Why does anyone bother comparing American football with international football (soccer)? Might as well compare baseball with basketball. Criticizing the common low scores in soccer ignores the fact that scoring in American football is so infrequent that 6 points are awarded, unless by kicking in which case it's 3. At 1 point per score, American football would produce pretty low scores also. Soccer and basketball players at least play for the entire match or game period, while football provides 8 to 10 seconds of play per minute of game. And then there's baseball, where the pitcher spends more time scratching his crotch than throwing the baseball. I think baseball and sumo wrestling are the only sports that can be played by overweight athletes.