The main aim of this blog is to widen the audience of American football in the UK so I thought I would give 10 reasons why I believe it is better, and what attracted me to the gridiron.
1. No boring 0-0 scores! - To often in soccer/football you spend the whole game waiting for a goal that sometimes never comes. It just never happens in American football, and whats better is that Touchdowns come way more often than goals.
2. Almost always a winner - You rarely see a tie, even if teams are drawing at the end of the 4th quarter they play overtime to produce a winner. This happens in every game, not just the cups like in soccer.
3. You can challenge plays - Often, in soccer, referees make the wrong call. What's worse is that there is nothing you can do about it, if your cheated, it's too late. In American football however you can challenge a referees decision to video replay - similar to Hawk-Eye in cricket and tennis.
4. You can't dive - unless its into an end zone! That's right, none of that Cristiano Ronaldo diving ever happens in American football, it's go hard or go home!
5. A new winner every year? - In soccer it is normally between four teams to win the league every year, especially in the English Premiership. In American football how ever the draft helps balance the teams giving every team the opportunity to win. You also don't have single teams buying all the best players. The NFL has this fully regulated and I think it is better this way.
6. Even the unlikeliest of teams can cause upsets often. - Take the Seahawks last season, no one expected them to win but they did. Manchester United Vs. Schalke 04 in the Champions League? It was over before kick off.
7. You never know what play will come next. - The intricate play calls make it impossible to guess what play will come next, and when you think you have read it completely, it could be a trick play.
8. The momentum can change in an instant - 4-0 in soccer, its all over. 21 point deficit with seven minutes remaining, a comeback with 28 unanswered points resulting in a miracle at the Meadowlands part two.
9. The cheerleaders - need I say more!
10. The hard hits, clutch kicks and draft picks - mix them altogether and you get one exciting sport that gives a whole new meaning to your Sunday's!
1. No boring 0-0 scores! - To often in soccer/football you spend the whole game waiting for a goal that sometimes never comes. It just never happens in American football, and whats better is that Touchdowns come way more often than goals.
2. Almost always a winner - You rarely see a tie, even if teams are drawing at the end of the 4th quarter they play overtime to produce a winner. This happens in every game, not just the cups like in soccer.
3. You can challenge plays - Often, in soccer, referees make the wrong call. What's worse is that there is nothing you can do about it, if your cheated, it's too late. In American football however you can challenge a referees decision to video replay - similar to Hawk-Eye in cricket and tennis.
4. You can't dive - unless its into an end zone! That's right, none of that Cristiano Ronaldo diving ever happens in American football, it's go hard or go home!
5. A new winner every year? - In soccer it is normally between four teams to win the league every year, especially in the English Premiership. In American football how ever the draft helps balance the teams giving every team the opportunity to win. You also don't have single teams buying all the best players. The NFL has this fully regulated and I think it is better this way.
6. Even the unlikeliest of teams can cause upsets often. - Take the Seahawks last season, no one expected them to win but they did. Manchester United Vs. Schalke 04 in the Champions League? It was over before kick off.
7. You never know what play will come next. - The intricate play calls make it impossible to guess what play will come next, and when you think you have read it completely, it could be a trick play.
8. The momentum can change in an instant - 4-0 in soccer, its all over. 21 point deficit with seven minutes remaining, a comeback with 28 unanswered points resulting in a miracle at the Meadowlands part two.
9. The cheerleaders - need I say more!
10. The hard hits, clutch kicks and draft picks - mix them altogether and you get one exciting sport that gives a whole new meaning to your Sunday's!
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