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prayformojo said:


I'm pretty sure American football had the name football before your football had the name football. Remember, the brits called it soccer around 1880. American football's first game was played in 1869. Furthermore, Association Football was name given to the sport because Rugby had already taken it. So this entire notion of "stealing" doesn't make any sense. Not that it matters anyway. You shouldn't let such small things bother you.


Then you are wrong. The first codification of rules of "association football" (so of football) is from 1863, that's when the rugdy clubs fell out. The term "soccer" comes from 1880s and is derived from the word "association", so you can clearly see which term was first. Also that game from 1869 had as much in common with your ad-fest as table tennis. A spherical ball, no running with the ball, tackling didn't end the play? The real first year that your sport was played was in 1875.

 

 

OT:

Don't forget games are significantly cheaper in NA than in Europe, so people can buy more of them, hence dominating there makes it easier to sell big numbers.



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