Australian Rules Football is a better sport than American Football

Counter responses to the 17 points I listed1) This point was about how the fact that you can actually throw the ball forward in American football allows for a greater chance to see a great catch then in Aussie football, not that there are more of them. The Pro's 10 minute video actually shows how Aussie players are allowed to climb on the backs of other players to make catches, knee players in the back or head who are in their way, and even scratch and push people in the face to get the ball. Catches in the NFL are based on actual athleticism, not jumping on the back of the person in front of you and catching the ball. 2) Aussie football doesnt have padding which doesnt mean they allow for bigger hits. Pads allow players to hit each other much harder without having any of them start rolling around in injury which happens more frequently in Aussie football3) More Players - Bigger field =/= same proportions as football. It makes it too cluttered for people to keep an eye on their favorite players and since all Aussie football players look the same its hard to tell who is who. 4) Have you seen your own video's Pro? Here is what every Aussie Football player has ever looked like. White, Skinny, 6 feet tall if we're lucky, no more than 160 lbs, and all of them are jogging for a majority of the game. Its just like soccer minus all the bogus injuries. 5) This is true, there are no touchdowns in Aussie Football (I would like to admit this into evidence as to why American football is just as good as Aussie Football)6) Fine lets call it even7) How is moving quickly and not correcting a mistake considered a good thing? In Aussie football the rules allow for mistakes to be overlooked much more than in American football. 8) I already argued that no padding =/= bigger hits, it = more injuries9) Its easy to make an easy catch when your riding someone else while you do it, thats not athletic thats called piggy-backing. 10) Fair enough11) I was sorely mistaken about the max attendance of the AFL Grand Final, my bad. I would like to point out two statistics thoughNumber of people who saw the AFL Final on TV = 4 millionNumber of people who saw the NFL Final on TV = Over 110 millionThe second statistic is actually a fact, the TV channel that aired the AFL final decided to not broadcast the event in HD even though they had an HD channel. The producers decided that GOLF would get the HD Channel while the AFL CHAMPIONSHIP game played on regular definition. What does it say when Golf has a better argument for being broadcasted in HD then the AFL Grand Final? http://en.wikipedia.org...http://en.wikipedia.org...12) Since the regular season is shorter it allows people to look forward to the playoffs faster, that makes it better. 13) I didnt know that, is the draft televised in front of a national audience? My guess is that it isnt14) How ignorant of you to assume that weight refers to fat and not muscles or height.... Im sure that a standard issue Defensive lineman could beat the hell out of any player from Aussie football15) Games can be decided by a goal or two, or five, or ten, or twenty in the AFL. American football keeps the games much closer = much more exciting16) I criticized the AFL for there not being overtime, not for there being shutouts. The simple fact is that in Aussie football its to easy to score 6 points and teams regularly score more than 70 points in a game. This takes out a lot of excitement you see when someone scores simply because everybody always scores. 17) Once again, closer scores = more exciting.As for the other points I made from a different argument1) Bouncing the ball once in a while in no way adds anything special to the game. Intentionally fumbling the ball is not athletic or skill, its childsplay. 2) Not being able to be tackled with the ball also promotes screwing up, giving the ball to the other team, and making it borderline impossible for any one team to hold on to the ball any longer then 5 minutes. 3) So rather then give the players padding so they dont fall down and cry, you outlaw being able to have people tackle another person by grabbing their feet? Doesnt make sense at all4) Fine, Aussie football is continuous and doesnt ever stop..... Just like soccer (and we all know how boring THAT sport is)5) I already said that the only way you can score is by kicking it and by nothing else, thank you for reinforcing my point...6) Pro concedes that there is no overtime in Aussie football"No matter what the play is the defensive tackles will still charge at people with their head"Thats not really a clever way to ignore everything I just said...."In Australian football, most, not some kicks will travel 30 or 40 meters and these do not come after half a minute of no action."American football has that too, its called passing it just requires more skill. This argument though was that QB's could throw passes accurately to Wide Recievers deep down field rather then just bot the ball and hope someone catches it like they have to in Aussie Football. Moving the ball downfield takes more skill and precision in American football then in Aussie footballAs for your reference to Trent Cotchin, players in the NFL and AFL alike have to deal with pressure to move the ball and be athletic."Compare this to the defensive tackle on an NFL team and their skill set is nothing in comparison."Oh way to take the only person in Aussie football who does anything impressive and compare him to a Defensive lineman, Shall I compare a QB to that of a benchwarmer who sits on his rear end the whole game in Aussie football? The simple fact is that Aussie football is like American football except instead of using skill to move the ball downfield whereas Aussie football players simply punt the ball when they are cornered and hope that their team catches the ball. And then punt again and again until they score.