What’s the point?
September 7, 2009 by admin
Filed under Basics, Football 101
Basically, it’s to get the football over the goal line and score more points than your opponent. That’s very basic.
Watching the game for the first time probably leaves you wondering, who thought of this game? I mean, in baseball, one could see a few guys getting together to try to hit a small object, and run around bases to score. Seems harmless doesn’t it? Then ego gets the best of them and they feel the need to compete, to keep track of who scores more.
Basketball, again, a simple safe concept, a few guys play against some buddies, with a goal of trying to toss a round ball into a basket.
Then there’s football. The basic goal of getting the football over the goal line is harmless. However, in order to get the ball down the field and over the goal, eleven guys, big guys, tackle, hit, and maul each other, in order to get to the guy carrying the ball and not allow him to score.
