The first obviously similar between the American football and soccer is both of them are considered outdoors sports. They are being played at field with rectangle shape of grass. Not only the American football‚ but also soccer has being played between two teams‚ also each team has to have eleven players on the field‚ and each team is wearing special uniforms. Both sports have full contact and harmony between the players. Players have to contact and passing each other until they score goals as much
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Soccer and Football are some of the most popular sports played today around the world. There are many athletes that play these sports in America. Football is one of the most popular sports in America. On the other hand‚ Soccer is not as popular as football in America. In other countries around the world‚ Soccer is the main sport they play. These two sports are very popular and they have many similarities and differences. In soccer‚ the main goal is to kick the ball the oppositions goal net.
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The History of American Football Football‚ as well as rugby and soccer‚ is believed to have originated from an ancient Greek game known as Harpaston. Harpaston is mentioned quite frequently throughout classical literature‚ in which it is referred to as a “very rough and brutal” game. The rules of this ancient sport were simple: a team would be awarded points when a player would move the ball across the opposing team’s goal line by either kicking the ball‚ running with it across the goal line
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dangers of football‚ the NFL is starting to get a bad reputation. This issue not only affects the players and families‚ but communities and other profit-making companies as well. As the risks of playing football have been magnified in the media recently‚ it is important to look at not only these risks‚ but the benefits of this multi-billion dollar sport. It seems as if every time the TV is turned on a new ex-football player is seen suing the NFL due to concussions. It is a fact that football players
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For some people‚ football is just another form of sport or entertainment. For some others‚ it is not. Countless people play it and many more regularly keep in touch with the industry. Football‚ is like a religion to some; it plays an important role to people who look for shelter from alienation and such. Can football‚ then‚ be categorized as football? In this essay‚ I am going to discuss the similar qualities between the two‚ as well as the important aspects of religions. It is often difficult to
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Hockey vs Football Hockey and football have always been compared to one another. Whether which sport is harder‚ tougher‚ more fun to play‚ skill level‚ and etc. Theres is no doubt that they are both loved sports by North America and takes an extreme amount of skill and training. Everyone who loves either one of these sports always claims that their sport is tougher and what not. It’s all about personal opinion. I’ve played both and my opinion lies on the hockey side. Why? Well because in hockey you
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Rugby is Safer Than Football With rugby’s growing popularity in the US‚ it is starting to get noticed by greater amounts of people and is now being compared to American football. But the biggest conversation is about the safety of each sport. Some say that rugby is football but without the pads and so that automatically makes it more dangerous‚ but not using pads does not mean that it is going to get someone hurt more often. Besides‚ the one who says rugby is more dangerous hasn’t looked at football’s
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We all know the classic NFL(National Football League). It is certainly fun to watch‚ but how to the players feel when they play? Football concussions are a big deal when it comes to mental and physical stability. NFL players may be able to sustain through concussions and pain (even though it is a bad thing to ignore)‚ but teenagers‚ on the other hand‚ shouldn’t try to fight the pain. High schools should not be able to run football teams knowing the dangers of the sport. Teenagers are more susceptible
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school boys have died due to football related injuries. Andre Smith was the most recent student to join the list. This year alone there have been seven football related deaths. These statistics often raise the question‚ “Why?” Despite the frequency of these unfortunate events‚ not many steps have been taken to avoid future accidents. The impact of these deaths are visible in the declining number of students enrolling to play football for the past 4 years. Although football has been one of the most popular
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captain‚ created the line of scrimmage and other modern football attributes to improve the game because it was too low scoring (Tuttle‚ 13). He also changed the scoring system to: safety-1 point‚ touchdown-2‚ Point after touchdown-4‚ and a field goal-3. He then changed the yards kneeded to gain a first down to 5 and used 3 downs(Tuttle‚ 16). Later coaches changed Camps’ rules to rules we use now. In 1919 the American Professional Football Association was made in Canton‚ Ohio(Treat‚ 23). It started
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