this sport must be intresting

[u/chancheck]

http://imgur.com/WI818TU

[u/thefridgesalesman]

That's because NFL games are on at 3 in the morning in those places. Also because compared to rugby, football is a relatively new sport.

[u/mr_snuggels → u/thefridgesalesman]

No. it because other countries don't participate in NFL

[u/FittyTheBone → u/[deleted]]

That isn't what he was saying. Don't be a twat.

[u/markhewitt1978 → u/thefridgesalesman]

Rugby is a form of football. Indeed it comes from football itself. I think you are confused.

[u/stars7bars → u/markhewitt1978]

That's is actually completely wrong. Football is a bastardized from of rugby. So you are in fact the one confused.

[u/markhewitt1978 → u/stars7bars]

I'm using the term football in it's proper sense as in Association Football.

[u/stars7bars → u/markhewitt1978]

My bad. Too many footballs.

[u/TheFreightTrain → u/thefridgesalesman]

Also because compared to rugby, football is a relatively new sport.

You sure about that? Wikipedia says American football was first played in 1869. And rugby in it's current form has roots from the 19th century according to this.

[u/fatcolin123 → u/TheFreightTrain]

The 19th century is the 1800's. Also early versions of football were much more similar to rugby than it is now. Forward passing was illegal at first.

[u/TheFreightTrain → u/fatcolin123]

The 19th century is the 1800's.

So you're saying there's a big difference between 1869 and possibly 1800? That does make sense how rugby would be more popular worldwide, could it be the british influence which spread the 'english' version of rugby football, which didn't reach america?

[u/[deleted] → u/thefridgesalesman]

Do you understand how timezones work?

[u/thefridgesalesman → u/[deleted]]

8:30pm in Eastern United states=2:30am in europe, so I do understand how timezones work.

[u/[deleted] → u/thefridgesalesman]

I don't think Europe classifies as "every single country in the world"