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SnakeBeardTheGreat t1_iugvkke wrote

Reply to comment by CliffExcellent123 in ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster

Football was a very deadly sport Who ever was carrying the ball got piled on. Broken bones and death were common, Things changed with protective gear and the forward pass.

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shinginta t1_iugx70t wrote

It's still extremely dangerous, especially long-term. Brain injuries are pretty serious, and can be cumulative. Over the course of an entire career the trauma mounts up.

But you're not wrong; it definitely used to be more dangerous, especially outwardly.

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amazingmikeyc t1_iuhgdls wrote

which kind of football? gaelic?

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thisisa_fake_account t1_iuhvcbb wrote

American one. The one played with hands. The real football has been relatively safer for a long time.

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amazingmikeyc t1_iui2ts9 wrote

I think most footballs use hands, soccer is the outlier, I think I should point this out more to troll everyone

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valeyard89 t1_iuhwl6b wrote

as'soc'iation football

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amazingmikeyc t1_iui2p3e wrote

yeah i don't get why it's called Soccer not Sosha.

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edit: ie association is pronounced asso-sia-tion or asso-shi-ation not assoc-iation so where does the hard C come from?

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drafterman t1_iuj4sfb wrote

Because it's never been a rule that abbreviations have to inherit the pronunciation of their parent word. The Hard C probably comes from it sounding better.

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Plane_Chance863 t1_iujxm2s wrote

Dunno, but at university the math society was abbreviated to math soc, with a hard c. So it was probably already a common abbreviation, and soccer came naturally later.

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thisisa_fake_account t1_iui5bfr wrote

Because the Americans decided they would find an unnecessarily complicated name instead of going with the obvious one.

"What is this game"

"There's a ball, and you kick, dribble and shoot it with your feet"

"let's call it soccer"

"Why not football?"

"We already have football"

"Why is it called football"

"Because the ball is almost a foot long"

"Aren't balls supposed to be round?"

"..."

"..."

"SOCCER!"

"Soccer!"

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amazingmikeyc t1_iui8xry wrote

nah the term soccer originates in the uk, it's an abbreviation of Association Football, hence my comment. Before soccer became the only "football" there are/were lots of games called it, notably Rugby Football

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Dubnbstm t1_iuiqkbi wrote

Garlic Football is also played using your hands, but, it is significantly safer than early 20th Century American Football or modern American football.

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DobisPeeyar t1_iuijtdn wrote

Except that one African team where everyone died from the lightning strike

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