who would win?

[AFLOnline]

Not sure this is really mainboard worthy but considering I didn't know where else to post it coupled with the fact I almost never create threads I thought why not.. no h8

So I was browsing a basketball forum that I frequent reguarly and they were showing highlights of Team USA picking apart whatever international team stood in its way. It lead to a poster saying that the Olympics needed American Football (NFL) as the results would be hilarious to watch. My obvious reply was that AFL's results would be even more lopsided with IMO not a single international team getting within 30 goals of Australia in a standard length game. My basis for that argument was that a lot less Americans knew about AFL than the number of Australians that would have a grasp of the concept of NFL.

Then it got me to thinking about another point.

If you assembled a team of the greatest U.S athletes in the country, think Lebron, Westbrook, KD, Cam Newton, Mayweather, whoever else it may be. Absolute elite physical specimens. What level Aussie Rules team would it take to win a game against them?

Now obviously any AFL team should destroy this team by ridiculous amounts (maybe even Brisbane?), state league teams should win easily, especially the VFL, SANFL and WAFL clubs. What I'm wondering is, would regular middle of the road country football senior teams possess the skills and football knowledge to beat this athletically gifted freak of nature team?

I honestly think they would, comfortably. Keen to hear others opinions.

Edit: I realize it's not off-season yet either.

 

[Percel]

I once had pineapple on a pizza and it made me feel all tingly

 

[AFLOnline]

I once had pineapple on a pizza and it made me feel all tingly

That's nice

 

[hawks787]

It's perthboy86's medal this year, but you may pick up some votes on the run home.

 

[NathanMX]

I know one thing, the basketballers would make Nic Nats mark look like he was standing on the ground with how high some of them can jump

 

[SSSSSS]

It's perthboy86's medal this year, but you may pick up some votes on the run home.

The Wayne Carey of shit threads. Watch him step up late into the season to separate the boys from the men.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Why limit yourself to the living? Let's exhume Ruth, Gehrig and others from the golden age.

 

[LoungeLizard]

1 Robbie Muir would beat them all.

 

[STFU Donnie]

It's perthboy86's medal this year, but you may pick up some votes on the run home.

The Rumours board has the Richard Simmons Hall of Shame award. The main board needs an equivalent!

C'mon Wookie, we need you right now.

 

[Gravity]

Since it's presumably a once-off and send-offs don't exist the freaks could possibly just beat the shit out of Aussie Rules boys then walk it in.

This could also be the reason I'm not a senior coach.

 

[Percel]

That's nice

Thats what she said.......hurr hurr hurr

 

[Underdog]

NBA players are great athletes but only run about 4kms per game...they'd be cooked by half time.

http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/the-distance-run-per-game-in-various-sports/slide/3

 

[bresker]

I think the Americans would take one look at the country footballers say 'eff this stupid ass game we don't know how to play why the eff did some goddamn mofo of a manager make me come here' and drive off in their ferraris to sleep in a bed of money and do sex with their hawt ass supermodel wives y'all

 

[AFLOnline]

Yeah.

Think I'll just stick to replying to threads rather than creating them from now on.

 

[juss]

I love hypothetical questions, but this one, not the best.

 

[The Cryptkeeper]

In the spirit of trying to answer the question posed.

If you lined up the 22 greatest US athletes in history and put them up against a 3rd grade bush team on the proviso that the US athletes had never played our game previously, I think the 3rd grade bush team would beat them and beat them very easily.

 

[Tyler Hodges]

Platypus and Echidna are the only mammals in the world that lay eggs, a special sub species known as monotremes.

Above fact has more relevance to AFL than OP

 

[BF Tiger]

NBA players are great athletes but only run about 4kms per game...they'd be cooked by half time.

http://www.runnersworld.com/general-interest/the-distance-run-per-game-in-various-sports/slide/3

I always find it hard to believe that a soccer player runs 10 km in a match. A soccer pitch is about 100 metres long from goal line to goal line so to run close to 10 km in a game they would have to essentially run from one end to the other every minute that the game is on.

 

[LoungeLizard]

I always find it hard to believe that a soccer player runs 10 km in a match. A soccer pitch is about 100 metres long from goal line to goal line so to run close to 10 km in a game they would have to essentially run from one end to the other every minute that the game is on.

They say a brisk walking pace is 5kph, in 90 mins at that pace is 7.5km's

 

[jjsmitty8]

They say a brisk walking pace is 5kph, in 90 mins at that pace is 7.5km's

That's only if they walk for the entire 90 minutes though.

 

[LoungeLizard]

That's only if they walk for the entire 90 minutes though.

Yeah but they run most of the match, sometimes flat out, so 10km's is not really that far.

 

[Pies n Punt]

Is that you Jacko?

 

[AFLOnline]

This is one of then times you would wish a mod would just come along and delete the thread before more people see it.

Apologies, I wasn't even drunk either :*(

 

[M Malice]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/20...ten-7-0-by-newcastle-jets-under-15-boys-team/

 

[Navi]

Honestly, I think I appreciate OP just for making me imagine American athletes attempting to play Aussie rules for the first time. It'd be a laugh to see!