It captures the defining elements of the sport: concussion risk and non-spherical object that I refuse to call “ball”. And rugby can be Gehirnerschütterungsrisikorotationsellipsoidsport 2 or Rotationsellipsoidgehirnerschütterungsrisikosport.
The “balls” used in European “football” are not spheres either as they are interlinked hexagons and pentagons which are not shapes found within the sphere.
By your line of thinking I guess we should call that silly sport Soccer since it doesn’t use a ball either.
May I suggest a German word?
“Distanzkampfball”
Gehirnerschütterungsrisikorotationsellipsoidsport
It captures the defining elements of the sport: concussion risk and non-spherical object that I refuse to call “ball”. And rugby can be Gehirnerschütterungsrisikorotationsellipsoidsport 2 or Rotationsellipsoidgehirnerschütterungsrisikosport.
The “balls” used in European “football” are not spheres either as they are interlinked hexagons and pentagons which are not shapes found within the sphere.
By your line of thinking I guess we should call that silly sport Soccer since it doesn’t use a ball either.