[sean327]

I’m not saying these guys ain’t ateletes, or their not hard in their own right, but American football is a sport unlike any other. I realize soccer is the most popular sport in the world but Americans are different. We tend to take more chances, and for some reason we have evolved into a warrior society. Think about it. The most revered people in our society are miiitary, cops and firefighters. Football has surpassed baseball for one simple reason, the majority of us are or want to be warriors. It’s that basic.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

There may be something in your point and you make it well. I'm more of the opinion is that football is not so much unique in its martial features. I'll admit it's probably at the top in world sports as far as those qualities, but almost all sports hotly contested have elements of the battlefield.

Thanks for contributing something worth considering. Believe it or not, I am a gridiron football fan too.