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Yep. And funny enough, when someone over 22 says they like football, they mean they like watching people play football.

dieselgate 4y ago
Assume we’re talking American football here - it’s a unique sport because you can really only play it legitimately on a team with a lot of equipment and time/resources. So basically if you’re 18 and under (or very talented at playing football). I played 5 seasons in my life, 4 in high school and it was without a doubt the most fun athletic experience of my entire life. I’ve never really been able to get interested much watching football otherwise because it just isn’t the same. There were a few women on my teams throughout the years (some of the most feminine and badass women I’ve ever met) but it’s unfortunate American football is such a male dominant sport. It almost seems when people say they like watching football now they mean they like drinking alcohol or playing fantasy. Idk, always thought it was kind of strange how basically every sport can also be a “pastime” activity but football just turns into a spectator activity after a while. Edit: not a football quote but makes me think of “people don’t think it be like it is but it do” Edit2: not a fan of footy/soccer much but really the greatest thing about the sport imo is the simplicity and ability for anyone to play basically whenever wherever and at whatever age. It’s so much more the game of the People as such Edit3: just rambling here but remember towards the end of last season senior year the coaches said something like “hope you have a lot more better things to look forward to in your life after this, but keep in mind these will be some of the best times of your life”. think about that a lot, and it was never lost on me at the time, but now I’m actually feeling my body age and chit it’s just so true and real. This feels somewhat pathetic to write out haha but really do miss playing football unlike anything else. Last edit: this is literally the last thing I’d ever of thought to be writing about as a comment on HN
- defrost 4y ago
  Hell of an assumption, central north american hand egg is largely constrained to its parish north of Mexico | south of Canada in an area that barely cracks 330 million. By contrast actual football has an estimated global fanbase of some 3.5 billion. Even in the poorest part of the globe with no equipment of proper fields you'll find young people practicing with 'balls' made from wadded up material bound by tape, playing keepy up with hacky sacks and other odd objects, etc. (And now I see your edit .. ah, well) FWiW I grew up with a limited equipment dirt field version of foot egg, aka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMZYZcoAcU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMZYZcoAcU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_SqfNNfhmM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_SqfNNfhmM
- RajT88 4y ago
  For what I was getting at - doesn't matter if it is soccer or "el futbol Americano". It's all the same point. But for the record, American Football is fine. It's the lionization of players which is the most problematic. In the US, that is an issue that exists across many sports in any case, but the most pronounced is Football (wtf is with Americans and sports anyhow?).
nickpeterson 4y ago
Yeah, it’s a sport almost designed for armchair quarterbacks ;)

Assume we’re talking American football here - it’s a unique sport because you can really only play it legitimately on a team with a lot of equipment and time/resources. So basically if you’re 18 and under (or very talented at playing football). I played 5 seasons in my life, 4 in high school and it was without a doubt the most fun athletic experience of my entire life. I’ve never really been able to get interested much watching football otherwise because it just isn’t the same. There were a few women on my teams throughout the years (some of the most feminine and badass women I’ve ever met) but it’s unfortunate American football is such a male dominant sport. It almost seems when people say they like watching football now they mean they like drinking alcohol or playing fantasy. Idk, always thought it was kind of strange how basically every sport can also be a “pastime” activity but football just turns into a spectator activity after a while. Edit: not a football quote but makes me think of “people don’t think it be like it is but it do” Edit2: not a fan of footy/soccer much but really the greatest thing about the sport imo is the simplicity and ability for anyone to play basically whenever wherever and at whatever age. It’s so much more the game of the People as such Edit3: just rambling here but remember towards the end of last season senior year the coaches said something like “hope you have a lot more better things to look forward to in your life after this, but keep in mind these will be some of the best times of your life”. think about that a lot, and it was never lost on me at the time, but now I’m actually feeling my body age and chit it’s just so true and real. This feels somewhat pathetic to write out haha but really do miss playing football unlike anything else. Last edit: this is literally the last thing I’d ever of thought to be writing about as a comment on HN

defrost 4y ago
Hell of an assumption, central north american hand egg is largely constrained to its parish north of Mexico | south of Canada in an area that barely cracks 330 million. By contrast actual football has an estimated global fanbase of some 3.5 billion. Even in the poorest part of the globe with no equipment of proper fields you'll find young people practicing with 'balls' made from wadded up material bound by tape, playing keepy up with hacky sacks and other odd objects, etc. (And now I see your edit .. ah, well) FWiW I grew up with a limited equipment dirt field version of foot egg, aka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMZYZcoAcU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMZYZcoAcU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_SqfNNfhmM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_SqfNNfhmM
RajT88 4y ago
For what I was getting at - doesn't matter if it is soccer or "el futbol Americano". It's all the same point. But for the record, American Football is fine. It's the lionization of players which is the most problematic. In the US, that is an issue that exists across many sports in any case, but the most pronounced is Football (wtf is with Americans and sports anyhow?).

nickpeterson 4y ago

Yeah, it’s a sport almost designed for armchair quarterbacks ;)