In America there's a game in which padded men run around holding a ball in their hands most of the time.... so why is it called FOOTball?
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+5 For the same reason it is called a Hamburger and yet,there is no ham in it
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Good question!! I don't understand it either!! it's not Rugby either!! :-/
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I have no clue good question, and why do they where tights? +3
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Probably because Americans were like "lets name it football so that everyone has to say American football when other countries talk about it" lol
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I think it should be called "Handovoid" myself.
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football came from the sport soccer. in my country soccer is called futbol (foot-boll). just like evolution, after a while people got bored with soccer and started to switch the rules up. this was frowned upon by soccer people, so rugby was born. i can't remember but i think american football came from rugby.
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Because football has roots in Rugby, which in turn evolved from kicking games. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_football In much of the world football became synonomous with soccer, where American-style football is known as, of all things, American football, or futbol americano, or other variation.
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Because it would be rude to call it Padded Ball! The ladies would be disappointed....
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