How Football Split From Rugby

Football was invented because prisoners needed exercise. Back in the 1800s, British schools

used a brutal game to keep rowdy students busy. They could use their hands,

feet, whatever worked. Then in 1863, everything changed. A group met in a

London tavern and split into two camps. Some wanted to keep using hands, creating rugby.

Others banned hands completely, birthing modern football. The rule seemed

simple but it revolutionized sports forever. Suddenly the game required incredible foot skills and

teamwork. It spread across the world faster than any sport in history.

Today over four billion people watch it. All because some guys in a pub couldn't