Why do our American cousins insist on calling this game Football. During the course of the American "football" game the ball is only kicked with the foot occasionally. At such times a team member is brought onto the field of play to kick (with his foot) the ball. The rest of the time the ball is thrown by hand from one person to another.

There is a bit of a clue to the actual game of football played in the much of the world. The two words FOOT and BALL are combined to indicate that the BALL is played with the FOOT, hence FOOTBALL.

The rest of the world does have a game that the American "football" resembles and it is called RUGBY.

Perhaps you Guys and Gals over the pond could start a movement to rename your game.