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Re:How the feds took down FIFA by thwarted on Saturday February 20, 2016 @04:33PM (#11142059)
These wikipedia topics have paragraphs that talk about the evolution of the sport and its relationship to rugby and other "football" games.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_football

These were found by typing "en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football" into the browser's address bar and reading and browsing around to find the history and etymology.

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Re:How the feds took down FIFA by mamon on Saturday February 20, 2016 @04:38PM (#11142074)
Ok, so basically, what I learned from those entries: in 1876 someone changed the rules of the game, but forgot to change the name.
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Re:How the feds took down FIFA by riyadparvez on Saturday February 20, 2016 @04:58PM (#11142144)
But also remembered to change the name of the original game.
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