It's almost worth putting up with all that American football for. I hate American football so much. It's not a sport, you guys. It's maths. And they have to keep stopping for a rest, like, every ten seconds. WTF kind of sport is that?
I did not understand American football until I did a paper on the history of ball games in college.
And then I learned why it's so slow-paced and byzantine. BEcause what they did was basically start with no rules, and then everytime the players managed to figure out another way to KILL EACH OTHER, they would change the rules so they couldn't do that anymore. And then the players would find another way to KILL EACH OTHER, and they would add more rules.
Like, literally. They had to change the rules because they kept being afraid that football would be banned because too many people were dying on the field. Like, several per team per game sometimes. AND PEOPLE STILL PLAYED. Voluntarily.
yyy this is my favorite part! And they were all college boys! All these little 20-year-olds running around in knee socks going "what about heads? Can we break them open with rocks? :D?" and the officials going "GODDAMMIT NO HAVE YOU EVEN BEEN LISTENING"
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And then I learned why it's so slow-paced and byzantine. BEcause what they did was basically start with no rules, and then everytime the players managed to figure out another way to KILL EACH OTHER, they would change the rules so they couldn't do that anymore. And then the players would find another way to KILL EACH OTHER, and they would add more rules.
Like, literally. They had to change the rules because they kept being afraid that football would be banned because too many people were dying on the field. Like, several per team per game sometimes. AND PEOPLE STILL PLAYED. Voluntarily.
So yeah. Gridiron football. huh.