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1. How AmericanFootball GotStarted
Football factorsmightbe scoredinmany variousways,togetherwithcatchingamove overthe goal
line,carryingthe ball overthe purpose line,tacklingasoccerplayerinhisownendzone,or a kicker
kickingthe football bythe goal postsonthe opposingfacet. He wasthe star of the Carlisle soccer
workforce andlatermedaledwithinthe 1912 Olympics.RugbyandAmericansoccerdohave a couple
of maindifferences,anumberof the rule changeshave beenbeganby WalterCampwho people
wouldname the Fatherof AmericanFootball.Now,golf equipmentlitteryourcomplete metropolis,
withopportunitiesforbasketball,baseball,andfootballin1stgrade.Not as far or dramaticas a
protractedspiralingfootball,howevernonethelessspiralingasoccerwas nota brandnew thingand
had little todowithairplanesandsizzlingairballoons...asromanticasthatsounds.I didn'tknow the
changingintoof football wentbackintothe late 1800s and the beginningof itwasattention-
grabbing.
Hearingthispodcastwas veryinterestingtome.AlsoIneverknew thatthe Ivy League collegeshad
such an influence of soccersince theydon'tseemtobe verypopularfor those collegesnow
comparedthe the facultiesinthe SECand Big Ten.It wasactuallycool to listentothe impact thatthe
Native Americancrewhadonfootball.Americanfootball historycouldbe discoveredwithinthe early
versionsof soccerand rugby.You waxedpoeticmid-episode aboutthe opennessandmarvel of the
soccer area,where anythingisfeasible,evenparticipationandexcellence bygroupslikeNative
Americanswho'dsystematicallybeenoppressedandseenasinferior.It'sinterestingtothinkthat
fashionablefootball originatedfromanIvyLeague college. Afterthe AmericanCivilWarwasresulted
in1865, the Americansocceracquiredto see a new daybreak.
I actuallyhave a toughtime believingthatyoumanagedtogetvia an intensive feature centeringon
football atCarlyle andnotusinga pointout of Carlyle'sbestfootball player,andone of many
greatestof all time:JimThorpe.A reallyinterestingtangenthere - article onWilliamDietzthattiesin
withthe Carlisle School andthe Washingtonsoccerteam.Iwouldbyno meanshave thoughtthatIvy
league collegessimilartoHarvardhad such an enormousfactorinthe originof football.Football is
lookedatas a manlyandconservative sport,butit'sactuallythe opposite.
I practicallyfell off mychairwhenthatkidannouncedthathisinterestinfootball wasevolvinginto
an interestinsynchronizedswimming!The kidsatCarlisle tookthe sectortoface off againsta new
worldthat wasdestroyingtheirs,andalongthe wayinwhich,theymodifiedthe basicsof football
forever football helmet.Americanfootballaswell assoccerisperformedwith22 gamerson the
sphere thattheyplayon.Some termsfrom participantpositionsfromsoccerare usedinthe present
day inAmericansoccerequivalenttofullbackandhalfback.
But we do nottypicallyplayfootball (flagfootball,yes,butnotthe smash-mouthvarietythatcauses
all these concussions).Thatchildgoestobe one bothone of the crucial reveredfootball players,an
awesome comic,orthe harbingerof nationwide shiftof interestfromfootball toaquatics!Harvard's
representativesinthisdebate selectedtosupportthe planto undertake the aheadpasswhich,after
all,became one of manyacceptedrulesmodificationstotryand make soccera bitsafer.Thanksto
the resilienceandcreativityof the Native AmericanstudentsatCarlyle,Americanfootball was
remodeledandadvancedintowhatit'simmediately.We saidthatrefereeshadbeenaddedto

2. Americanfootball inresponse toPop Warner.I washopingto hearin yourstory whythe American
game is still referredtoassoccer.