Rugby vs NFL
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A rugby game is around 2 hours for 80 minutes plus half time. An nfl game is around 4 hours for 60 minutes of play.
Not much comparison there in terms of time wastage. I'm a big nfl fan and enjoy watching it, but the breaks are painful and I generally need to have something to do. A favourite way of mine to watch is streaming on one monitor with something else on the second (often social media or forums coveringthe game) .
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@Dan54 said in Rugby vs NFL:
@nzzp no argument there mate, I don't watch much of it for the reasons I gave. If your only job is to kick, or receive kicks etc, you should be bloody awesome at it. Like I say, not for me , I like my players t be little multi skilled. I not arguing what is best mate, just how I see it.
Sorry, was on my phone before, and wanted to get a more substantial answer to you later. American Football is a bit of an a acquired taste. I've really got into it, and a good game is an absolute cracker. What's interesting about the clocks is that the drives (when they happen) are intense and don't have many stoppages. You tend to get 10-15 seconds action, then a 25-30 second break to reset, and then go again. What makes it good is that it's like cricket - there is time between the plays to scheme up something offensively or defensively.
In terms of specialisation, it's strong. They have specialist coaches for each position, and body shapes and sizes generally optimise for the specific activities. Again - there's a fair bit of nuance in it that makes it interesting.
I love it because it's apex sport. There's so much money in it that there are few barriers to analysis, conditioning and prep ... and yet some teams and coaches transcend that and change things so massively.
Personally, I watch on replay so that I don't have to sit through breaks and stoppages. THat works in NZ as it's Mon/Tue/Fri afternoon games.
Try again sometime if you like; it's good fun, with good storlyines and massive media interest out of the US
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@majorrage hi major, well now I back home in NZ and retired, got more time perhaps I will in future try to watch a bit more. I do enjoy a lot of sport when I give it a go, so why not. Another thing sometimes sports I compare to rugby, and I shouldn't when they different as NFL, I can't watch League because I realise it came from rugby, and quite similar, so the things I dislike are amplified. And I do find I can enjoy NBA at times, so why not?
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@dan54 said in Rugby vs NFL:
@nzzp Great suggestion mate, I will try watching replays etc to see if I get the swing of it a bit more, hell who knows we might even start picking our own teams to support etc on this forum.
it's really fun.
That said, like bad league/rugby, there can be some absolute stinkers.
I've really enjoyed watchign NCAA as well - the college level, with amateurs. It's offense driven, and there isn't the same sophistication or cynicism in teh defence. Still a very very high level to watch, and amazing crowds (80,000 is common).
see you in the NFL thread soon sometime
