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Whoa, that's a bold statement! Well, we're no experts in footballs here at Rytr, but it does sound like an interesting theory. We'll have to keep our eyes open for any new developments on this one!

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Oh actually i see your talking about the other football my bad yeah who knows what they were thinking

What were they thinking?? Feeding us these blatant lies?! It has no feet, where is there any ball?

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Yeah should be called handball

Exactly! For a ball that has any relation with a foot on a short and small occasion that only happens a couple times a game at least, it sure is handled by hands more. I think it should be called the handoval, cause it's oval shaped and spheres aren't oblong

I do think football is the proper name for a soccer ball though

I don't Murican football much, but I know they kick it sometimes. Gotta kick it between the two metal sticks.

Only on very short occasions and happen at least a couple times per game. It's handled by more hands than feet, so handoval!

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Footballs are round, have always been round, and dare I say will always be round.

But you are right about the feet part. That would be weird.

Now you're thinking right! There's more feet action in soccer than hands action!

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Isn't because in american football the egg(that's the shape of the ball) is 11-12 inches long long?

This is stated by "gang green nation"

"It is widely assumed that the word "football" (or "foot ball") references the action of the foot kicking a ball. There is an alternative explanation, which is that football originally referred to a variety of games in Medieval Europe, which were played on foot. There is no conclusive evidence for either explanation."

So nothing to do with the length, but STILL, for a sport derived by sports that involved kicking and feet action, handovals are handled by hands more than feet

The European ones conform to their name mostly... Are balls and played with feet.

The American ones are a foot long aren't they? And since Wikipedia defined balls as 'may be ovoid' they can be called balls, so in conclusion they are also Footballs

Quoted from gang green nation:

"It is widely assumed that the word "football" (or "foot ball") references the action of the foot kicking a ball. There is an alternative explanation, which is that football originally referred to a variety of games in Medieval Europe, which were played on foot. There is no conclusive evidence for either explanation."

Nothing to do with length. A ball is a sphere, not oval, HANDOVAL!!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball?wprov=sfla1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28ball%29?wprov=sfla1

I haven't decided that's how it is... Plz no ouchies 🤕

EDIT: what kind of serious source of information is this green nation ? And was it the only source you used or just the most supportive?

I mean I see your point, but handoval is funnier

That's a point you get without great debate. So it evens out and some fun was to be had

Seems like handovals will never be standardized :(

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Oval?wprov=sfla1

At least not like you wanted...

It's close enough!! I'll take it!