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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago

Rename football in America, Trump says, because soccer owns that title

www.usatoday.com

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Rename football in America, Trump says, because soccer owns that title

www.usatoday.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago
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The US should 'come up with another name' for football because that term belongs to soccer, Trump says at World Cup draw, renewing historic debate.
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  • dumbass@piefed.social
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    This will be what gets him shot.

    • gothic_lemons@lemmy.world
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      Again you mean

      • paranoid@lemmy.world
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        “again”

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          Where’s the missing piece of ear?? Can’t find it, right?

          If he really got shot in the ear there should be a chuck misting from the top rim but it’s clean as a baby orangutan’s ass.

          • a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
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            Cartilage doesn’t regrow.

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        He was shot? I don’t remember that.

        He was shot near, maybe.

    • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
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      Nah he’s gone after the NFL before. He’s a pedophile convicted felon, I don’t think his dumb musing about football will be his downfall.

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    this is football, there is no question. We have to come up with another name for the other one.

    I suggest remaining American football to “rugby for pansies”.

    Or maybe “handegg”.

    On a side note, this seems like a great way for him to piss off a big chunk of his voter base.

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      Rugby players don’t get hit like football players do. The lack of padding changes the game.

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        In fact handegg players are more likely to suffer serious injuries because of it AFAIK. Particularly brain damage.

      • MurrayL@lemmy.world
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        Most people who mock American football as ‘rugby for wusses’ (or similar) don’t even know how the game works, let alone what the legitimate differences are.

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      “rugby for pansies” until you get CTE or some irreversible brain injury…

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    Now he annoyed his voters I think

  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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    Gridiron.

    It’s known as Gridiron Football already, just use the other half…

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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      While we are at it we should rename the hundreds of cities named the same as European cities. Maybe even consider renaming Georgia, why would they want to be named after King George

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        Georgia is also a country. Gets confusing because some Americans will tell your their state when asked where they’re from, even when overseas. I’ve complimented someone who’d said they’re from Georgia on their English before.

        (On a side note, can you imagine travelling to the US, being asked where you’re from, then going ‘oh I’m from alto adige originally’)

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          Georgia? You mean Russia? /s. Sorry, figured we’d have a nice Russian invasion joke… come to think of it, not a good joke. Just a shit country invading borders

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        Don’t forget all of new england

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    Hahaha! FIFA game him a peace prize to get this to happen.

    This timeline is ridiculous.

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      I’m surprised it took that long. Football is missing one of the biggest markets in the world and they’d award that dumbass with a trophy daily if that got them any closer to football in the US.

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    I am recommending we call it concussion ball.

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    also the head of the football commision, of fifa, gave him him a “fifa peace prize”

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    I can’t believe he said something the entire world outside US agree with 🤣

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      He saya quite a few things we agree on, and surely there should be for you as well, but hatred blinds.

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        He’s bribed to say things people agree with otherwise no he says nothing any sane reasonable person agree with like ever.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreaking:_The_Worst_Person_You_Know_Just_Made_a_Great_Point

    I fucking hate that I actually agree with the fat child rapist. I’m now going to go and scrub my skin off with bleach!!

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      If it helps, he doesn’t actually believe this, or care either way, he’s just extremely bribable.

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    Feetballs

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      Handegg

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        We can call it the NHL. Perfect!

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    I guess that’s another tally for the times Trump has said something I agree with

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    We all know he wants to call it “Trump Ball”. Hell, why only replace one word, let’s call the game “Trump Trump”.

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    He’s absolutely right. And while we’re at it, can we rename the “World” Series?

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      Canada has a team in the league. It counts.

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        So, the National Basketball League of Australia could call their championship the World Cup of Basketball? It has two countries in it.

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          Anyone can call anything anything they want! Names mean fuck all

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    Rugby or Gridiron would be great!

    otherwise i hate everything about this. i need to take a break from football because FIFA is just too overtly disgusting lately.

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      US football dispensed with most of the rules of international rugby years ago. Gridiron would make sense though.

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    So now we do care what other countries think?

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