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‘It’s bordering on exploitation’: how pseudoscience is duping football
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supersquirrel lemmy.ca supersquirrel@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-08-07
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Link: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/22/how-pseudoscience-is-duping-football-claire-marie-roberts-interview
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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-16
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Meh. It's not real football anyhow. 😅
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supersquirrel lemmy.ca supersquirrel@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-08-07
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wyldrstallyns wrote:
Meh. It's not real football anyhow. 😅

The function football defined in terms how much the name makes sense has a maximum positive value in the rational axis (non-american football) and a maximum value in the irrational axis (american football) that in this case can be seen as a roughly equivalent to how much the particular sportball called "football" actually resembles rugby.
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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-16
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supersquirrel wrote:
The function football defined in terms how much the name makes sense has a maximum positive value in the rational axis (non-american football) and a maximum value in the irrational axis (american football) that in this case can be seen as a roughly equivalent to how much the particular sportball called "football" actually resembles rugby.

Which is to say, American "football" resembles rugby as much as bumper bowling does nine-pin. 🤣🤘🏼
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AwesomeLowlander sh.itjust.works AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-07-12
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wyldrstallyns wrote:
Meh. It's not real football anyhow. 😅

Though I suppose the issue she's discussing applies equally to any other sport.
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