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Do it, slut.

[–] callyral@pawb.social 2 points 6 days ago

What's next? 'Murica starts using the metric system?

It's weird that the US calls "football" "soccer" and "american football" "football" but it is what it is and a president shouldn't be able to rename things on a whim.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago

I've been saying we should go back to calling it Grid Iron because it sounds cooler. But now we have to keep it so this motherfucker isn't made happy.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 65 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

This timeline is ridiculous.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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!!

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

He also has a grudge against the NFL because Jerry Jones kept him from getting a team.

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 27 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This will be what gets him shot.

[–] gothic_lemons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] paranoid@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

Cartilage doesn't regrow.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

He was shot? I don't remember that.

He was shot near, maybe.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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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[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's absolutely right. And while we're at it, can we rename the "World" Series?

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Canada has a team in the league. It counts.

[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

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

[–] REDACTED 0 points 5 days ago

So, American (continent) league?

[–] Daerun@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

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[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

This is because FIFA just sucked him off.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

While the most accurate description is probably Addball, I think turn based based rugby might be an acceptable compromise.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Different kinds of hits, but... goddamn. I saw a guy in a rugby game take a full-on elbow to the face while running full tilt and go pinwheeling to the ground... and the game continued without so much as a comment from the announcer.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

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

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

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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[–] FEIN@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"rugby for pansies" until you get CTE or some irreversible brain injury...

[–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

You can get CTE playing rugby or soccer too.

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 9 points 1 week ago

I am recommending we call it concussion ball.

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 1 points 1 week ago

fair enough!

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

So now we do care what other countries think?

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

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

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Gridiron.

It's known as Gridiron Football already, just use the other half...

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_football

Good grief, there's more! Absolutely unacceptable that something could develop from an earlier version and keep any fragment of identity.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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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[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

He should rename "the gulf of America" back to "the gulf of mexico" while he's at it

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[–] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

We can call it the NHL. Perfect!

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