Disagree. Hockey has the most skill and endurance. And you'd be surprised at the endurace level in football - and the skills needed in football are immense for all the positions. Backpeddle, weave, open technique, stalk block, stalk punch, pursuit angle, tip drill.
There are many tactics decided by the players(unlike football and baseball).
You just stepped into a hole there.
Football is the most tactical sport out there(maybe baseball can match). On Defense alone, there are multiple formations 4-3, 3-4, 46, Nickel, Dime, Goaline. Then there are the coverage. Man coverage, Cover 2, 3, 4 zones, blitzes, and everything else.
On Offense there are dozens of formations, and dozens more variants. It's a lot more complicated that "run and pass".
It's a sport many different people can do. Not just people who are huge or work out daily at the gym.
I'm not a big guy, and I was able to play football(granted I did hit the gym back then). Footballers don't need much skill. Mainly strength.
ROFL. Strength is only one aspect. Strength, speed, agility, and most of all - smarts matter.
And, seriously, why does everyone think soccer players are gay, weak, etc? They aren't.
I never seen more whining over a scratch injury in my life than when I saw part of soccer game. (Granted, the USA team is better than most on that) That made me sick to see. Get up and back into the play. Hell, Chris Spielman played linebacker(toughest position in the game IMO) every day one season with a torn pectorial. I think that has a lot of do with the weak and gay references.
A pro team's play book runs about 3000-4000 plays. Litteraly