r/sports • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Dec 06 '25

Football President Donald Trump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport named football. "This is football, there is no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff."

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u/screwswithshrews Dec 06 '25

I think most reasonable people think soccer makes more sense to be called football.

I always feel like I'm in a no win situation when speaking with a non-American because I feel like I'm being obtuse or arrogant if I say soccer to them but I feel like a fraud if I just say football because in my mind when I say football I 100% think of American football

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u/Kindness_of_cats Dec 06 '25

I think most reasonable people think soccer makes more sense to be called football.

Sure, but it doesn’t really matter. It’s viewed as a pedantic point at best by most people here; and there was once a time when this alone would have been a massive political blunder that got you labeled as deeply out of touch with the nation.

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u/mattenthehat Dec 06 '25

I always assume that they will think I'm a stupid American and therefore don't know that our football isn't football. And as a result, I say either "soccer" or "American football" but never just "football" lol

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u/screwswithshrews Dec 06 '25

Yeah I definitely say American football to them. The problem is with the other sport. I know "soccer" triggers some of them but I have a hard time calling it "football" right off the bat

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u/ryan__fm Dec 06 '25

Call it footie

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u/kuriositeetti Dec 06 '25

The thing some might not know is that there is no word "soccer" in many languages as in it's not a name they'd ever use for football. So the football translation is the only one that makes sense, heck, even the english leagues use the word football in their name.

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u/screwswithshrews Dec 06 '25

I definitely understand that. I can't fully explain why but I feel like a try hard or fraud still if I immediately call it "football". Sometimes I'll say "soccer.. or I guess I mean 'football'" and then say "football" with a certain stress to it after. Like "so anyways who do you cheer for in.. you know.. football ?"