22, 2012 at 3:58 PM

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I think I'm more of a Niner fan than a football fan. The only reason I watch other teams is to "scout them." If it wasn't for the Niners, I dont know that I would even watch football.

When I do watch the Niners, I like everything. Its the dynamic of all the little things coming together and the pay off of the "big play."

[ Edited by Oakland-Niner on Apr 22, 2012 at 4:04 PM ]

Apr 23, 2012 at 1:02 PM

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TheGoldStandard
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Originally posted by Young2Rice:
The 49ers

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Feb 18, 2015 at 6:24 PM

#43

slowriot
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Game plan and strategy. There's no other game on Earth like this one.

Feb 18, 2015 at 8:06 PM

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Antix
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Its complex simplicity.

Feb 18, 2015 at 9:26 PM

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BodhiPaddlesOut
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Originally posted by SFTifoso:
Some guy once said "Mountain Climbing, Bull Fighting, and Race Car Driving are the only true sports. Everything else is just are just games." I would add Football that list.

Can confirm: wrote my senior project's paper explaining why NASCAR is a sport.