>Hi Sam

>Yeah I knew that you guys call it "soccer" - the word's a corruption and abbrev. of "Association football". Some old pundits over here call it that too. It may be a low-scoring game (but, let's face it, gridiron and rugby are only high-scoring because you get several points for a touch down and points for, in rugby, the following "conversion" - over the crossbar, and drop goals) but you've got a neck to call it SLOW.

I think for your average Joe American, the play takes too long to develop.


>Watching gridiron is like watching the two armies setting up for Gettysburg: having to wait while different teams within a team come on and off, depending on whether they're offensive or defensive, etc. It's like watching paint dry in between the short, violent burts of action.

But see that's the beauity of it. Between plays you can "argue" with your friends on what type of play should be attempted next and see if they run what you thought they would. And there are other things to do between plays. You can chug your beer. You can give your woman a very short attention to keep her pacified while the game is on.:-)