The most popular sport in the world is football . . . but NOT American football. It’s what most Americans call “soccer.”
This past Friday, President Trump announced that, to him, soccer is the REAL football . . . and that American “football” needs to change to something else.
He said, quote, “We have a little bit of a conflict with another thing that’s called football. But when you think about it, this, [soccer], is football, there’s no question about it. We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff. It really doesn’t make sense when you think about it.”
Trump stopped short of saying he’d force the NFL to change the name, but naturally that got people talking about new names for the sport.
Here are some of the suggestions online:
1. Gridiron. This seems to be the most popular response, with some people basically saying gridiron already IS the technical name. That would make the NFL the “NGL,” which actually sounds cool, NGL. (Not Gonna Lie. Wait . . .)
2. Pigskin. This is also another nickname people already use.
3. Tackle Football, or “American Football.” I think it’s already been proven that names like this don’t stick. People just shorten it to “football,” and there will still be confusion.
4. DraftKings Ball. This was probably a joke because of all the gambling ads during sporting events. But it’s definitely possible that a sponsor could BUY the right to name the sport . . . like college bowl games. Maybe “Butterball”???
5. Trump Ball. This is tongue-in-cheek . . . but if Trump got serious about pushing for a new name, this would probably be his preference.
6. Hand Egg. Or Eggball. The internet seems to love this.
7. AmeriBall. Some say it would be weak for America to cave and give up “football.” So you could save face by making it more patriotic-sounding.
Then there were some sillier suggestions, like:
1. Kickball. Dude, that name is already taken, too.
2. Soccer. So, they’d just switch the names? That’s a lot more confusing.
3. Millionaire Fight Club.
4. Full-Contact Chess.
5. Footsie.
6. Endzone.
7. Yardball. This REALLY sticks it to ‘em with an anti-metric system name.
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