(S44) PT #1 - Football is for Everyone

[kenvald]

To make sure our new extraterrestrial friends fully understands the game of football we need to go deep. I'm not just talking about how the game is played or what kind of tactics a team might use. We need to inform them about _why_ we play the game in the first place, why we play it on grass, what grass even is and how it affects the physics of the game compared to something like clay. And even more so why are we wearing the equipment we're wearing, how it was decided that the ball would be the shape it is.

What I'm saying is that Jamdrian's informational video about football will include him sitting in a chair reading two books from start to finish. The first one will be about the history of American football. The second one will be the entire up-to-date NFL rule book. It's the only way we can make absolutely sure our new friends will learn to enjoy the game as much as we do.

[DangWookie]

Ace has always been a fan of the cringey, yet classic almost surreal instructional exercise videos of the 1970s and 80s. The video would open into the two-tier exercise studio that your mind pictures when you think of jazzercise. However, this one has been outfitted with a turf field and football stands on the second tier with fans galore. Ace, decked out in classic 70s workout garb would lead a class through the basics of football and how to watch the sport. After some well thought out instruction and completely unacceptable, uncomfortable puns the aliens would come out with a complete understanding of one of the world's best sports and the knowledge of the height of culture. Finally, the video would cut to the outro credits where they show a still of someone and what their future held. Ace's would say that he would go one to win the Ultimus with the Sailfish in S46.

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[.simo]

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[Jiggly_333]

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[Duilio05]

"Hello all you out there in the universe, I am Alex Armstrong, and I am here to teach you the game of football. I am the premiere person to explain this wonderful game because I am the best player currently playing the game. Football is my favorite activity. It originates from my planet H87dk37AHSD21, preferably called Earth. This game is playing with an oblong item filled with air, this is called the football. The objective is for a team to move the ball to a far end of a rectangular field to score points, while preventing the other team from doing the same thing. This objective becomes easier or harder depending on the gravitational pull of the location you are playing on. I got to be part of the first football game on Earth's satellite object, which we call Moon. The gravity there was a lot less which made getting down the field a lot easier. I hope all you persons out there in the universe will learn how great this game is and become SJS fans! We'd have the largest fan base in the universe!"

[CementHands]

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[RussDrivesTheBus]

The good news for everyone on this planet and any others, is that the correct movie has already been made for this specific scenario. All we have to do is whittle down the competition to get to THE quintessential football movie. We have some strong contenders for sure, but I'm confident we can find the correct specimen for our otherworldy audience. Some immediate contenders that jump out are as follows: The Waterboy, Remember the Titans, Rudy and We Are Marshall. Each of these standout for multiple different fantastic qualities. While my recommendation would be for this party to watch all of these films, I understand we need to cut down to one. I think Rudy and Waterboy, while amazing, focus a little too heavily on one player and not the team, so I'll eliminate these. Which leaves two of the greatest football films ever produced. Both of the remaining movies focus not only on the game, but the heavy emotion that can come with it. Ultimately, however, if we are trying to teach some Xs and Os to these extraterrestrials, Remember the Titans will be the winner. A playbook with 6 plays will be simple to understand and there a plenty of good examples of man management from the coaches making adjustments during the game. Hopefully, they will appreciate it as much as I do.

[Crodyman]

I would begin by painting a flag on every football, and explaining that football is a game of invasion. To hammer the point home I would paint the image of two planets in either endzone. The goal, as I would tell them, would be to use your troops (your offense) to storm through the cosmos (the playing field) to reach the other planet and plant your flag in the endzone. Naturally, the defense would act in reverse, as a planetary defense, using their soldiers to prevent the other army from planting their flag and claiming your homeworld as their own. I then would show some of the best hitters in the league (Ray Lewis, Brian Dawkins, Brian Urlacher, Dick Butkus RIP) and claim that these are the commanders of their respective armies, and it's up to each army to promote their own commanders who are equal to or surpass these legends in both aggression and physical prowess. Then, just to confuse them at the last second, I would go into great detail the explanation of the tuck rule.

[jj2416]

I would make it a serious video teaching the basics of the sport. To do this you'd have to explain the goals of each team and then how to complete them. Showing them some simple options that you can do like pass or run. Then slowly going through the positions and different variations you can play like 7v7 or a full game. You could even show 1v1 also. Showing the basics needed to understand and then showing them actual games would be one of the best ways. Showing actual examples. You would also need to explain how our gravity is centered for this game and in other atmospheres it might play differently. They would have to create a close enough in gravity to play the way we do. I think it could be something they can enjoy even just watching if not playing and enjoying it like how we do every Sunday. I would then also show our league to get our league more attention and tell them to watch us at the same time influencing.