Argumentative Essay: Why Football Is Better Than Hockey

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If you watched sports no matter what sport it is there is always going to be people thinking one is better than the other so have you ever wondered what is the best? I have loved sports and have always played sports throughout my child hood and I still play sports to this day. I have played football, baseball, soccer, and basketball to name a few. The most two talked are, which is better football or hockey well I am here to tell you. Football is better than hockey. Football is more Historical. Football offers a better product over hockey. This is because football has more history and people enjoy it more. Who doesn't love a little history on the side too? Both sports are known for being extremely dangerous, who brings in more viewers for the world hockey is popular in some countries but football is popular is in some countries too so who watches more …show more content…

Staying safe is important no matter who you are. It is hard to stay safe with grown men running into each other on ice hard and as fast as they can its impossible to not get injured. Football has the more severe injures, but they rarely happen in hockey on the other hand its football on ice with not as much protection. In hockey the puck is small but it made of Vulcanized rubber which is harder than cow hide so it would hurt more to get hit with a hockey puck. My next argument is Football is harder to play I think both hockey and football are to extremely hard sports to master football is the harder sport to play. How many people have you meet that are able to throw the ball 70 yards that is 210 feet with the flick of there wrist or kick a ball accurately from 55 yards or be able to make one handed catches with three people trying to injure them. In hockey you just have to know how to skate and swing a stick which i am pretty sure any football player within a month of training can be good at hockey were i would question a lot of hockey players if they played