No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world J12 @lemmy.world 5 mo. ago

Do any Spanish speaking countries play (American) football and if so what's the best way to watch it?

I’m learning Spanish, and I’m getting decent at reading it but I’m trying to immerse myself in it more since I still can’t understand it very well. so I was wondering if I could find something I really enjoy like football and watch it in Spanish. I know the NFL probably has a Spanish football channel but I like college football over the NFL and I would prefer to watch a local Spanish team play and possibly become a fan of that team and follow it.

So if American football is played in a Spanish speaking country can I watch it online somehow and also can I have some suggestions on what team would be fun to watch?

If not football I know they play basketball over there so I’ll take some suggestions for that as well if anyone is interested.

Thank you!

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Mexico has a league (LFA). Check out their YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@lfaprofesionalmx

ESPN profiled the league in an article last year: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35881608/how-mexico-pro-football-league-building-brand-established-players-north-border
- Awesome, thank you! I just subscribed to their YouTube channel. They have some full games on there which is perfect. Are you a fan of any of those teams?
  
  They also play college football, mostly in the North. I understand the quality of play is about D3.
  
  I only know about the league from reading the ESPN article a while back. But what the hell, I may as well pick a team. As of right now I'm a Galgos fan since that's the team whose hometown I have been closest to.
American football is, well, American... In Argentina we play Rugby, which is not entirely different as far as I understand.
- It's same, but different, but same. But different.
  
  It's like american football, but there are no "downs", there's less protective equipment and you aren't allowed to throw forward
First off, the US is a Spanish speaking country. There's 3 NCAA Div 2 schools in the US territory of Puerto Rico. None play football, but they all have basketball. And there are many NCAA football games broadcast in Spanish -- you just have to look on the team's site.

And it looks like Mexico has an American football league to follow: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mexican_collegiate_American_football_programs
- Yeah, I know we’re a Spanish speaking country. My team doesn’t have a Spanish broadcast. There’s a few I found for college football, but we’re in off season and I was thinking they might be currently playing in other countries.
American football just isn't a thing in any other country I've visited. If you want to follow and become a fan of a team, It's going to be soccer, maybe baseball in the Caribbean.

There are other sports that are televised in various countries, but for pure fan passion, it's local futbol all the way.

You know what it's like at the "Irish Pub" during the world cup, when everyone packs in and you can't help but yell your head off for a goal scored by someone you've never heard of? That's what you get for a random Boca Juniors match in Buenos Aires. It's absolutely infectious.
- If you want to follow and become a fan of a team, It's going to be soccer, maybe baseball in the Caribbean.
  
  Funny enough, Japan is HUGE on baseball. I sometimes wonder if the MLB would allow Japan to play, I think.it would be fun to see.
  
  It would be crazy if MLB was able to incorporate foreign leagues into its structure, even if it was just to make the World Series an actual world series.
- What countries have you visited? American football is gaining popularity in a lot of other countries, especially the UK.
  
  Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Japan, India - all have American football leagues
  
  We might have a league in Australia, but if we do, I've never heard of it. Popular might be too strong a word...
  
  Other countries view it with curiosity, but gaining popularity is a strong statement. It wasn't even viewable most of the time when I was over there last.
  
  eta: Canada plays Canadian Football. It's certainly as old as American football.
  
  I think that their point is that it's not popular enough to be broadcasted on TV (with exception). In my European city, there is an American football club (just checked), so if I want to play, and I have no doubt that there is a competitive league (almost every sport has it). However, just like 95% of the sport it's not broadcasted on TV (Well may-be in the middle of the night on Eurosport, that channel even broadcasts competitive fishing) so people don't hear about it (But most sport aren't really massively popular beside football/tennis/rugby/cycling/formula 1. The rest you hear at best during the olympics or specialized media)
  
  I don't know anyone here in the UK who watches any American Football except a couple of folks who watch the super bowl.
  
  It's way too slow for one thing, everyone spends all their time standing around. Having something like football or rugby where it's constant game for the entire match, excluding 1/2 time break, you can have international rivalry, make both are more interesting to watch as well.
  
  Canada has Canadian Football.
If you are from the US, is it possible that there is Spanish audio (SAP) for the NFL and college games?
- I just looked into it and I’m not seeing it on YouTube TV. If I could have my college team in Spanish would definitely be ideal so I’ll try to look into it a little more
Part of learning language is learning culture. Watch soccer. Sth America LOVES it (and are amazing at it)
Universo shows the games in Spanish, I believe it's part of Peacock

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