soccer is not a sport

[Philly]

He's right in the sense that soccer and hockey are very much the same sport. And soccer probably does require more basic physical exertion as you can't just glide over to the ball the way hockey players do to the puck. You gotta chase that thing down on foot.

[Dobby]

From my little knowledge of hockey it looks very much like 5 a side on ice.

[exploited]

Having played both, I can tell you that soccer requires endurance like crazy, but in terms of maximum physical exertion, hockey blows it away. Because you're not just gliding around the ice, and it's hard to breath after getting smashed by a 240 pound guy who is as fit as an MMA fighter.

[The Comrade]

i'm sure WWE says the same thing

[Philly]

[exploited]

Well it's interesting because hockey players are quite literally the fittest group of professional athletes in the world, other than perhaps football players. I mean it is frankly the biggest load of shit ever to compare the physical exertion of soccer players to hockey. You'd have to be close to mentally retarded to actually believe soccer takes more out of you.

I have a feeling that anyone who says that hasn't played a game of hockey in their life.

[The Comrade]

i agree. hockey players come close to this level of fitness but not quite

[exploited]

But that's retarded because that guy is insanely fit, and body types exist. You know that right?

[Philly]

Lol yeah I'd say that basketball and soccer players are both more "fit" I'm the traditional sense than football players.

[exploited]