Summary: The book starts off talking about Tedy Bruschi and the stroke he had, and how strong willed he was to come back and still play the game of football again. But then it explains that before football, it was rugby and soccer. The first actual somewhat game of football was in 1874, but it wasn't played the way we know today, the rules were mixed from soccer and rugby.
America didn't really have a history like other countries like Europe. Around 1880 is when the terms scrimmage and possesion were being used. But the rules have changed from today since back then, and football helps create America.
Quote: "The champions of necessary roughness" (Paolantonio 10).
Reaction: This quote made me think that all people who play football are trying to hurt their oppenent. And sometimes that might be true, becuase when we atch football today it is very rough and aggresive. Almost like that is what football is all about, being rough and aggresive.
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how is footbal more "American" than soccer?
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