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muriel_volestrangler

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3. The Australian Football League runs Aussie Rules football in its home; the Rugby Football Union runs rugby union

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 12:02 PM

Dec 2025

in its home (and Irish Rugby is run by the Irish Rugby Football Union). These all co-exist with people using "football" for association football in those countries. No need to rename the NFL, and the use of just "football" in the USA for gridiron is going to continue whatever a government or official body says. It's just more verbal diarrhoea from an ailing narcissist.

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Trump now wants to rename the NFL and the sport of Football in America to something else [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2025 OP

Would love to see MAGA men rationalizing how this is a good idea newdeal2 Dec 2025 #1

Good. Maybe something will wake up the sports zombies. travelingthrulife Dec 2025 #2

The Australian Football League runs Aussie Rules football in its home; the Rugby Football Union runs rugby union muriel_volestrangler Dec 2025 #3

In Australia their version of football is colloquially called "footy." Ocelot II Dec 2025 #6

I'd like to see some of the NFL types try to play Australian Rules Football. The Madcap Dec 2025 #12

It is played with a pigskin and piggies live in his head, taxi Dec 2025 #4

Sarcastaball. n/t flvegan Dec 2025 #5

He'd probably like it to be called "Trumpball." Ocelot II Dec 2025 #7

You beat me to it. LOL Emile Dec 2025 #9

Great minds think alike !!!! PCIntern Dec 2025 #16

He will call it handball, so not to confuse it with those European sports... Johonny Dec 2025 #8

At the risk of stating the obvious, soccer (aka football everywhere else on the planet)... 3catwoman3 Dec 2025 #10

The manic orange turd blossom has another wild hair. Solly Mack Dec 2025 #11

Yeah, he's a piece alright.... The Madcap Dec 2025 #13

He is indeed. Solly Mack Dec 2025 #15

I know!...Trumpball Kid Berwyn Dec 2025 #14

Yeah, let's call it Trumpball and kick the crap out of it. Sogo Dec 2025 #17

Futurama had the right idea. Initech Dec 2025 #18

Can't we just replace him please? Fuck this POS. Initech Dec 2025 #19

Maybe a little retribution: He was denied an ownership stake in the Buffalo Bills Norbert Dec 2025 #20

Glad all other problems in the USA are solved, so the president can worry about trivial things. Swede Dec 2025 #21

MaddowBlog-Trump's football troubles take a weird turn as he eyes new name 'for the NFL stuff' LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2025 #22