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 minutesA 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...

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

elvago007 i think ull find that hurling and gaelic football 2 native irish games have more passion than rugby and football together!it is an amateur sport...yet most players train up to 4 times a week, are as fit as if not fitter than a lot of professional sports people and they have full time jobs at the same time!

elvago007 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'm from Argentina and I love rugby - it has more passion than any sport ever invented, including football (soccer)A Football Team: 11 guys pretending to be hurt for 90 minutesA Rugby Team: 15 brothers pretending not to be hurt for 80 minutes