This GIF shows why Football is 100x more physical than soccer or rugby

[blownVmax]

here's a guy that's played both sports. skip to 2:30, he compares the 2.

[LN11]

srsly loling right now @ the rugby gifs posted like they are anything close to the OP.....OP was a hard impact hit, all those rugby hits aren't even close to the same impact and speed..

I dont really give 2 fks about this argument but srsly, bring some better proof to the table if you wanna make a valid point.

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You're mistaking impact for pain...the impacts are in fact comparable however Pads no matter how much people try and say "lol hurr durr they are used as weapons you hit harder" yes you certainly do hit harder but the force is dissapated across both your pads and opponents upon impact..

Now contrast that to taking a shoulder straight to the clavicle or sternum...it's goodnight sweet bone.

[LN11]

here's a guy that's played both sports. skip to 2:30, he compares the 2.

Very good link , I will say though as this bloke is a 7's player he doesn't really feel the full impact of the full 15's code. That's where the hits are at 7's is more of a free flowing less contact orientated brother of the 15's game.

Nonetheless I love a game of 7's...social aspect is 2nd to none

[Jattfusion]

best one that actually mimics the op's gif.. only diff.. he went at hi chest.. while op. it looks like receiver got hit at an upward angle towards his head.

[We_Big]

U wot m8?

[LN11]

U wot m8?

That's an awesome play

[fballer12]

U wot m8?

haha...thats one of the greatest things ive ever seen...who was that?

[atxlsx]

Can't bee reef no one's posted the vid of brian cushing:

[datwop]

post video evidence plz

[fballer12]

Can't bee reef no one's posted the vid of brian cushing:

holy **** 2:54 makes me cringe every time....there arent many people on earth who could take that like he just did

[bigkarl]

lmao at you getting wet over some numbers. I enjoy the NFL, but you stat droppers are the gayest thing about the sport, like a bunch of arbitrary numbers make someone a great athlete

if you're bigger, stronger and faster than someone, you're a better athlete.

[yorman123]

Lawl someone show OP "here comes the boom" rugby YouTube video.

[LN11]

if you're bigger, stronger and faster than someone, you're a better athlete.

Perhaps a better athlete...but better at a field sports not a chance... Brains , skill and guts will always level the playing field.

[yorman123]

[wanaBsedated]

they actually did studies on this and the hits in the NFL carry roughly twice as much force. The pads allow you to deliver much more punishment.

bai

[theACEofSPADES]

U wot m8?

lol funniest thing I've seen in a while. Some of my saved gifs here...

[LN11]

they actually did studies on this and the hits in the NFL carry roughly twice as much force. The pads allow you to deliver much more punishment.

bai

I've looking into the study it was incredibly flawed.
True they may hit with a slight degree more force however but the pads dissipate impact greatly

[Gymrat2000]

Why are we even comparing rugby and American puffball?

[Hedlandbrah]

/thread

[fballer12]

/thread

Thanks for making the argument for football. Those extra things cause even more damage.

edit: lol at thinking football players even wear half that ****. No one wears that abdominal brace. Same with the elbow pad. Only thing players wear is helmet, shoulder pads, and pants. and than gloves if you're a reciever

[fitnessbyjay]

[LN11]

Thanks for making the argument for football. Those extra things cause even more damage.

edit: lol at thinking football players even wear half that ****. No one wears that abdominal brace. Same with the elbow pad. Only thing players wear is helmet, shoulder pads, and pants. and than gloves if you're a reciever

That's absolute tripe , the Pads significantly dissapate force around the targetted area of the body to suggest anything to the contrary confirms that you are in fact mentally unstable.

I like NFL I really do but I hate when people claim that the pads are weapons.. they are and their ****.

[fballer12]

That's absolute tripe , the Pads significantly dissapate force around the targetted area of the body to suggest anything to the contrary confirms that you are in fact mentally unstable.

I like NFL I really do but I hate when people claim that the pads are weapons.. they are and their ****.

Everyone knows that injuries have become more serious and have been more common as padding has increased. This is true in both hockey and football....Not even debatable

[LN11]

Everyone knows that injuries have become more serious and have been more common as padding has increased. This is true in both hockey and football....Not even debatable

That's down to the size speed and ferocity of the athletes not the padding.

[fballer12]

That's down to the size speed and ferocity of the athletes not the padding.

but the advancement in padding technology is pretty much proportional to the advancement in the size and speed of the players...wouldn't it stay the same?

[Torarox]

That tackle/hit in the OPs video would have been illegal in rugby. Not allowed to make a tackle/hit on someone who is airborne in Rugby Union.

Comparing the tackles/hits in each game doesn't work as the styles of tackles are different since they both serve different purposes. In NFL the goal is to stop the movement of the player and drop them to end the play, the player doesn't have to be held for this to happen. In rugby it is much more effective when making a tackle to hold the player since they must release the ball if held and it gives the defending team the best chance of rucking or mauling to get the ball. Shoulder charges are banned in rugby union as there is no need for them in the sport, they just lead to unnecessary injury. You would be better off comparing Rugby League (Most Americans probably don't know what it is) to American Football as the games are a little bit more similar (League allows shoulder charges, though there is talk of banning them).

American football and Rugby are both awesome.

[TuongLuKim]

grinchy pls

[isaac_m]

grinchy pls

[LashGordon]

if you're bigger, stronger and faster than someone, you're a better athlete.

Go be a fukking sprinter or a high jumper then...

Ball sports are supposed to be a combination of skill, speed, agility, strength, endurance etc etc

I watch NFL and like it, but its so specialized that it takes away from the game.

Better explosive athletes = NFL
Better all-round sportsmen = Rugby

I played school Rugby at home (Ireland), not a great standard and when in America played Rugby with a lot of ex D1 football players.

I stood out to them because I was an all-round good player (handling, tackling, endurance, kicking), they couldn't get their head around how to improvise or think on their feet. Trying to run any sort of lines in the backline was a nightmare because they couldn't recognize play patterns since they were so used to everything being scripted.

That tackle/hit in the OPs video would have been illegal in rugby. Not allowed to make a tackle/hit on someone who is airborne in Rugby Union.

Comparing the tackles/hits in each game doesn't work as the styles of tackles are different since they both serve different purposes. In NFL the goal is to stop the movement of the player and drop them to end the play, the player doesn't have to be held for this to happen. In rugby it is much more effective when making a tackle to hold the player since they must release the ball if held and it gives the defending team the best chance of rucking or mauling to get the ball. Shoulder charges are banned in rugby union as there is no need for them in the sport, they just lead to unnecessary injury. You would be better off comparing Rugby League (Most Americans probably don't know what it is) to American Football as the games are a little bit more similar (League allows shoulder charges, though there is talk of banning them).

American football and Rugby are both awesome.

This.

The team I support are one of the best Union teams in Europe currently, and a lot of that is down to their ability to choke tackle and create turnover ball.

[serevei]

no brian "the chiropracter" Lima reference in this thread is simply embarrassing...