[fanattic]

Can someone explain me why is football played with the hands?
Ty in advance *

[Dusty]

Because evolution didn't give us tentacles.

[fanattic]

Yeah! TentacleBall would be a must. The next generation underwater sport!

neway... shouldn't Footballl be played with... hum... foot? Or is it that we can't call it Handball coz the name was already taken...

For me it's FootHandBall

[NASCAR Gnome]

Thank - or blame - some dude named "Ellis" and the British for getting this whole mess started a few hundred years ago!

Many years ago...

Everyone was playing football - kicking a ball, skull or filled bladder around and good old Ellis saw this, didn't like it and instead of kicking the ball with the rest of the players, he picks up the ball, refuses to set it back down, starts running around with it when the other ☻☻☻☻ed-off players start chasing him and they finally tackle him and wrestle the ball away! Right then, he comes up with an idea that he could start something if he could get the fellows to run with the ball instead of kicking it! To discourage the idea that once you get tired of carrying a round ball, you can set it down a kick it, he changes the ball shape to resemble a loaf of French bread than a spherical ball. No round ball, no kicking, problem solved! Later on, the Australians took the same game but made it slightly different by playing on a round field and realizing that it made you manlier if you not only tackled each other, but beat the crap out of each other when playing the game! Oh joy, those crazy Aussies!

Since the British Empire extended most everywhere on Earth, football and rugby were transported along with their conquests and occupation. In the Americas, for some reason, they prefered the funny-looking ball over the round ball. Since the Canadians pretty much go along with whatever the "big brother" Americans did, they too came up with their version of "foot" ball!

Five versions of football - Rugby, Aussie rules, Canadian, American and Soccer and only one is actually played with the feet! Does this answer your question?