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Football is only ambiguous in the US. Everyone else thinks of the sport where you kick the BALL with your FEET instead of the sport where you carry an OVAL in your HANDS. π
International Federation of American Football recognizes 65 member narions.
It's in the name: American Football. It's what the sport is called outside the US.
Indeed meaning there are American Football as well as International Football leagues in 65 countries and not specifying which is a nonexplicit statement.
But it is a federation for the sport American football. I know there are teams for it all over, but it's still American football they're playing, not just football. For example, Finnish national American football team. There's also a national football team who do not play American football.
Hand egg
Stopwatches also play a large roll, so I say we call it "egg time"
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There are more sports called football than those two. For example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_football
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football
"FuΓball" in German is unambiguous, but when I speak or write in English, I call that sport soccer.
This is a bit reductionist. There are plenty of countries around the world where "football" doesn't refer to soccer (i.e. any country with a large national football code, gridiron, or rugby)... Australia, new Zealand, South Africa, Pacific islands, Ireland, etc...
Football simply means Aussie Rules in Australia. Don't lump us in with the yanks lol.
Or on the internet, where the nationality of the people you are talking to is usually not immediately clear.
If you say "soccer" or "American football" online, everyone knows what you mean without needing to know your nationality.
Cannot believe this is controversial tbh, I hate creeping Americanisms as much as the next guy, but the very fact people are arguing about it here is proof that "football" is ambiguous in online spaces
You can tell when someone is american because usually they are as dense as a black hole.