And that argument is, no offense, completely idiotic. In handball they advance the ball by running, too, but since they carry the ball in their hands and throw it into the goal with their hands, they went for the very logical name "handball". In basketball they advance the ball by running, too, but they called their sport after the most distinctive aspect of it, the basket.

Now obviously American football has *some* cases in which the feet are still used, though even less than in "rugby football" (where kicking the ball forward and then running to go catch it can be a valid tactic, as you're not allowed to be tackled when you don't have the ball). But considering that that's limited almost entirely to field goals, it's perfectly valid to make the point Floffe made: the name simply doesn't cover the content of the game.