dude, they call it FOOTBALL is because the ball is a foot "12 inches" long.
133233
You answered your own question. and the reason why you did this is because you want attention and gratitude n the sense of feeling important and empowering. I hope it worked.
86069
yes, because it is football they're playing. even if it's indoor.
332443
Could it be because Americans are clueless? American football is a game where the ball is predominantly thrown or carried the ball gets kicked far less then it is thrown or carried.In the rest of the world Football is called football because a ball is predominantly kicked.
1792
It is football.\nAmericans and Australians call their own "football" (the one played with the Stewie Griffin head looking ball) football, so they had to find another name for football.  \nI call American/Australian insistence on soccer cultural imperialism.
276123
Well if we called it football, what would we call football?
189421
Having Englishmen and Scotsmen as blokes, I would have to say that in general they know a lot about football (soccer)... or at least a hell of a lot more than North Americans. I am Canadian and even I would rather refer to the game as football. It makes sense doesn't it?... I mean you kick the ball with your foot, yet in football (American) you throw the damb thing and rarely kick it.
666829
It is a ball......though strictly, it isn't really round is it??? Which means it shouldn't be called a ball because a ball must be round!!! In Australia, they call it a "FOOTY".
141337
Absolutely agree that it should be "Football",\n'cause that's the original name, and that's what the rest of\nthe world use, and it's really played with foot/feet.\n\nThe American Football should be called something like\n"tackle-ball" or "American Rugby" instead, 'cause they really\ndo not play it with feet much -- the main action is not\nkicking but passing & tackling (not using feet, but using arms\nand body, ...and body armours)...
585262
My first thought was "meatball". Jockes aside this is a great sport for real men but it has very little to do with "foot" and you can hardly call that thing a "ball". So maybe we could change the name to something like "mensport" or maybe "catch&run"
615527
The actual playing time of an NFL game -- including contact made, passes thrown, interceptions and returns, defensive stands, and all other actual action -- is just 12 minutes
25304
110 yards long.  i believe it's also 12 yards wider.\n\nThe reason is to allow for a much more open game than in the NFL.  Also, a rugby field is 100 METERS long and 70 meters wide -- both dimensions larger than an american football field.
300289
What does this question have to do with football?
291390
I hate to tell you this but Football was invented long before your game "grid iron". "Soccer" was used because your game hijacked our name. The idea suppose to be that you use your "FOOT" primarily and not your hands and arms for the game hence the name "football". Frankly your ignorance and your american ego disgusts me. If grid iron is the best game in the world, why hasn't it over-taken football as "the" world game, the most loved and watched game in the world?\n\nIf you want to compare "your" game...compare it to Rugby or even Aussie Rules then you'll come to realise which game is really pissy-weak.
354945
Well...a football is round, so it rolls to get around...Generally accomplished by a player who kicks its, whether it is to another player or into a goal...
279027
its traditional name is football....the americans have renamed it as soccer for their own convenience.everywhere else in the world its football
199099
why do americans call football 'football'?\n\nthey dont even use their foot!!!
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