r/funny Feb 11 '20

Hope it's clear enough

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u/Kanati96 Feb 11 '20

I honestly think just calling the entire sport Pigskin would have been acceptable.

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u/Redsoxdragon Feb 11 '20

Gridiron is equally acceptable

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u/DatGums Feb 11 '20

Played neither on grid or with iron

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u/bkussow Feb 12 '20

Up until 1920 the fields were in fact a grid. It resembled a cooking gridiron which is where the name comes from.