Warp wrote:
>   As far as I can see, the official name is "association football" (I have
> no idea why it's named like that).

Because it's the set of rules for football standardized by the Football 
Association. Read the "history" on that page. :-)  The "association" is the 
group of schools that decided you're not allowed to run with the ball in 
your hand. The "non-association" teams were the ones that disliked that 
rule, who later went on to play rugby.

As an aside, I was amused by the names of the players in Rugby. The 
offensive players have the titles
"hooker" (who hooks the ball with his foot), two "props" who prop up the 
hooker, two "locks" who lock the hooker in place, two "flankers" who flank 
the hooker, and "number 8."

I come to the conclusion that it's "number 8" because his job is to push on 
the hooker's thighs with his shoulders, and he didn't want the title "guy 
with his head between the hooker's thighs."



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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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   much longer being almost empty than almost full.

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