You seem to do a good job at trying to see the both sides as well
Yeah well I got a little spicy and defensive at all the US/Euro American Football/Soccer "rivalry". I like football much more, so I need to play the part of my arrogant US blood and trash talk.
But never did I mention soccer isn't a sport of skill, endurance, and competition. Because, yeah it is and some of the sickest soccer plays are awesome just like the sickest football plays are awesome. I said it is less physical to the point of faking injury, requires less strategy, and is much less exciting. You said football takes "maybe skill". Come on.
You will NEVER see a fatass like that in soccer, even if you do, he wont last more than 10 second. You kept saying football requires muscle, skill, speed or whatever, but that does NOT apply for all football players.
And as mentioned, that picture is stupid and pointless. There are fat kids that play soccer too (already mentioned in this thread), they're not professionals. And football requires
different skills. All of the "fatass" linemen in the NFL have an incredible amount of strength and skill at their position. It's not the prettiest position, but for their size a lot of them are remarkably fast and extremely strong and skilled. A soccer player couldn't play their position just like they can't play soccer, it's a moot point. But linemen are among the least watched players in American football, so the paragraph here is regarding the "worst" position.
That's one of the reasons I think American football overall is more exciting to watch. I can choose to watch the linemen and see what pressure they're getting on the QB, or I can watch the QB and see where he's looking and what he does with the ball, or I can watch the receivers and see which ones are open, or watch the defense and pick out what formation they're running and where the blitz is coming from. So many things dictate what happens with the ball.
In American football, where the ball goes depends on all of those factors. In soccer, entire play revolves around where the soccer ball is at any point in time. By the time they set themselves up, someone from the other team is likely to have stolen it and booted it to the opposite end of the field. So while there's a ton of movement and "positioning" in soccer, it's boring to watch because it just looks like the players are running towards the ball every time. There are plays where it doesn't happen, but they're far less frequent than in football.
