[Groop] Groo Sightings in the UK?

[azamin zainol abidin]

the whole world (except US) call soccer as football.... maybe we should 
call american football as american rugby as it is more rugby than soccer 
(football)... as it was a marriage of rugby and Soccer (football) at 
harvard U. (if i'm not mistaken...)

Larry Steller wrote:

>Sorry, guys, I'm waaaay backlogged reading these! My comment on the
>whole football/soccer thing is that, frankly it makes more sense to
>call soccer "football", as the whole point is kicking a ball with a
>foot.
>
>Whereas, even as an American only marginally interested in football,
>it's obvious that the ball is not ball-shaped, and for the greater
>majority of the game the foot does not come in contact with the ball.
>Yes, there are rare kickoffs and punts and stuff, but that's like
>calling soccer "headball" because you occasionally hit it with your
>head! 
>
>Therfore, I propose callig American Football GOALS ON LONG FIELDS or
>GOLF for short...
>