Every year, the arrival of the first NFL game in London brings with it some sort of strategic news leak aimed at goosing interest in American football.

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    1 month ago

    No, its just a sport and when people try and talk them up as some sort of super athletes that are doing incredible things you don’t see in other sports I’ll knock that right down.

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      1 month ago

      Sports are different.

      If you ask someone to box at a world class level once a week for 4 months, the best case scenario is severe and permanent brain damage. The most likely outcome is that they literally die.

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        1 month ago

        Based upon this conversation, I can tell you dont even know what other sports are.

        And thats fine, but FYI NFL Football is not the only sport where people run around a field and smash bodies together, while having to think of game plans and strategies.

        Flying to a different country to play these sports doesn’t destroy their capabilities.

        Foreign fixtures being unpopular is different to players are unable to play if they have to travel.

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          You just don’t understand basic physics if you think there are other sports that aren’t actual combat sports that are remotely comparable in impact to football. Rugby doesn’t have comparable high speed impacts on a regular basis.

          In terms of the strategy, very few sports have the discrete, precise play calling strategy that football does. Every sport has small picture tactics and broad strokes strategy. Football still has the small picture rule based decisions that are the bread and butter of most sports. But they’re unique to each individual play call, change 70 times per game, and are completely different from week to week.