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The SB Commercial was right...Canada DID really invent football


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2 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

They have maple syrup, socks and sandles, and Gordon Lightfoot...they'll be fine.

 

Yeah Maple Syrup is huge...I had no idea until I watched a Netflix Documentary called "The Maple Syrup Mafia" that Quebec controls 70+% of the world's Maple Syrup production. Guess that's why the Maple Leaf is on their flag and they have a hockey team named after it.

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14 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

In that same Wiki article, it notes that 11 v. 11 football with snaps and the forward pass was considered the "Canadian" version of the game. The "American" version had a round ball, you couldn't pick the ball up, and had 25-man teams. 

 

Here's how the forward pass came into American Football (it was to help prevent deaths which might result in the game being outlawed. It evolved over time):

 

https://www.history.com/news/forward-pass-football-invented-origins

 

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31 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

In that same Wiki article, it notes that 11 v. 11 football with snaps and the forward pass was considered the "Canadian" version of the game. The "American" version had a round ball, you couldn't pick the ball up, and had 25-man teams. 

 

Yeah basically the American version was just a giant scrum pile that constantly moved back and forth which is why most of the games back then either ended in a 0-0 tie or one team winning 6-0.  It was mostly boring and also dangerous as many people got seriously injured or even died.

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