OK, I'll bite

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Its not football its soccer.



In the UK, as you're well aware, it is almost universally known as football. Hence "The Football League", "Leicester City Football Club" etc etc. (Yes, I do know there's a "Leicester Football Club", who indulge in egg-chasing, but even they barely mention the word football on their website).

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Its played by 22 puffs with a bag of wind.



Puffs? I can only assume that you have never seen a player after a hard game. Bruises, cuts, and worse with no complaints, and a desire to get out there the next week do not equal a puff. A bag of wind? Technically I'll give you that one.

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The only skill is the ability to act.



Obviously that isn't true. Have you ever played a game in your life?

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It promotes violence in the crowd through frustration.



There is very little violence at football matches in the UK nowadays. There were 100,000 England fans in Cologne the night before last, and no reports of any trouble. Even in the heyday of football hooliganism you could choose not to get involved. I went to Millwall as an away fan in the mid 80's, and there were no problems.

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Its no longer sport its a marketing exercise.



At the top level I have some sympathy with that statement. However, there are thousands and thousands of men / women / boys and girls who play and watch purely for the love of the game.

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Cromwell had the right idea - he banned it.



He also closed large numbers of "ale-houses"