Cleats by Bill Hinds for October 14, 2022

Someone did a term paper a few years ago and found that in a normal American football game, actual plays consumed 11 minutes. The rest of the hour was spent moving chains, conferring in huddles and patting each other on the butt. I kid you not.

I think they both last equally as long if you clean them after every game and keep them inflated.

Actually there is only one lace, so soccer ball was correct. Also Calvin and Hobbes had it right, f you want golf to appeal to younger players, make it a contact sport!

Bill always finds a way to put comedy in a “serious” debate

I remember my son telling me that football players considered soccer players “grass fairies” because they don’t have contact. Soccer has a lot of contact, way more than you think, and the fact that the action is continuous there’s more contact possibly than in football. Football isn’t really a contact sport, it should be considered a “collision” sport