thefixer opened this issue on Aug 07, 2007 · 430 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 14 August 2007 at 11:18 AM
Quote - Sort of off topic, but what is touch football? Me being of the people that associate a football with round white balls with some black spots, I suppose it must be somehow related to american rugby (sorry, couldn't resist, hehehehehe).
Now seriously, is it a version without all the crash bang breaking bones intensity? At least that is what it sounds like
Touch football is a much-less-physically-intensive (and less physically risky) version of American-style football. You 'tackle' your opponent merely by chasing them down and touching them. Touch football is often used as a friendly divresion at events like small town 4th of July picnics.
Here's a far more detailed description than I can give you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_football_%28American%29
Like Poser hobbyists, touch football players have fun at what they do. Cetain purists of the game of American football might condemn the touch football players for besmirching the sanctity of the REAL THING. But that's the purist's problem -- not the problem of the people who are enjoying the picnic.
I believe that there are even touch football leagues.