# American Football – Are you serious? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 6, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755 "2010-07-06T18:58:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PopCornBuddha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@PopCornBuddha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopCornBuddha)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755/1 "2010-07-06T18:58:40Z")
Hi – was just watching some highlights of what is called American Football. This is a joke right? Men in tight trousers wearing makeup, eighties shoulder straps and hugging each other? It sorta reminded me of the Village People. It doesn’t get much more gay than that. Are there really people who take this serious? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755/2 "2010-07-06T19:08:08Z")
Makeup? Shoulder straps? Are you sure you weren’t watching _American Gladiators_? ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755/3 "2010-07-06T19:09:32Z")
It’s worse than that. They actively, unashamedly, GROPE each other’s posteriors. ON LIVE TV. It’s not gay. It’s positively flaming queer. Don’t get me started on soccer though. ::This post brought to you by stupid american frat boy. Stupid American frat boy - classing up college parties ad sports bars since 1975:: ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755/4 "2010-07-06T19:16:49Z")
Oh good – another “your sport sucks” thread. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755/5 "2010-07-06T19:18:25Z")
Damn right, I take American football seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755/6 "2010-07-06T19:18:26Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Oh good – another “your sport sucks” thread. The trolls are getting more blatant every day, aren’t they? We need to get out and cut back the treeline so we can at least see 'em coming. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755/7 "2010-07-06T19:22:00Z")
The OP probably didn’t notice where the quarterback puts his hands. ---
**Author:** ![JimNightshade](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jimnightshade/32/3354_2.png) [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755/8 "2010-07-06T19:26:25Z")
People, please ignore this thread. Somehow my son managed to create a new account (linked to my email address the silly bugger) and thought it was fun to post this drivel. Sorry if he hurt anyone’s feelings. I have already asked the mods to lock this (yes - and changed the passwords). My Apologies. (Hope I won’t get banned for this sock - ip wise) JimNightshade ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755/9 "2010-07-06T19:31:08Z")
Jim, you’ll get nothing but sympathy from Hal. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-football-are-you-serious/545755/10 "2010-07-06T19:32:46Z")
I’ve always wanted to say this: Thread closed on the request of th OP’s dad.