And if it wasn't for that, your 'football' would actually be a decent sport, as opposed to armoured rugby for pussies.
Yeah, try having 350 lb guys running into each other full force who can each lift 400+ lbs without armor and people die. There are still injuries every game. Talk about pussies - soccer is a bunch of guys running around in bicycle shorts and diving grabbing their leg screaming if anyone so much as touches them. Women in soccer are tougher than the men.
Mens soccer - someone lightly touches = OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!! writhing on the grounf grasping leg
Womens soccer - bleeding from the head - oh just wait a few seconds while I fix my hair and I'll be ready.
NFL = real football = play with broken ribs, concussion, etc
Hockey = pull broken teeth out of head - get back out on ice. Testicles ruptured by puck = get back on ice.