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by keeptrying 5400 days ago
I dont think:

A) you've seen a football player. I wouldnt want to be hit by one of those guys.

B) you've understood the beauty of american football. Imagine a sport which combines the ferocity of grappling along with the strategy of chess. Its just an awesome sport to watch and comprehend.

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Grappling, and strategy of chess, yes. But you forgot the other third of the appeal to the American mind, the litigiousness allowed by the instant replay review and numerous rules with slightly different penalties. Each play is a sequence of strategy, chaos, lawsuit.
lol ... Yeah thats one of the negative points IMHO.