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Paul Yonga  Hour: 8 College Prep Writing 4 March 2009

Futbol  vs. Football When going up in a country where all people care about is their own culture it is often easy to confuse similar looking things. One who is stuck in a self minded world like the United States may find football and futbol  very similar. In fact they will probably think they are the same sport just that one is spelt in a different language. Surely there are many Americans in the world who have no idea what futbol  is but nearly all of them could tell you what football is. With all the news and resources in the world you would think that people in America would know about futbol . Futbol  known and called in nearly every country besides the United States is better known as soccer to many Americans. Futbol  means something much more to people in other countries than what soccer means to Americans. People say they love football in America but they have no idea what true love for a sport is. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> in foreign countries is not just a sport, but a life style. Football and <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> may sound similar but they are vastly different from each other. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">First and for most the biggest difference between these two sports is how the two games are played and they equipment needed to play. Football is seen as one of the most psychical contact sports in the world. Every play you will find a player getting grabbed, pushed, and tackled to the ground. American football is a much more physical sport than <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> therefore it requires much more protective equipment. When playing <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> all you need is a soccer ball, goals, uniforms, shin guards and cleats. The fact that <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> requires much less equipment is one reason why it is played all throughout the world. Young kids in foreign countries do not need to worry about equipment when they play <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. If they were to play American football many children would need equipment to play in order to keep themselves from getting hurt. Football requires vastly more equipment to play. In order to play football you need a football, shoulder pads, a helmet, uniforms, thigh pads, a mouth guard, field goal post and even a nut cup. Much more equipment and money is needed to play a physical sport such as football and is why many more people play <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> around the world. Another reason why people play <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> more than football in the world is because of its easy concept. In a simple sport like <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> the goal of the two teams is to pass the ball to your ten other teammates and score. Unlike football, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> players use their feet to play instead of their hands. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> players use their feet to pass the ball to each other where as in football they quarterback uses his hands to throw the ball down the field. Both have the same concept of moving the ball down the field but they use too way different methods of doing so. It is much easier to score a touchdown in football than it is to score a goal in soccer. If hands were allowed in soccer the game would be much easier. The fact that you cannot is what separates the sports and makes them unique to each other. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> and football not only have very different ways of being played but require much different talents and tactics. When you look at American football on <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">television you would think they took a bunch of overweight Americans and put them on a team together to play. A football team consists of overweight strong players, athletic fast players, and a few smart players. In a sport like football you do not have to be the most athletic person. An overweight person can become one of the best offensive or defensive linemen without having played football before. This is much different than <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. You cannot take any average Joe off the streets and turn him into a great <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> player. To be a <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> player you must be fit and intelligent. You will never see an overweight <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> player at a high level of <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. In NFL football you will find nearly every offensive or defensive lineman is overweight. All you have to do is look at the defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings. Nearly everyone is over 300 pounds. Not only are soccer players more fit but they are also more intelligent. Often people think you have to be smart to play football but that is not the case. Anyone can memorize plays in a playbook that does not take much intelligence. When you look at high school and college football players and you compare them to high school and college <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> players you will find that <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> players have a much higher GPA and test scores. It takes a <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> player more hard work to get into a good school than it does for a football player to get into a good college. For instance, the average GPA for a football player is around 2.5-2.8 where as a <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> player would have an average GPA of 3.0-3.4. It does not take much intelligence to understand a playbook, just a little practice. In <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> you must understand your teammate’s tendencies in order to be successful. There are no playbooks in <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> to tell you what to do so you must be smart enough to understand what your teammates are thinking. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> players have very different assets than a football player which sets them apart from each other. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Football in America is one of the most played sports and is recognized throughout the country. On the other hand a sport like <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> in the United States is rarely recognized at the level football is. Although <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> is the most played sport in the world you will not find it very popular in the United States. In the United States, sports such as football and baseball are more recognized than <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">. For every other country in the world you will find <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> more popular than sports like football and baseball. You will find <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> played in the United States and you will even find football played in other countries but the big difference is where they are most popular. In foreign countries <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> is not just a sport but a <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">lifestyle <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> where as in the United States <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> is merely a sport. They are both considered sports but what they mean to different people around the world makes them different. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> and football can easily get mixed up due to their similar sounds. It is clear though that these two sports are different in many ways. Not only are there concepts and <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">equipment <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> different but where they are played, how important they are to certain people in the world, and how they are played are different. If looked into more in depth things that sound the same can be very different. People should look more into things into finding out what things really are in life. It is ridiculous with the resources in today's world that people would get two sports such as football and <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">futbol <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> screwed up just because they sound the same. Time needs to be taken to understand things in life so simple looking or sounding things do not get misunderstood.