Quote Originally Posted by bilbo
They had a go at bringing American Football to Britiain about 12 years ago when the London Monarchs hit the headlines.

I used to follow it on Channel 4 with Gary Imlach and the main presenter whose name now escapes me.

It never took off however.

Personally I quite liked it. I enjoyed the strategic element of the sport, many plays being almost chess like in their complexities.

Unfortunately the typical British sports fan cares nothing for chess or strategy in general
to many players, to many pads, to many brakes, 3 in NFL aint it? + the time outs o0? to many ways for the staff and players to converse imo... don't the players or key players now have mics whilst they are on the pitch or inbetween plays to talk?

All this line change etc, just aint for me...

Much prefer rugby, watching and playing. you work on your tactics and strategy in training and befure the match and at half time, when the players are on the pitch you got 7 on the bench, 5 of wich can be brought on to replace another at any time, the person can't come back on (except for blood injuries)

there is none of this defense and offense, and kickers? you need to be able to do it all, ok rugby has normally 2 kickers in a team for kicking for goal, but they need to be able to do everything else...

thats why i repefer it; NFL is ok tho, i normaly watch the superbowl, but for us sports or us + canadian i love NHL