It suffers from a lot of the same malaise as the NFL, where you're lucky if you get two straight minutes of play before somebody throws a flag and everybody stands around scratching their asses for ten minutes while the broadcaster uses it as an excuse to shove more ads in your face. In rugby the rules are designed to keep the game going for as long as possible.
Rugby is the only variety of football any real man has time for.
CFL football is pretty good too. Better than the NFL.
It suffers from a lot of the same malaise as the NFL, where you're lucky if you get two straight minutes of play before somebody throws a flag and everybody stands around scratching their asses for ten minutes while the broadcaster uses it as an excuse to shove more ads in your face. In rugby the rules are designed to keep the game going for as long as possible.