• Redacted@lemmy.zip
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    6 days ago

    No for real tho on this particular spot, the british were the ones calling it association football which they shorthanded to soccer then they stuck that shit to america like a plasma grenade in halo, now could and should we change american football to something thays not called football? Yes. But the original sin lands with the english.

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      5 days ago

      The original sin was colonizing the Americas in the first place.

      Y’all could have been playing ollamalizti right now.

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        5 days ago

        That was pretty much located solely in mesoamerica - the more regionally accurate game would be what we now call Lacrosse, and is still quite popular. Also the most based sporting organization:

        The modern sport is governed by World Lacrosse and is the only international sport organization to recognize First Nations bands and Native American tribes as sovereign nations.

        (via wikipedia)