• W.itjust.works
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    -394 days ago

    Bro Wat? Just say: ”American Football bullshit." Sorry, your explanation hurt my head.

    • @Bassman1805
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      254 days ago

      I get it, “2 penalties canceling out” basically requires a master’s degree. That’s why you never see high school dropouts watching American football while halfway through a case of beer.

    • @Pacattack57
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      He could not have explained it any better and your response is: “I’m a moron”

      Well done sir.

      • @batmaniam
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        33 days ago

        Listen this isn’t a fancy sport like futbol where they just make up extra time at the end.

      • @kameecoding
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        3 days ago

        Not equally wrong? Or do they have to be both equally(ish) wrong and egregious?

        I know nothing of american football

        • The Quuuuuill
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          43 days ago

          it has to have a yardage offset of like kind for the play to count, and i think both infractions must be of the 5 yard variety, so basically a defender needs to be offsides and an offensive lineman needs to hold (probably the offside defender). anything else the penalties offset and you replay the down

          • @kameecoding
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            13 days ago

            Well I looked into it a bit, and interestingly those are indeed words that you used there.

            • @[email protected]
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              To start a play both teams line up in an approved formation. Those who are directly on the line are called lineman. Those standing behind them are line backers. The ones giving support from the corners (out by the people trying to catch the ball:receivers) are called corner backs. And the ones way back for safety measures (ball being thrown way down field) are called safteys.

              Offsides, means someone was over the line

              False start: means someone on the line started moving before the play started.

              Not that you likely care about any of it but all of the names in football are very basic straight to the point names.

              “Hands to the face” <hitting someone’s helmet/face region

              “Facemask” < grabbing someone’s face mask “Unnecessary roughness” < you got it

              Most of them are all there to reduce injuries and balance the chances/advantages of each side.

              Sports are meant to be easy so anyone can pick them up quickly. The hardest part of football is just understanding you have 4 downs to move 10 yards. Failure to do so, ball goes to the other team.

      • @Skullgrid
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        34 days ago

        Provided by : innane advertising! Nothing fills downtime like loud ads!

        Or so I’ve heard, I’ve never seen a broadcast of handegg in my entire life.

        Except rugby.