OK, lets get the Seppo's argument straight.
1) Padding is a weapon
Obviously being hit by a soft, foam object rates high in th USA's fear factor. But you have to hand it to Gridiron CEO-s - they invented Basketball to keep their athletes fit over winter. The also invented pillow fights to train their juniors.
Rugby League actually has a similar concept of the aggressive pillow. It's called a Chris Walker tackle.
No doubt the point is lost on you that us League pussies cop things that are weaker than your aggressive foam. Things like elbows, knees, shoulder charges - none of which would inflict an ounce of pain on a average bloke padded up to look like Michelin Man.
2) Gridiron players are more active during a game
Hmm, on average 50% of the time they sit on their quoit on the sideline. Obviously the main physical stress there is trying to fit 20 fatly padded arses on 20 normal chairs - invitably, somone dosn't fit, falls down, and resums the jostle. Such movement, with 200kg of padding, would test the stamina of Nathan Hindmarsh!
Dickhead, you can't seriously think that spreading a team that plays half a game (approx 40 minutes) over FOUR HOURS to be strenuous! Especially when your argument is based on the fact that for every play, all bodies are in motion. Same in league. It's called a defensive line in the 10m rule.
3) Americans have superior athletes
We dispelled that one at the last 2 olympics. And, unlike US teams, we didn't need steroids.
Why are Australians so fitter? Maybe something to do with the fact that every suburb, town, outback post or community has access to a swimming pool and a sports field. IN the USA, where a sizeable chunk of population is locked up in ghettos (Yes, we have areas of poor urban housing, but I can still show the pools and sportsfields available to those who live in Redfern, Claymore or Mt Druitt), no such advantage exists. Australian lifestyle is, overall, far better than the average US lifestyle. And we have more chance of living our natural life, and not being gunned down because of outdated gun laws.
And finally, last Wednesday we saw a classic example of how League players are far more skilled that Gridiron players. Which Gridiron player in history has, during ONE game, showed the same array of skills as Andrew Johns did?
