• Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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      I’m surprised it took that long. Football is missing one of the biggest markets in the world and they’d award that dumbass with a trophy daily if that got them any closer to football in the US.

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    He’s absolutely right. And while we’re at it, can we rename the “World” Series?

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    I can’t believe he said something the entire world outside US agree with 🤣

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      He saya quite a few things we agree on, and surely there should be for you as well, but hatred blinds.

      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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        You’ve got your cause and effect reversed. He says vile things, so we point out that he is a vile person.

        It’s his hatred that makes him say hateful things, not ours.

      • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
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        He’s bribed to say things people agree with otherwise no he says nothing any sane reasonable person agree with like ever.

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          Like I said: blinded. Any 2 people in the world no matter their differences agree on something.

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    Rugby or Gridiron would be great!

    otherwise i hate everything about this. i need to take a break from football because FIFA is just too overtly disgusting lately.

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    this is football, there is no question. We have to come up with another name for the other one.

    I suggest remaining American football to “rugby for pansies”.

    Or maybe “handegg”.

    On a side note, this seems like a great way for him to piss off a big chunk of his voter base.

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      While the most accurate description is probably Addball, I think turn based based rugby might be an acceptable compromise.

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        Most people who mock American football as ‘rugby for wusses’ (or similar) don’t even know how the game works, let alone what the legitimate differences are.

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        In fact handegg players are more likely to suffer serious injuries because of it AFAIK. Particularly brain damage.

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        Different kinds of hits, but… goddamn. I saw a guy in a rugby game take a full-on elbow to the face while running full tilt and go pinwheeling to the ground… and the game continued without so much as a comment from the announcer.

      • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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        The passing and scrum rules also change the game. There’s less chance for an unexpected and dangerous hit in rugby. More shove, less hard contact.

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      “rugby for pansies” until you get CTE or some irreversible brain injury…

  • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
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    We all know he wants to call it “Trump Ball”. Hell, why only replace one word, let’s call the game “Trump Trump”.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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    He should rename “the gulf of America” back to “the gulf of mexico” while he’s at it

  • cally [he/they]@pawb.social
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    What’s next? 'Murica starts using the metric system?

    It’s weird that the US calls “football” “soccer” and “american football” “football” but it is what it is and a president shouldn’t be able to rename things on a whim.