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American football has a reputation for being a brutal and dangerous game. This reputation is not really (51)__. The players hurl themselves at each other fiercely, but today their (52)   and helmets (fitted with visors to protect their faces) are so skillful padded that there are few serious (53)__. By comparison, the rugby player is almost naked, (54)_. only a thin jersey and a pair of shorts to protect him (55)__ his opponents" boots and tackling.

The football coach is a very important member of the college staff (56)_ important than the professors, some say! The coach picks promising football players from the high schools, and recommends that they (57)__given scholarships. This is the only way some boys from poor families with no intellectual background can get to college. Quite a few of these students go on to become processional football players. The names of processional football clubs are

as well (S8)___ to Americans as professional soccer clubs are to Europeans and South Americans.

Soccer games can now draw crowds of over 70 thousand in cities (59)_baseball attracts a mere 20 thousand spectators. The soccer stadiums are much

more luxurious than the vast majority of European and South American League grounds. There is a seat for everyone and a (60)_lot for 25 thousand cars. Soccer is being brilliantly promoted, like any other promising American product.

(From Two Kinds of Football)

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