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." 😈
@necromantic497211 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
@gregcable32509 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.
@daddygerkin6 ай бұрын
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.
@jasonnelms455610 ай бұрын
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😁
@lordschild6737 ай бұрын
I always say the same thing
@crazydrummer1812 ай бұрын
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.
@heywoodjablowme812011 ай бұрын
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.
@TheRedStateBlue9 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.
@heywoodjablowme81209 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.
@heywoodjablowme81209 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.
@TheRedStateBlue9 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.
@TheRedStateBlue9 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.
@hifijohn11 ай бұрын
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.
@TheRedStateBlue9 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.
@user-bi8ml9gn8k10 ай бұрын
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.
@WahooSerious11 ай бұрын
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_Mind11 ай бұрын
College more intense? Dude every game is a blowout.
@sostdm6173 ай бұрын
@@Key_Mind lol exactly
@user-bi8ml9gn8k10 ай бұрын
One reason to keep us as an alliance. Lol
@Avntador11 ай бұрын
we all just have CTE
@user-bi8ml9gn8k10 ай бұрын
This is the number one sport in America. We are tough.
@hifijohn11 ай бұрын
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.
@the_phillygamer11 ай бұрын
You'll love it. Go birds.
@the_phillygamer11 ай бұрын
@@DonnyShawShow Philadelphia Eagles for your consideration
@fredrickm443617 күн бұрын
Since most people don't read history anymore, we tend to forget our warrior history. Americans LOVE violence. Always have. It's the western tradition of gladiators risking life, what Europeans use to have before WW2 killed all those aggressive guys.