Rugby vs. American football

**sailor jack** · 03-26-2009, 11:42 AM

I think, killuminati, that if the NFL took pads out of the game, most proffesionals including Brian Dawkins would not play proffessionally. Sure he'd hit someone without pads, but i doubt he'd keep hitting people for a season. The game would have to be changed to account for the fact that the players would be continuously on and off a stretcher after hitting or being hit.

in general though, youve all made good arguments that rugby isnt a "better" sport. personally i disagree with those arguments but there we go. There havent been very many, if any, points on why Football is "better" than rugby, which is one of the reasons i started this thread. everybody i have talked to about it can always defend football in comparison to rugby, but ive never really heard any positive points about football over rugby. Its all very well bringing an argument down, but thats useless if you dont have your own. So does anyone have their own?

**Killuminati** · 03-27-2009, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by SneeBeezums

I was talking about kids that played in High School who we were trying to recruit for a college level of rugby. I never implied that professionals were pussies.

Then what point were you trying to make?

Originally Posted by sailor jack

I think, killuminati, that if the NFL took pads out of the game, most proffesionals including Brian Dawkins would not play proffessionally. Sure he'd hit someone without pads, but i doubt he'd keep hitting people for a season. The game would have to be changed to account for the fact that the players would be continuously on and off a stretcher after hitting or being hit.

in general though, youve all made good arguments that rugby isnt a "better" sport. personally i disagree with those arguments but there we go. There havent been very many, if any, points on why Football is "better" than rugby, which is one of the reasons i started this thread. everybody i have talked to about it can always defend football in comparison to rugby, but ive never really heard any positive points about football over rugby. Its all very well bringing an argument down, but thats useless if you dont have your own. So does anyone have their own?

I don't think anyone in here was really trying to argue which sport is "better" because they are 2 different sports. They can't be compared like that, it is a matter of personal preference.