bd popeye said:That's because you are Finnish.American Football is called football because there was originally a lot more kicking in the game. In fact a rule still exist where you can kick the ball from any spot on the field. Nobody does that anymore.
This website can expalin American Football a lot better than I.
Thats quite interesting, it said they put rugby rules in it, and tackling rules seem to be more relaxed than rugby itself, i think im not sure there are different types of rules for rugby or something, anyways basically it should be called American rugby really, it takes the rules from it, Football penalises anyone other than the goalkeeper to touch the ball with the hands, hence why its probably called Football, i can't really see any relation to football in American football at all, it seems to have gotten cut out quite early.
