In America, Football (NFL variety) is the only universally American created sport where the feet play a role with the "ball." Not baseball... Not basketball ... So it makes perfect sense to call it football for us.
We don't really care what the English/Europeans/et cetera feel it should be called. See, we're Americans, and while you were harrumphing about the Sun Never Setting on the British Empire, we pretty much stole it from you culturally, and if you wish to revel on about all the problems you guys created while sundown never came, we'll go right ahead.
Thanks for your input.
"When the going gets weird
The Weird turn pro."
-- Hunter S Thompson, True American
Brits are just jealous because they know they've already lost the battle over "football" in the English speaking world. The NFL isn't going to change the name of its game, ESPN isn't going to confuse people by calling both games "football," and ESPN knows which side its bread is buttered on. Fight as long as you like, but it's "soccer."
I'm not a fan of sports, but I'll watch a game of baseketball any day
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How have we lost the battle in the English speaking world? Only in North America is NFL called football. In the UK 'soccer' is football, New Zealand it's rugby union and Australia it depends what part of the country you live (Aussie Rules or Rugby League). Even Ireland have their own version, Gaelic football. You've a very poor idea about the world outside your own insular world.
Lol, you're trying to import your throwball junk into England, just 'cos a couple of games sell out at Wembley Stadium, doesn't mean your daft game is catching on over here. Even Miley Cyrus can sell out Wembley! We'll see the NFL expansionist experiment crash and burn if they think it's going to catch on over here.
I'm not talking about the nfl going global, I'm talking about the fact that the U.S. dominates the television. In the long term, soccer is going to be the name of the game. Get used to it.
I could be wrong here, but since I really could care less about it, I'll go ahead and say, Brendy Old Boy, I'm suspecting that the good old US of A has more English speaking people in it than Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand (where I guess soccer is the big deal). Now Canada (our friends to the North- those Canucleheads) have something called Canadian Football, which I believe IS what I would call Football and you might see as just another blot against the Empire.
Like I said, I don't care. Talley Ho!!!!!!!!!
"When the going gets weird
The Weird turn pro."
-- Hunter S Thompson, True American