Andersp: Excellent question,maybe the game was more rugby influenced when named?
I always thought the British term for football/soccer "footie" was funny,but when you consider the term "movie" is used for a film,it becomes the logical name.

Andersp:
It is similar to the reason of why we drive on the park way and park on the drive way. :)

As far as I know, the real reason is through the evolution of Football. The game that predates all of them was called Football. With the addition of the forward pass and then years of modifications to the rules you have modern Football, which is "foot" in name only. Soccer gets its name from Association Football. Soccer was developed as a less violent and safer version of the then current forms of football, such as Rugby. Since we had Football in the United States already Soccer got known by a different name. While over there in England and Europe the Association version came to dominate and they never developed a game similar to our type of Football except for the two main versions of Rugby which still go by that name or just Union or League depending on which version of Rubgy is being played. Rugby is called Rugby here. Soccer is Soccer. Football is Football or depending on which Football it'll be called be it's league or group. College, Arena, Highshcool, Canadian, NFL are the main types of Football. Soccer is a minor sport here. We all know Soccer isn't nothing much compared to real Football even if it is played in so many places and is so popular in so many places. Soccer is an English invention. Somehow the French got into the control of a portion of it and all you Soccer playing Europeans formed leagues and tournaments and there you have it. The French also had a major say in the schism that developed in Rugby and how there came to be two versions even though the split in Rugby was from the northern parts of England and arguing of paid players and other things. I'm trying to remember this stuff, so maybe an English or French Rugby fan can fill it in better than I can. I've never seen Rugby played though there are people that play it around here in Southern California. I can see Soccer getting lots more popular here some day, but for the time being it is strictly a minor league game. I'm not the only that hates Soccer. Soccer itself is one of the most played games where I happen to live. Kids play it all the time in the parks and fields. There's youth and adult leagues. Where I live happens to have one the highest Mexican and Central Amercian influx of immigrants in Califonia if not the United States, along side Vietnamese (Thought I don't know if the Vietnamese immigrants are a soccer playing people). Plus Soccer doesn't require much in the way of equipment or rules to play. Just some guys, a field, and a ball. Same thing for Football, except you need to know more rules to have a decent game of Football. Football also has a lot more different roles and positions for the players to cover. Defense and offense are completely different aspects. Scoring is more complicated. Yep, Football has changed every year. This is one thing I don't like about it, but it is still a lot better of a game in my opinion than soccer ever will be. I say this as a Baseball fan as that is a game I like the best for watching in person, though one of these days I will see an Australian Rules Football game. That looks like real fun game to watch or play. Flowing like Soccer and tough and rugged like Rugby or Football.

Jim Dandy: Go Packers!

Should be a good game next Thursday. Packers versus Cowboys. If I understand right, it is only being broadcast on the NFL network or paid television. I have a friend who bought a high definition television just prior to the Football season starting. I've only watched one Football game this year Patriots/Colts), but I was hoping to watch this game next Thursday. I mentioned it to him, while telling him about the broadcast rights and blackout area. He happily told me that he'd also bought the NFL network package. So the game is on at his house! :)

Walter Montego: My GF insisted we get the mega cable package,so I do get the NFL network amongst our 900 or so channels.Can you imagine if Favre had retired last year? this may end up being his best season ever,short of a Super Bowl

Jim Dandy:

I hate having 900 channels and not being able to find something good to watch....

Jim Dandy: with Direct TV you get the NFL channel in the basic package, you dont have to buy the whole football package

Czuch: No you don't! Least ways, I don't and I have DirecTV here. All of them channels are blocked out and if I go to them they tell me about ordering information.

Walter Montego: Try channel 212, thats what it is here anyways, and its not part of the "football package". I just pay for the basic plan and I have it here, unblocked

Czuch: OK, I'll give that a try, but it is only one channel. Will it have the Thursday game on it this week? Since my friend has the NFL package, it's a moot point, but I'll certainly give it a try the next time.

Walter Montego: Yeah, all of the games that are on the NFL channel are on that one, you will like it for other reasons as well, because they do replays of some of the better games, and they do them in an hour (i think), not to mention the 24 hour NFL coverage!

Walter Montego: Take your time getting back to us on this one....

Czuch: With the cable package we have I get NFL tv but not the gane channels.They are alloted channels,but I can't watch them unless I buy the package.Two games at 1 and another two at 4 are about all I can handle anyway,especially with my 9 fantasy teams filling my puter screen,that's my multi-tasking limit I guess.

Jim Dandy: Yes, NFL TV that is the channel everyone gets, i think, and that is the channel used to broadcast the Thursday night games, IE the Cowboys vs Packers this week

Czuch: The downside is I always get The Bills games being that that is my region

Jim Dandy:

It could be worse , I'd be willing to trade you...we get the 49'ers and Raiders regionally.....