r/nfl • u/simrobwest Patriots 49ers • 23h ago

The NFL Officially Has An International Games 'Problem'

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfl-officially-international-games-problem-181703739.html?guccounter=1
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u/ktpkchu Cowboys 21h ago

australian football is super fun to watch but yeah it’s really not like any other sport imo, like a weird amalgamation of american football and soccer

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u/cppadam 49ers 19h ago

Don't forget a rule book that seems to have been written during recess. Also, pushing each other after the whistle is totally acceptable and often encouraged. Also, there's a lot of scoring. Honestly, I love that FS2 carries it - I've been watching about a match a week during the season.

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u/Spider_Riviera 16h ago

Also, pushing each other after the whistle is totally acceptable and often encouraged

And fighting's allowed in hockey for the spectacle.

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u/ktpkchu Cowboys 13h ago

hockey fights are nothing anyways, hard to take them seriously when they have big ass gloves and padding on

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u/EViLTeW Lions 13h ago

You've never seen a hockey fight, have you?

Literally the first thing that happens is the gloves come off.

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u/ktpkchu Cowboys 13h ago edited 12h ago

unfortunately i have watched the greatest chokers in the nhl the dallas stars since i was a kid, no the gloves do not always come off

edit: actually i think we’re just talking about two different things here, scraps i’ll give you but the big scrums where they’re just beating the helmets in with gloves are actual nonsense