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Would you say that North American handball (strangely called football) is a contact sport?
Players run in all kinds of directions hoping to catch the ball which is thrown by a quaterman. sometimes they get pushed away, is this within the rules or is it behind the referee's back?
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- ?Lv 68 years agoFavorite Answer
Note that there is a sport named American handball:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_handball
Handball in Europe is also another sport:
.. so don't refer to American football as handball.
- 8 years ago
Yes it is definitely a contact sport. The pushing is usually allowed. But I think in some cases it may count as a foul. But yes it is a contact sport. Hope I helped!
