Yankee football (for the umpteenth time!) is as much of a game of chess as it is a game of physical prowess. It "involves" the fans far more than any other sport both in strategy and during games attended. Yet again, as per many past posts of mine on Mudcat threads, I watch, and enjoy watching, many sports, including real football, rugby, Aussie Rules... the works. But, for sheer entertainment and "involvement", Yankee football is, by far, the best. And, the padding? Yes, I know it takes leather balls to play rugby but rugby is even more boring than Yankee football and not nearly as physical because it's simply the nature of the respective games. I have yet to see a 6'6" 250# rugby player run a 4/40 ten times in less than 5 minutes. Those who don't understand what I just said... you don't understand Yankee football. It's FAR more exciting than any other contact sport (save hockey, of course, but everyone knows that).

BTW... for those that don't know, I am a Canuck and I say, Canuck football is the absolute shits of all of them... two downs and a cloud of dust, as my Bro would say.