Slosprint, no, it actually is called Football. It is called thus, due to the continual contact between foot and ball. It's a simple premise really.
Slosprint, your point is that American Football is "real" because there has been serious injuries involved? An odd point I must say, it's supposed to be a sport and not just a way of watching people being caused hideous injuries. I was saying "Real" Football, as it was called Football before the sport to which you refer was even invented, I think my point is more valid. Also, do you think that this kind of hideous injury doesn't occur in Football? Unfortunately, you are wrong, this kind of bad broken limb occurs at least once a season in England alone and in the last 6 years at least 3 professional footballers, across the world in the public eye, have died during play (IMO, that's a pretty serious injury). In whatever sport, you are always going to get bad injuries, it's unavoidable)
There's no point in me trying to argue that one sport is better than the other, and neither is there point in you arguing it to me, as we are both entrenched into our ways and there's no turning us. What I can argue against though is you seemingly claiming that firstly American Football is "real" (as opposed to... imaginary?) because bad injuries occur? And your second point is that there is nothing "real" about Football, because these kind of injuries don't happen? Even though they do? I think that you have your priorities wrong with your definition of "sport".
If it is that kind of thing you are interested in, why don't you simply watch illegal bare knuckle fighting and be done with it? I tend to be more interested in the tactics involved, the beauty of a good flowing passing move and the passion involved in the game in England, Europe, Africa, South America etc... Each continent and country with it's own individual characteristics of the game. The severity of a guys injury isn't actually that big a draw for me, to be honest, I feel I'm slightly above that... but... yeah.
Gerstl, obviously it was only a light hearted slander [:P]