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Originally posted by djflish
Too right guccilvr! Football is by far and away the most played sport in England, and getting a full blown tackle from a 3rd Division Centre Back is far worse than any tackle from an american football player.
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i hope you're joking...
people die and are paralyzed for life not just once in a while, but fairly regularly playing american football. i doubt that happens as often in soccer.
the average life span for a professional american football player is 54. 54! Their bodies take a pounding that is unreal. An expert once described it as such. "sprint full speed for 15 yards head first straight into a wall. do this 25-40 times in a row and that's the same damage that a football player does to his body during a typical game.
i know soccer gets a rep in america as a girl's sport, and having played both indoor and outdoor soccer i know there are plenty of hard collisions. that being said, i still play soccer at 36. i would never think of playing tackle football every weekend at 36. i would never get to work on monday.