Comment on The great debate: Is football now Australia’s national sport?

NightSicarius@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Ilandar@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It has always been called football. Maybe not in your circles, but within the football community that has always been a common name for the sport. It is also consistent with international standards as FIFA, all continental governing bodies and the overwhelming majority of national member federations use the term.

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  • INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    OK seppo

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    • Ilandar@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      ???

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  • abhibeckert@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The word football is officially defined as “any of various forms of team game involving kicking (and in some cases also handling) a ball”.

    More specifically, there are six games that are commonly known as Football… and in Australia, three of those games are extremely popular.

    So, while there are countries where there’s only one popular “football”, Australia isn’t one of those countries. Over here you really should avoid the term in my opinion.

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    • Ilandar@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “Officially” defined by who?

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