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Once upon a time there was only soccer, then a guy called Webb, in Rugby,England decided to pick up the soccer ball and run with it, and rugby was born. When rugby arrived in Australia, another group of men changed the rules again and created Australian Rules football, and in North America the same thing also happened, a change of rules and American Football came alive. We all use an oval shaped football, but even though football( with an oval ball) is the nearly the largest sport on Earth the problem is we can't play against each other because we have evolved too far apart. Cousins we most definitely are - our games all have a common heritage. But sadly we can't compete against each other! (although in my World Football section you will note my attempt to draw us together!). But I think there is some hope yet for us all. We still do have one significant thing in common - we all kick an oval shaped ball! Every weekend, all around the world, there are hundreds of millions of men, women and children kicking an oval shaped ball - in the street, at school, in a park, on the field of play! Football kicking is a huge and popular sporting activity. When you compare it to many Olympic sports like "hammer throwing" or "javelin throwing", it is immense. How many people around the world will be hammer throwing this weekend - a few thousand, perhaps? Compare this to the millions kicking a footy! I would like to see all us "real" footballers get together and develop football kicking as a major international sport - a sport we can ALL play, and a sport that we can get into the Olympics. It would require no more resources at an Olympics, it is played on every continent by hundreds of millions of people and is possibly the largest single sporting activity in the world. So what do you think?? How about a Festival of Football - kicking competitions, running, ball handling - lets see who the best footballers in the world are! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Last updated 17-Dec-00 E. Tarik, Adelaide, South Australia © 2000 all rights are reserved.

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