I Think I've Offically Made Enemies of My New Neighbors.

[KnightShade]

Soccer came from ASoccer the nickname for Association Football which is what it was called when the 19th century middle class got ahold of it

[Jorick]

ohwellinthatcase
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immamakeyoucrysogoodbabygurl

;D

[Whetfeather]

I like V's explanation better. I now Imagine Sock Ball. It's a glorius sports played by people wearing nothing but socks. The more socks, the better.

Hot soccer players wearing nothing but socks? I agree with this as well.

[Hellis]

Actually, American football has it's origin from Rugby

You don't say :3

[Rainaa]

Soccer came from ASoccer the nickname for Association Football which is what it was called when the 19th century middle class got ahold of it

Slang theory wins.

[Squee]

Actually, American football has it's origin from Rugby football where you use your feet to kick the ball over the goal lines to score. It's been upped and revamped since then, kind of like a language. We now have the concept of scrimmage, four downs, and all of that. But there is a REASON the sport is called football, and it's not because of the ball we use. You can check the ancestry back to the 1600's as well. Go ahead, I'll be waiting. c:

But the football was made a certain way do it'd be easier to kick.
It would make sense that one would assume that that is why it is called that way.

Also.
How's your smut writing going?

[vslayer]

I like V's explanation better. I now Imagine Sock Ball. It's a glorius sports played by people wearing nothing but socks. The more socks, the better.

Really good players also have ornaments on them like dear antlers.

[Hellis]

We are on to something here V.

[Bela]

Oh hush you. I am just stating the obvious truth. You cannot handle it because it means you have to add a second word to your sport. And that would require increased effort on your side .

I will point out, again, that there already is a second name. It's called Gridiron. Although it's usually left to the rougher games of football in which the rules tend to be overlooked, Gridiron is officially a term for American Football.

I would also like to draw attention to the fact that while your "Football" was indeed first, our "Football" was a derivative of it or rather a derivative of a derivative. A splinter took form in "Rugby Football" in which the rule that outlawed the use of hands was thrown out, and then from that game was derived the game that would eventually grow into our modern day "American Football". Why should it's name change just because rules change?

[Jorick]

But the football was made a certain way do it'd be easier to kick.
It would make sense that one would assume that that is why it is called that way.

Also more aerodynamic, which is no coincidence since the ball is thrown more often than it is kicked. It could be more logically called a handball than a football if the consideration were actually what body part it touches most.