[brewmonkey]

Originally Posted by magician

I have tried to learn to appreciate "football," as it is called everywhere in the world except in the US (which has real NFL football), and I have failed.

Everytime that I sit down and try to watch a game, it just reminds me of hockey, and of how much faster, and more brutal, and harder hitting hockey is in comparison.

I can rarely watch a significant portion of a soccer game. I get bored.

I have learned to appreciate Australian Rules football...which looks like rugby to me. It is faster-paced, there is a lot of hard hitting, and it looks far more manly than soccer. My GF cracks up when I put the games on.....everytime someone hurts themselves, or gets cracked in the nuts, or ends up writhing on the ground in pain, she busts a gut. I do not get it, but...it adds another element to the mix.

At this point.....everything is starting to remind me of hockey.

sigh.

You need to watch lacrosse!