WhiteBuffalo81 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

now THAT is silly. I'm imagining Maurice Jones-Drew at hooker, Vernon Davis at #8, Devon Hester on the wing!?! PSSSSHHH forget about it those guys would own any sport they played (of course only if they played it their whole lives)

WhiteBuffalo81 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

AMEN crs208, finally the first intelligent post I've read on Youtube about American football vs. rugby as opposed to rugby players just calling NFL players pussies AND vice versa. THEY ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT GAMES: Players in the NFL would die every week without helmets getting lit up on a deep pass, just as rugby players would get killed if there were blocking allowed in the game ie a lot more openfield blindside hits. I play rugby and love it but I will never call an NFL player a "PUSSY"

crs208 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

When american footie first started they used no pads, eventually some players started using leather caps and soft pads to protect their heads and shoulders, wait a minute, isn't that what approxomatly 60% of rugby players do now, use protective padding for protection, to prevent injury and enhance their longevity in the sport? I've played both, and do prefer Rugby over the latter, because rugby demands a more well rounded athlete.

crs208 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

American Football or Grid Iron, as many other nations call it, has many differences in rules for contact. You don't have to wrap tackle, headbutts and leading with your head are legal, and leaping into the air to make a catch, expect to be blasted, because it's legal to get hit while in the air. These are deemed dangerous play in rugby(and are in any sport). Rugby chose to outlaw these dangers where as American football chooses to embrace these actions and selected padding to protect the players

rajantolani (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

American Football players are PUSSY they need padding where rugby players Don't need tht shit it's just constant hard hitting so You yanks do the math ? which ones better.

XZXTHELEGENDXZX (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Listen , they did the same to soccer , NOTHIN HAPPENED

zmsays (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm sure there's a lot of passion in those sports, but for american football in the US (particularly in states such as Texas and Florida) kids as young as 15 years old spend 2+ hours a day training and lifting 6 days a week.

spacifical (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I have a feeling SA,Aussie and NZ would still rule the rugby world even if it became the most popular sport in the US.Although they would no doubt be a rugby giant,I just can't imagine rugby being played any better then the way the Southern Hemisphere teams do at the moment.

hatzinwondering (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

dude no doubt. "A Football Team: 11 guys pretending to be hurt for 90 minutes A Rugby Team: 15 brothers pretending not to be hurt for 80 minutes" thats the fuckin truth.

marciano2002 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

d allblaccks are d best...but pumas...rocks oops...