While "football" means punt returns and passing plays to U.S. sports enthusiasts, to the rest of the world, it conjures up images of bicycle kicks and slide tackles (you know, actually using your feet).
Die-hard fans of both sports love to debate which version is true football, but many are wondering why they need to limit their enthusiasm to just one. Six Minneapolis-based designers decided to combine their talents and love of both sports in Football as Football, a project that redesigns every NFL team logo as a European-style soccer badge.
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"There is still a disparity between the two fan bases," Football as Football told Mashable. "But we wanted to focus on the positive: the fact that there is a rapidly growing number of fans that are passionate about both kinds of football."
NBC's recent acquisition of English Premier League games and the NFL's recent practice of playing two regular-season games per year in London have certainly helped generate more fans of both sports.
The Football as Football team worked collaboratively on every design, telling us it took anywhere between two and 10 hours to complete each new logo (you can see all 32, here). However, the long hours are not slowing the team down, as they plan to release three more sets of hybrid logos. Check them out on Twitter and Facebook for updates on the upcoming sets of logos.
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