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Posted 12/06/2025

The reason American football is called ‘football’ has caused some confusion for years. American football as we know it has its roots in rugby and soccer. These games are played on foot as opposed to other games that originated around the same time period that were played on horses. Despite the game's evolution over the years, the name 'football' stuck due to the sport’s roots.

President Donald Trump was at the FIFA 2026 World Cup draw held in Washington, D.C. and he suggested that we may want to consider renaming American football because, "it doesn't make sense if you think about it." Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and is known as football worldwide, except in the United States, that is. A popular Saturday Night Live skit poked fun at our uniqueness in the United States. Take a look at the video below...

This uniqueness extends beyond sports to more critical standards, most notably the U.S. customary system of weights and measures. Unlike the rest of the world, America still uses the U.S. customary system instead of adopting the metric system for weights and measurements. If you watched the video above, it jokingly points out that the entire world uses Celsius for temperature and we still use Fahrenheit, a scale developed in 1724. Torque is delivered in foot pounds in the U.S. and everywhere else it's Newton meters. We have standard and metric tools for working on equipment with the "standard" being mostly for American made goods. Having two systems for everything is an added burden for American children because they must learn both instead of focusing in other areas where other kids thrive. 

It won't be easy transitioning from using archaic systems to more modern methods. We may have the desire to change but America is deeply invested in the system that we've adopted.  In a world economy, we may find ourselves more competitive if we embraced change but it could come with a huge price tag. Replacing highway signs alone is estimated to cost over 470 million dollars, as ours read 'MPH' for 'miles per hour.' There are hard-to-quantify costs, but some estimate trillions, associated with switching from the U.S. customary system. Education, labor training, and industry would all be affected. Some economists argue that the long-term cost of lost international trade efficiency and continued dual-inventory requirements across industries will exceed the cost of conversion... Click Here.