Why is football called football whe u play scoccer with ur feet, and it's not called scoccer,??

Monday ~ March 03, 2010

The reason it is called Football is it was origonally played using the foot. Early on in American Football, they did not Pass the football. The primary methods of advancing the ball was the running play, Drop Kick and the underhand toss(like Rugby). The Drop kick was simular to the punt and a receiver would run down the field and try to catch it. The reason for not passing was the shape of the football. More like a Rugby ball it was very difficult to hold in one hand.

When the League changed the shape of the football, close to the shape of todays College balls, the forward pass was born. Not by plan, but in desperation. The play went bad and the handoff to the Fullback didn't happen. The Quarterback wanted to get rid of the ball so he wouldn't be sacked for a loss of yards. He overhand threw the ball to another player on his team, who advanced the ball several yards. Since there was no rule against this technique, it was allowed to stand, and the Forward Pass we know today, was born.

When the game was first formalised, the ball was played with the feet but there was no rule to say so.

When Webb-Ellis picked up the ball at Rugby school, the game of Rugby Football was born.

There was a split in the rules of Rugby Football between the upper and lower classes which became Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League.

American Football was derived from Rugby Football League in the 19th Century.

"Football" is played with your feet in the UK - its what Americans call soccer.

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