[FamiliarFace]

The kicker in American football hasn’t been running his ass off for over 2 hours prior to taking his FG tries. I dare say American football players would collapse if they had to run 45 minutes straight without breaks, much less go for 120+ minutes.

[Rummyfan]

I dare say American football players would collapse if they had to run 45 minutes straight without breaks, much less go for 120+ minutes.

Totally different game - American football players are built for short periods of explosive maximum effort and action. But over the course of a game that wears one down too. Like running sprints over and over as opposed to running a 10K.

[MinorityRepublican]

The kicker in American football hasn’t been running his ass off for over 2 hours prior to taking his FG tries. I dare say American football players would collapse if they had to run 45 minutes straight without breaks, much less go for 120+ minutes.

It makes sense to the rest of the world, perhaps. Americans are not used to this. Maybe that'll change now that we have MLS but so far it's still a niche sport and we are only paying attention to the world cup every four years (well, we didn't watch it in 2018 because USA did not qualify).

[allblues]

Imagine if the NFL had a limit on substitutions like real football. The ambulances would be busy.