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Nick, while your historical "football derives from all games played on foot by people who didn't play polo on horseback" argument is one I support, this is modern day.
People still play games like polo and horseball, so it's still a valid distinction between the two!
Yes they do.

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And assoc != soccer. Wtf man whoever invented that is balls insane.
Hey! Woah! Hey! How dare you claim that the derivation of slang terms from their original words doesn't make sense. How very dare you!
I do what I want. You have problem?

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AFL is allowed to be football, but not the football.
Globally, your argument holds, but not regionally. So, yes, I'll give you the point that Association Football is the football of the world, but not of the US or Australia.
The US has always been an exception to this entire argument. However, I don't care what "the football of Australia" is, I'm just saying that football is football, not soccer. It's FIFA, Football Australia and QLD Football. Whether it's "the football of Australia" or not is irrelevant.

I will make my analogy again. If the Pope said "We are no longer Christians, we are Jesusites" would you go "no smurf you I'm a Christian"? No you would listen to the top dog.

This is all light-hearted despite the fact I will destroy you