Football (American Style)

[JPA32]

First off, there is no way it's better than rugby. There is no padding or helmets in rugby but there is in American football. You can't say this is because of the hits since they are just as hard if not harder. I can find some videos clearly showing this if you want. Therefore, rugby players are tougher. Secondly, American football stops every couple of seconds because that's generally how long plays last. Rugby is continuous except for lineouts, scrums etc.

Football players carry around pounds and pounds of gear on them when they play. It lessens the severity of the hits. Otherwise they'd end up killing each other. Regardless you can't say either is better because of the hits, that's just one part of the game. Plus, video's are misleading anyway. I could probably find video's of the opposite where American Football hits are harder than Rugby hits.

American football isn't purely running around with the ball. There is in-depth strategy involved which is much higher than that of rugby, hence all the stops. From what I know, rugby is more the European Football style of play where it's basically get the ball to the other-side of the field however you can with general strategy. Where American Football is often planned out to specific levels. This is a matter of preference to people.

I don't disagree that soccer players are extremely soft but I'm just saying that I've seen videos where players have died playing soccer.

There are hits in European Football, often accidental. Though they are far less often than players taking dives.