I didn’t know handball was played by doing handstands.
But seriously, that’s the first time i hear that argument. 99% of field sports are played on foot, that’s a terrible criteria. Football is obviously called that because you use your feet (primarily) to manipulate the ball. In handball you manipulate the ball using your hands. In basketball, you put the ball in the basket. Name contains words that are directly related to the activity performed. Besides having no ball and not using feet (primarily) American football plays nothing like a football game. It’s definitely a misnomer.
I didn’t know handball was played by doing handstands.
But seriously, that’s the first time i hear that argument. 99% of field sports are played on foot, that’s a terrible criteria. Football is obviously called that because you use your feet (primarily) to manipulate the ball. In handball you manipulate the ball using your hands. In basketball, you put the ball in the basket. Name contains words that are directly related to the activity performed. Besides having no ball and not using feet (primarily) American football plays nothing like a football game. It’s definitely a misnomer.