Talk:Gridiron football

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[edit] Merge with North American Football Articles?

Since it is basically just a name for an existing article, perhaps we should consider incorporating its contents more directly with the entries for the variants it describes. - Plasticbadge 02:36, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

• Disagree - I suggest merging football (american) with this one as gridiron is the proper name for the sport. Football shall hence be known as the former (within the United States) soccer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.242.212.88 (talk) 2007-01-16T00:51:15 (UTC)
• Disagree - I believe this needs to be a separate article, as it is the principle name for the game in Australia and New Zealand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jai Raj (talk • contribs) 2007-02-05T12:08:37 (UTC)
• Agree - Being the most popular name in some countries doesn't justify a separate article. It just means we need to redirect the other names. How about a redirect from 'Gridiron football' to Football#North American football codes, with some language from here moved to that section, mentioning the 'gridiron'? The Monster 03:36, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• What about the actual article American football, though the opening line should then be reworded to "...also known as Gridiron outside the United States and Canada". Breno 04:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

• Disagree - Countries outside the US and Canada refer to the game as Gridiron, not American football. The term American football gives the connotation that the game is exclusive to the United States alone. Also, patriotic gridiron fans from non North American countries do not like to call the game American, due to current world politics and they try to distance this international sport from a specific country. Breno 07:56, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
• Looking at other articles, if American football, Canadian football and College football each have their separate articles, why does gridiron have to be merged? Sure, the article is in need of expansion and copyediting, but it can still be worked on. Breno 07:56, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

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