Is the FA Cup final TRUELY the equivalent of the Super Bowl of English soccer?

Although I wonder how they get around the problem of under-the-counter payments in American leagues. I know the NCAA's amateurism is a farce.

Well nowadays they are better at catching illegal payments of student athletes but screw it those kids bring in millions of dollars for their school and conference dont get a dime theyre not even allowed to get endorsment deals so If some boosters paying some kids under the table because hes leading his college to a national championship more power to that kid

well chicago has a population around 3million so if it had 14 percent of its population goi0ng to a game it would need to have a stadiums that fits 420000 people so it think it a little hard for you to expect us to fill that same quota just like it be hard for me to expect 50% of blackburn to come to a match so they can have NFL like numbers

Until someone can provide footage of a player as cool as Charlie George celebrating his goal in the centenary FA Cup Final, then the Superbowl is but a mere shadow.

I think you've missed the point entirely there.

was your point that blackburn has lower attendence overall even when there the best team to make my argument that maybe it would rise if playoffs had been around null and void?

Well some people who think american football is the greatest thing since slice bread might counter that until they see someone like john elway sacrificing their body for touchdown on their way to winning their first super bowl after 15 years and 3 prior loses, then the fa cup is but a mere shadow

I honestly dont think you can really compare the two as far as which has more prestige. Theyre two totally different competitions in two totally different sports which are set up completly different from each other

Ive seen both superbowls and fa cup finals and i think their both exciting in their own right all though I may give the fa cup one up since theres no lame half time show

Like Stanley Matthews

Yes. Your point is based on the idea that teams having a chance of winning makes teams more successful. In the 94/95 season Blackburn were in close contential for the title all season, they still had small crowds as you can't make a town bigger than it is.

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA, Americans will never be able to understand football! 'The FA cup the same as the superbowl?' UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

and someone said that gridiron was an international phenomenom!!!!

stop comparing your glorified rugby to the greatest sport in the world.

superbowl doesnt come close

if we compared each sport

this would be football




and this would be the nfl

GridIron called so to make it seam tough and hard!!!???

There is no comparison the FA cup takes teams of all levels and runs from the start of the season to the end and includes teams that would never get an opportunity to play against bigger clubs anywhere else.

FA Cup wins this everytime!

exactly, lmfao at americans thinking the nfl is better.. pathetic

named to sound tough and hard?

notice the similarity between the markings on an NFL field and this cooking grill?



well, such grills over there are known as gridirons.

now 2+2=?



ps does anyone else feel the irational need, after seeing that guy, to just kick him in the balls?

So the NFL is named after a cooking implement? Maybe we should rename football 'Baking Tray' because the pitch is the same shape as a baking tray.

It just a nickname which is barely used.

its just rugby with pads

I tried to explain this many times when I lived in the UK, but I never got through to folks. I even got a pub question wrong when it was "What's the term for the pitch used in American Football." My argument that gridiron is just a nickname didn't work. Of course, they also said got it wrong in a pub quiz when I answered that M and N were tied for the most states beginning with those letters. I then proceeded to name all 50 states to try to prove it, but they still didn't buy it.

That said, the FA cup is much more exciting than the Super Bowl

I have never heard an American use the word gridiron in relation to cooking. I have also never heard an American use the word in a conversation in relation to American Football.

I guess you could compare the words gridiron and soccer in their usages.