true am. football is a tough sport, but Australian football i think is tougher cause they don't wear pads. players are smaller than am. ball. i played soccer all through college, an let me say the way i play you would think there was a pigskin loose on the field. i throw elbows and anything else that will knock my defender off balance enough to get by him. i've been thrown out of more games than 95% of my colleges. soccer is rough, but nothing like the fore mentioned.