Zagorath@aussie.zoneM to Olympics · 3 months agoParalympics Day 1 Megathread — 2024-08-29message-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
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minus-squareMicrowavedTea@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoAs someone who doesn’t watch (or really get) rugby, this was actually pretty fun to watch. Apparently it was originally called murderball. Maybe they should have kept that name.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zoneOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoI can certainly see why they’d want to change the name of the sport to be more…socially acceptable. But yeah, rugby is just not the right name.
As someone who doesn’t watch (or really get) rugby, this was actually pretty fun to watch. Apparently it was originally called murderball. Maybe they should have kept that name.
I can certainly see why they’d want to change the name of the sport to be more…socially acceptable. But yeah, rugby is just not the right name.