Well anyway, we arent talking about the skill of playing with your friends, we are talking about the skill it takes for professionals. Big deal, shoot a fadeaway with a defender in the way. How about the running aspect? Basketball players run back and forth the court all the time, sure. But, guess what football players do? Especially cornerbacks and wide recievers. They SPRINT, cut, be aware of their surroundings, and do everything else there is to do, which sometimes includes sprinting 40-50 yards EVERY PLAY. Also, they are not nearly garenteed the ball every play. After they run 40-50 yards, guess what they have to do? Run all the way back to the huddle, figure out the play, remember what to do, (out of the 100 plays they have) and then get back on the line to do it all over again. And please, lets not get into no-huddle situations. Hectic? More like !@#$%^&*. Jen, the problem with you, is that you know everything there is to know about basketball, sure, ill give you that. But you know nothing of football, you and I both know this. You dont even know how to play football. Dont deny it. You dont know what cornerbacks, safteys, offensive/defensive lines, tight ends, middle/left/right linebackers....just everything, you dont know who does what, and who goes where and what extent of physical endurance they have to go through. Think about it, after running all those yards, with about 50 pounds of extra weight (pads), they get SMASHED by 300lb big !@#$%^&* guys, and they get hit HARD. You know what they do? Get back up and do it all over again. NBA players dont break backs, arms, legs, necks, and !@#$%^&* like that. I garentee that more players in the NFL have gotten serious injuries in 1 month, than basketball does in a season. Back to my point, basketball, sure, it takes skill and perfect timing, and strategy. But lemme see one of those ASSS get hit once by a linebacker. I bet they would be out for the season. Come on now, they complain when they get touched "HE TOUCHED ME REF, THATS A FOUL" !@#$%^&*ing waa waa waa. But, then again, im sure you will -try- to prove me wrong anyway. If its not your opinion, its not right. Sorry, i forget these things.