USA here, I played Football all throughout Highschool (DB, Corner) The simpliest way to put it is, you're either the Hammer, or you're the Nail. You're conditioned to take hits like this. To us, it's just another hit, you get back up and do it again in another 8 seconds. As most say, Rugby is a Contact sport, where as American Football is a Collision sport on the same range as a car accident going about 30-50 MPH. Don't get me wrong, Rugby is Brutal, No padding or anything of the sort. But give us pads and a Helment and a false sense of Saftey, and we'll hit you with 200% Force, and we won't hold back. As my coach once said, "If he's got the Ball, put him in the ground." 😈

@necromantic4972

10 ай бұрын

You should give a look toward the US College football as well, they play & hit even harder, since they're fighting at a chance for their future career. @@DonnyShawShow

@gregcable3250

8 ай бұрын

@@necromantic4972 On what planet do college football players--smaller and slower--hit harder than professionals who must feed their families and pay the bills? Not even close.

I love watching people from UK react to this. They normally talk trash about the pads. Then they get in the vid and do this. Makes me proud to be an American.

People give American Football crap because of pads. The pads make it worse because you have a false sense of security so you go harder and faster. When they hit, it's pretty much the equivalent of a 40mph/64kmh car crash. And most of these hits and blocks were perfectly legal. To quote the great Vince Lombardi, which the championship trophy is named after, "football isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport". We have 32 professional teams and about the same amount in high level semi-pro, Arena League fluctuates but I believe has 16 teams, many amateur leagues, roughly 850-860 college football teams, an estimated 16,000 high school football teams, tons of peewee(kids) teams and 1 Team USA for international league play. Should I mention the female leagues? The most well known being the Lingerie Football League. We like our American Football😁

@lordschild673

6 ай бұрын

I always say the same thing

Offensive players are allowed to truck defensive players like that when in vicinity of the ball carrier. They aren’t allowed to wrap their arms around them to tackle like defensive players though.

As an American i can't wait until London gets an NFL team. Dive into the college game too. Personally i think college football is more exciting than the pro game.

@TheRedStateBlue

8 ай бұрын

they had one. the London Dragons. they played in the NFL Europe. the league didn't last long. there's just not enough of a fanbase in europe to support NFL franchises.

@heywoodjablowme8120

8 ай бұрын

@@TheRedStateBlue NFL Europe is like calling soccer in America the premier league. It sucked, it folded, it was 20 yrs ago. Much has changed since then.

@heywoodjablowme8120

8 ай бұрын

@@TheRedStateBlue I never said Europe, I said London. Definitely a fan base that would sell out 8 home games. It's coming sooner than you think, just watch.

@TheRedStateBlue

8 ай бұрын

@@heywoodjablowme8120 London is in Europe... go back to school. try to pay attention in 4th grade geography. and, again... it's already been tried and was a colossal failure.

@TheRedStateBlue

8 ай бұрын

@@heywoodjablowme8120 not really. there is not enough support for American football in Europe to justify setting up a new league, and there won't be for at least another couple decades. if there was enough support, the NFL would have already done it. but they learned their lesson the hard way when they tried it before and it cost them hundreds of millions of dollars. not to even mention the FACT that the world's entire talent pool for American football players is in America... ain't no other countries picking it up any time soon at a grass roots level to grow the game organically. there's a reason the NFL Europe experiment failed... there's not enough top tier football players to populate it. and there's not enough money to support it. sorry if that hurts your little feelers, cupcakes.

Welcome to the NFL, its one of the big four sports we have here. The others are MLB, NBA and NHL, and don't forget college football, it's bigger than the NFL. The 15 biggest stadiums are all college.8 are over 100K.

@TheRedStateBlue

8 ай бұрын

MLS is going to overtake both MLB and the NBA in popularity in about 5-10 more years if it keeps growing the way it is.

Those Brits who rag on our sports can come on over and give it a go. The padding is pretty thin. It is plastic with a little padding. This football deals with CTE, does rugby? The helmets are the big thing. You can see why.

This is the number one sport in America. We are tough.

One reason to keep us as an alliance. Lol

Check out more NFL, you’ll love this sport. The college game is actually more intense than than the pro one and they have the biggest stadiums in the country.

@Key_Mind

10 ай бұрын

College more intense? Dude every game is a blowout.

@sostdm617

2 ай бұрын

​@@Key_Mind lol exactly

we all just have CTE

A few suggestions: NFL here comes the boom MLB longest homeruns or best infield/outfield throws NBA best slam dunks NHL biggest glass breaking moments. And for something different try biggest skateboard bails fails and head slams.

You'll love it. Go birds.

@the_phillygamer

10 ай бұрын

@@DonnyShawShow Philadelphia Eagles for your consideration