Mustafa Aljishi
Brittany Ratcliff
Gold B3
11-1-2015
The Difference Between Football And Basketball
Sports have been played all over the world for thousands of years. There are many different kinds of sports, some of them are popular, and some of them are not. For example, Football and Basketball are two of the famous games in U.S. American citizens have continued to watch either football or basketball, and they care a lot about them., and you cannot expect what crazy things they can do for their teams, for instance, painting their body and making a huge flag. According to Harris Interactive Poll, “Football is the most popular sport in the United States, with Basketball checking in at third” (Poll), and both of them depends on sports ethics. The main points for these two games are to challenge others teams and try to win. There are many similarities and differences between the two sports. Similarities include `------, while differences include -----
Football is an outdoor game; they play it in a huge field, and cannot play it in any weather, for example, storms and snow. So, a lot of games may be canceled, because of the weather, while Basketball is an indoor game, they play it in courts .so, one can play it in any kind of weather because people are controlling the weather. The temperatures in football should be above -40° except in green bay where the game is allowed to be played at the temperature of -60° and below 140°. On the other hand, basketball is normally played indoors, in a climate that in a controlled condition of around the temperature of 68° except one day when it was played at 59° in Lexington (Andrew 2). Football has a huge Field that can contain 107,601 fans. On the other hand Basketball, courts can contain 55,000 fans.
The body of the player in Football uses it to drop down other players and to protect the ball from the other team. Otherwise Basketball they use it to protect the ball from other players, dribble the ball and...