> The difference is that in a football game you don't have time to talk to each other during the game. In a software team you do have plenty of time and opportu

> The difference is that in a football game you don't have time to talk to each other during the game. In a software team you do have plenty of time and opportunities to talk as soon as a blocker or issue appears Yes. The other difference is that football has absolutely nothing to do with software development whatsoever, so why organise as a football team, that just seems like a bad joke to me.