Gumboot wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:44 am
Biffer wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:29 am
weegie01 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2024 10:20 am
Has it been mentioned that Zammit's dad played NFL in the UK? He is a proper NFL fan who grew up steeped in it but played rugby, rather than a rugby player with an interest in NFL. I took his comments about NFL being his dream with a pinch of salt, but it appears to be actually true.
I’ve played American football in the UK, The top high school teams would beat most uk teams.
I played a Sunday park game with a few pub workmates against the local Septic social team, who were mostly members of the Regents Park Marines iirc. I was the only player on our team who knew how to tackle, but none of us knew how to pass or catch properly so we got absolutely slaughtered.
Fun day, mind.
Played rugby but never American football.
Went to a NFL game in the states - San Diego Chargers v LA Rams I think - way back in 1980's. I was bored to tears for 3 hours, only highlights were the parking lot BBQ before the game and when the cheerleaders were dropped off the pick up truck right in front of us to do their thing. It was just a waste of time watching live.
Having said that, when golfing in Orlando a taxi driver asked what we had planned that night and when we said just a few beers he suggested the usual lap dancing bars etc. We said we weren't into that sort of thing so he suggested we went to watch the indoor American Football match. We weren't keen but he said it would be worth our while so we went, stocked up with biggest popcorn and beers we could find and watched. Turns out it was held on the usual 'girls night off' when all the lap dancers, hookers, etc came to the game. The guy working the tv camera would scan the crowd for nice looking girls who would stand up and take their tops off with the crowd cheering and whooping. The cameraman panned away at the last possible minute with much booing. All this was shown real time on the big screen 'jumbotron' much to the crowds delight. I remember nothing of the game, the teams nor the score! It was hilarious and the taxi driver came to pick us up and got a tip.