Dumbest sport

[Rabbit]

Just wondering what you think the dumbest sport ever invented was?
For me, I'd say golf. Sure, lots of people play, but for me its boring (and yes, I have played before).

[Rocketboy]

NASCAR. Driving is not a sport.

[Johnnys Apples]

Cricket

[tedward]

Baseball - Its cricket dumbed down as far as possible. You can only hit the ball in one direction, you can only hit it once, all the field posistions are set, you have to run everytime you hit the ball etc etc.

[sphericthor]

Tiddlywinks - Can someone please tell me hy this is even considered to e a sport?

[tedward]

its as much a sport as pool, snooker or darts. Now people who want video gaming to be classed as a sport drive me nuts.

[The Moose]

cricket

or

aussie rules

[Kris Hodgson]

Soccer (football to our European friends)

Watching two players pass the ball back and forth for 10 minutes is neither exciting or entertaining.

[tedward]

Well at least you can actually see the ball with the naked eye.

[IdahoMR2man]

Bowling, Curling, and Baseball.

[Kris Hodgson]

Originally posted by tedward
Well at least you can actually see the ball with the naked eye.

Don't be a jerk. I didn't get defensive about you bashing baseball.

[IdahoMR2man]

Kris always has trouble seeing his balls with his naked eye.

[Kris Hodgson]

It's because my huge dick covers them up.

[IdahoMR2man]

:lol:

[Rabbit]

Hahaha!

[Hitman]

....but his "huge dick" IS his naked eye!

[Johnnys Apples]

Originally posted by Kris Hodgson
It's because my huge dick covers them up.

Classic:D

[Johnnys Apples]

How about Sumo Wrestling. Anything that requires you to gain a million pounds of fat to be competitive doesn't sound like fun to me.

[TyRoss]

Hockey... I despise hockey.

Mainly just because it takes away the airtime from baseball.

Racing 2nd.

[trevaine]

golf

[equipe]

NASCAR. I have nothing against car racing in general being a sport, but WTF.. in NASCAR they just drive around in ****ing circles for hours on end. They should stick a chicane or two and a hairpin on the track... That'd make it interesting.

Lawnbowling... 'nuff said

Hell bowling sucks pretty hard too. (i'm just saying that because I am the worlds worst bowler.)

And WTF is up with rodeos. Are these people insane or what. Do you come home one day and decide that you want to ride a bull that weighs over a ton and can kill you in an instant?

Personally I can't stand to watch baseball. So tedious. So boring. So many fat outta shape dudes running after balls, and do nothings that get paid the equivelent of some small country's GDP.

And I just can't understand Cricket. Therefore it sucks. Funny thing is in the 9th grade I made the cricket team without understanding the game.

[Skinny]

syncronized swimming, anything syncronzied quite frankly... (Augh!)

[Hitman]

Lacrosse

[Johnnys Apples]

I just read this and thought it might be of interest to this thread. It is a poll of the most hated sports, check it out.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/09/27/hated.sports.ap/index.html

[equipe]

Originally posted by Johnnys Apples
I just read this and thought it might be of interest to this thread. It is a poll of the most hated sports, check it out.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/09/27/hated.sports.ap/index.html

They consider pro-wrestling a sport? How is something with a pre determined outcome considred a sport. Its entertainment and bad entertainment at that. The guys and girls who do wrestle are great athelete's yes, but when the result are not affected in anyway by skill, it is not a sport.

[KellyM]

lawn bowls. no contest.

[Johnnys Apples]

Originally posted by equipe
They consider pro-wrestling a sport? How is something with a pre determined outcome considred a sport. Its entertainment and bad entertainment at that. The guys and girls who do wrestle are great athelete's yes, but when the result are not affected in anyway by skill, it is not a sport.

I think they consider anything that takes physical effort a sport. Maybe by those standards we can have professional construction worker circuits.

[slinger]

the most dangerous. Why would you play a sport where chances are you get injured. And you have to have the body type to play it to be dangerous to you.

[JAE]

Curling had to be designed while drunk

Rodeos were concieved on a bet while drunk

Baseball is sooo boring you can only watch it if you're drunk

Synchronized Swimming I wish they would do while drunk, then I would watch.

[Pinesol13]

this thread is great!

filled with biased opinions and ridiculous stereotypes!!!

i love it.


but you have to define what a sport is. I say, if you can't play defence, then it's not a sport.

therefore Golf, Cheerleader, Car racing, and darts are not sports.

but Curling, Hockey, Soccer, and I would consider Billiards, are sports.


my favorite sport. football ( soccer to all the losers out there , 'american football' is weak, slow, boring, and just plain stupid ) .

most hardcore sport: rugby

worst sport? ....- mens beach volleyball.

[horrorscaresme]

definately like NAscar, omg i can drive on hot conditions....i play football in high school, and I think that compared to all the running we do even when we get a shutout (34 windsprints) makes me wanna beat up all those drivers..calling nascar a sport...and there are other "sports" like just doing stupid stuff..cuz ppl suck to much at other things to do anything normal

[Rabbit]

Originally posted by Pinesol13
this thread is great!

filled with biased opinions and ridiculous stereotypes!!!

i love it.


but you have to define what a sport is. I say, if you can't play defence, then it's not a sport.

therefore Golf, Cheerleader, Car racing, and darts are not sports.

but Curling, Hockey, Soccer, and I would consider Billiards, are sports.


my favorite sport. football ( soccer to all the losers out there , 'american football' is weak, slow, boring, and just plain stupid ) .

most hardcore sport: rugby

worst sport? ....- mens beach volleyball.
I love your thinking!

[Pinesol13]

thank you...thank you very much


:D

[Johnnys Apples]

Soccer blows

[Pinesol13]

care to say why?


have you ever actually watched a soccer game?

[Johnnys Apples]

Because it's boring as hell. There's not a whole lot of strategy to it. I understand why europeans don't like american football. I spent countless hours trying to teach people the rules of it while I lived over there and nobody could seem to get it. Soccer is fun to play but lame as hell to watch. Trust me, I have been to many a soccer game (including Russia's championships which they seem to have many), and they were only marginal. Point being, soccer takes little brain power to play.

[J Diddy]

With soccer it depends where your from, i've watched a couple of Major League Soccer matches and they were crap, really bad games, if you watched the premiership then you'd see at least one good game.

[J Diddy]

My least favourite sports are Baseball, Ice Hockey and Horse Racing / Show Jumping.

[Neverending]

A lot of you seem to hate baseball here, but have you actually played it? It's one of the funniest sports to play. Sure watching regular season games may be a bit boring at times, but playoff games and world series tornaments are fun and exciting to watch.

My least favorite sport would be golf. It's boring to watch and it's not always the most exciting game to play.

[rzrbks]

JAE

Curling had to be designed while drunk
Rodeos were concieved on a bet while drunk

Baseball is sooo boring you can only watch it if you're drunk

Synchronized Swimming I wish they would do while drunk, then I would watch.


and don't forget "mascar" a sport :confused: based on helping people get drunk

[Tony Montana]

Curling, Snooker, Baseball, Hockey, Cricket, Rodeo (that isnt a sport right?), Darts, Bowling, Golf......

[Tony Montana]

Originally posted by J Diddy
With soccer it depends where your from, i've watched a couple of Major League Soccer matches and they were crap, really bad games, if you watched the premiership then you'd see at least one good game.

Thats right...

Italian, Spanish and English Leagues are the best!
German League is also very good, and getting better.

If you like to see the whole beauty of soccer than take a look at Champions League games of REAL MADRID, MANCHESTER UTD., AC MILAN, ARSENAL........

[Tony Montana]

Originally posted by Johnnys Apples
Because it's boring as hell. There's not a whole lot of strategy to it. I understand why europeans don't like american football. I spent countless hours trying to teach people the rules of it while I lived over there and nobody could seem to get it. Soccer is fun to play but lame as hell to watch. Trust me, I have been to many a soccer game (including Russia's championships which they seem to have many), and they were only marginal. Point being, soccer takes little brain power to play.


It takes little brain? No strategy?

It takes A LOT to play soccer on professional level! And sometimes you have to be a ****ing genius (Zinedin Zidane is what we call that) to master it.
Every geek can controll the ball with his hands, but it takes much more to do such stuff with your legs....

[The Moose]

baseball. soooo damn long and boring

[Stark]

I don't much care for soccer myself, but you can't say it takes no brainpower to play it. I probably don't like it because I was never any good at it, because it's so bloody hard. But to watch, I just find it boring. Same with golf and tennis. But I love cricket. Figure that one out. Cricket has got to be the slowest bloody game in the world, but I guess cos I grew up with it, I'm kinda numb to how boring other people must find it.
For a spectator sport tho', you can't go past Australian Rules Football.

[_manuel_]

I cant believe no one has said bullfighting yet. Seriously, whats so exciting about seeing a guy dressed up as a clown prance around while stabbing another animal??

[tedward]

Bullfighting is dumb because its never fair. If the bull gets the Matedor guy a bunch of people rush in and kill the bull. They should play fair - if they allow the matedor guy to mock the bull and slowly kill it by repeatedly stabbing spears in to it - the very least they could do is not jump in on the rare occasion the bull hits the matedor and starts to tear him to shreads.

So (in short) technically bullfighting is not a sport cos its not competative - they should make it competative.





And re the earlier debate - startegy doesnt play too much when it comes to soccer- its just kicking a ball about. Really - what strategic decissions does the captain have to make? The defence just have to work the offside rule - and thats it. At the highest level the Manager decides on formations and match ups but thats all. Cricket and American football are two sports where strategy is very important. But unlike those two soccer is a fast paced sport.

[tedward]

http://www.cricket.org/link_to_database/PICTURES/DB/022003/041671.jpg

[Tony Montana]

Originally posted by tedward
And re the earlier debate - startegy doesnt play too much when it comes to soccer- its just kicking a ball about. Really - what strategic decissions does the captain have to make? The defence just have to work the offside rule - and thats it. At the highest level the Manager decides on formations and match ups but thats all. Cricket and American football are two sports where strategy is very important. But unlike those two soccer is a fast paced sport.


You really mean this? Have you ever played soccer in your life?? Or even watched some games?
Try to "just kick" ball like those guys are doing it over 90 (!!!!) minutes! You have no idea how fit you got te be to play soccer and how talented you got to be to handle the ball like they do.
The whole team works as a unity, not just skipping offence and defence during commercial brakes.
And you dont get it, dont you? Soccer is no football, so you have 11 guys who make decissions except one guy who throws the ball.
There is a reason why soccer is the biggest sport on our planet.

[tedward]

Originally posted by Tony Montana
You really mean this? Have you ever played soccer in your life?? Or even watched some games?
Try to "just kick" ball like those guys are doing it over 90 (!!!!) minutes! You have no idea how fit you got te be to play soccer and how talented you got to be to handle the ball like they do.
The whole team works as a unity, not just skipping offence and defence during commercial brakes.
And you dont get it, dont you? Soccer is no football, so you have 11 guys who make decissions except one guy who throws the ball.
There is a reason why soccer is the biggest sport on our planet.


1) Yes I have played soccer actually (for years) and many many many other team sports too. Ive watched quite a few games - i have to say I find it quite dull a lot of the time.

2) I never mentioned the fitness levels of soccer players but since you brought it up they are harldy the fittest of athletes - they will be found wanting when (for example) compared to Aussie rules players - who all have to be able to run a hundred meters in 10 seconds and run over the size of a cricket pitch rather than a small football pitch. I believe there was a recent study where the fitness levels of olympic socccer layers was only comparable to high school gymnists.

3) yeh zidanne and all that are tallented, no denying that.

4) The whole team works as a unity? hmm well there all on the pitch at the same time.

5) 11 guys make decissions - i believe everyone in american football has to make decissions too - its only in baseball where all the decissions are already pre-made.

6) Soccer is the most popular sport on the planet but in most countries its not the most popular sport - if you get my drift. i.e in france (wc winners '98) Rugby is more popular.

Oh and one last thing have you ever played soccer?? Or american football?

[Tony Montana]

I am playing soccer for 18 years now.

[tedward]

good for you - for the record i never said i dont like soccer, i just said of all the sports out there its not the most demanding technically - with tactics etc and thats not a necessarily a bad thing.

So what posistion do you play - I like centre back - hacking down pri-madona forwards

p.s you should get more involved in the general football thread (premiership football thread) its where all the main football talk is.

[Tony Montana]

I am more interessted in Bundesleague or Primera division, cant see much of Premier League in Austria.

Playing in the right midfeald offensive, much more creative.

[_manuel_]

Originally posted by tedward
Bullfighting is dumb because its never fair. If the bull gets the Matedor guy a bunch of people rush in and kill the bull. They should play fair - if they allow the matedor guy to mock the bull and slowly kill it by repeatedly stabbing spears in to it - the very least they could do is not jump in on the rare occasion the bull hits the matedor and starts to tear him to shreads.

So (in short) technically bullfighting is not a sport cos its not competative - they should make it competative.

Yeah thats true.

In Costa Rica, we have a different kind of bullfighting. Instead of having one guy against the bull, you get 40 morons and put them into a bullring. Then a bull is released and the bull chases the guys around the ring, until the bull either gets bored or a certain amount of time goes by. Then the bull is taken back into its corral and the next one is released, and so on and so on. It sounds pretty stupid when described like that, but when you see it its real fun because most of the guys are drunk.

They also do another one where they set up two goal posts on either side of the ring and they have two teams, and the teams have to get themselves chased through the opposing teams goal posts. Stupid as helll, but fun to watch....

[rzrbks]

A very famous coach once said, "If you really want to find the truth about people, find out what they think is difficult to do."

Most of the people here are flaming against sports that they probably find difficult or it is something they are not interested in therefore it is boring.

Just because you/I don't find something interesting doesn't mean that it is not a good/challenging thing for someone else--and just because someone else likes something we don't doesn't make them wrong/stoopid

my $.O2

[Tony Montana]

The topic is still: what sports we PERSONALY think are dumb!

Do you think being ****ed up the ass like a gay ist great and hot?

[pixiness]

I think the stupidest "sport" is bowling (lawn or otherwise).

With most other sports I can look at it and think it's dumb but still realize that those that participate in it may be considered "athletes" - people at the peak of physical skill. So while I don't consider things like cheerleading and curling real sports, I acknowledge that the people that play them are athletes.

[redman]

nascar. all its good for is the crashes. who wants to be driving around in circles all day?

[Macbane]

Horse Racing. Billiards. Tiddlywinks. Shuffleboard.

[tedward]

bowling is just a good way for old peole to socialise.

I think its strange how much tv coverage ten pin bowling gets.

re bullfighting - amateurs should know its not the bulls you have to watch out for on fields - its the mother cows with calves.

[Dogbert0228]

Ice skating... Not a sport... I enjoy watching curling more than I do figure skating.

[Cloud Buster]

I can't believe no one's mentioned it yet....(yes, it's a REAL sport):

Race walking.

[downflow311]

the stupidest "sport" is golf. granted i watch golf and am a huge fan, but its not a sport. no athletic skills involved. its a game.

[tedward]

Originally posted by Cloud Buster
I can't believe no one's mentioned it yet....(yes, it's a REAL sport):

Race walking.

lol yea - I was just thinking about that the other day

"This is Darren hes training for the olympics - he can walk almost as fast as ordinary people can jog, Go Darren"

Then there is the last minute disqualifications for breaking into a canter.

Your right I think no one can deny "speed walking" is far and away THE DUMBEST SPORT EVER!

[horrorscaresme]

SOCCER AND NASCAR

[Doctor K.]

soccer all the way

[St.MaartenGyal]

Coming from the islands...and I am excluding the USVI, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and some others from this, cricket dominates our ttention, even though the West Indies cricket team has been pissing me off as of late :mad:

While cricket can be taxing to watch, it isnt that bad a sport. Now I have tried and tried and tried to watch golf...but frankly, I am getting nowhere with it. I always change the channel after two minutes. Even ice skating, which I think is retarded, demands more of my attention than golf. lol

Football is awesome! I love playing it, but watching MLS is boring as hell. Watching Manchester United even though Becks left :( Is a thrill for me, and of course, when they were in top form, the Dutch national team. Patrick Kluivert is all I can say :D Crisp passing, beautiful footwork. What else is there to say? Rugby is also much fun, and tedward you're right, rugby is more popular in France than football, but that didnt stop 'em from having an awesome celebration for the WC '98 win ;)

As to American football, I love my Minnesota Vikings, and I even like tossing around the ball with my friends here, so I cant say I hate it. Though I figure if I throw Randy Moss into a rugby match and tell him play, he will cry for his mom and beg for padding. lol

Cheers!

[tedward]

It looks like your quite into your sport st.maarten' no matter what game it is - which is what I like to see.

Agree with you on the golf cant see too much appeal in watching it (playings not that bad but i dont take it seriously) I did enjoy watching some of the rider cup though (the u.s team v the european team) that was good last year.

[TxFilmMkr]

Dumbest has got to be race walking. I really cracked up at the Olympics when that walker was disqualified in the final 100 meters for having both feet off the ground at once!

I'm a baseball nut. Playing, watching, coaching, you name it. I just love the game. It's the only sport where I'm happy watching a little league game between two teams I don't even know. I simply love the essence of the game.

I'm also an avid hurler. Anyone here ever tried hurling? It's really fun and great exercise.

[tedward]

I saw that, that poor aussie lol.

Hurling is that the proper term? Whenever I have to much to drink I have a hurl. Maybe it should be called tossing.

Anyone toss the caber?


ar dear.

[Inferno]

Cricket rules! You see we here in Australia love our sport so much we don't go for this pathetic 2-3 hour games you Americans like. Our sports have to go for 5 days! (And you thought your girlfriend got pissed when you just watched one game!)

[OldCoyote]

curling, nuff said

[EonBlueÆnima]

nuff said sucka

[Starwars411]

Swimming, Running, Bicycling, tennis, and Soccer are not a sport.

Tennis to me is just ping-pong, but with the people on top of the table.

[cg124]

Originally posted by Starwars411
Swimming, Running, Bicycling, tennis, and Soccer are not a sport.

Tennis to me is just ping-pong, but with the people on top of the table.


how can you say there not a sport?


Originally posted by downflow311
the stupidest "sport" is golf. granted i watch golf and am a huge fan, but its not a sport. no athletic skills involved. its a game.


I think it should be considered a sport. It does involve some atheletic skill, but i think sports invovle are more than about athletic skill, i think it should be about strategy. And most sports involve that.

[Inferno]

Originally posted by Starwars411
Tennis to me is just ping-pong, but with the people on top of the table.

Hmmmmm, new olympic event anyone?

[Boone]

dumbest sport....wrestling.....is it really a sport? more like cheap entertainment.....waste o' time...

[cg124]

Originally posted by Boone
dumbest sport....wrestling.....is it really a sport? more like cheap entertainment.....waste o' time...

i think it's like a soap opera made for guys

[Switzer]

Women's Hot oil wrestling...oh wait thats the best sport.Oops sorry, wrong thread....

[stonefaced_1]

Soccer. I only say that because I have always sucked at it. That and American football rules.

[2_much_popcorn1]

soccer



FEILD FAIRYS!!!!

[ZombieMan]

NASCAR (any car racing)
Curling
Soccer

About the pro wrestling subject, its not really considered a sport, it is "sports entertainment" meaning its more of a show but you have to be athletic and in good shape to do it, thats where the word "sports" comes into it.

[Brock Landers]

NASCAR


I freaking HATE that damn 'spectacle'

[Doomsday]

Has anyone mentioned NASCAR yet?

[tman662000]

Stupidest real sport is Baseball. I have no idea why it is so popular, but watching the game is like watching paint dry. I can watch 5 minutes and I am bored to tears, and they get paid how much? Jeez, what for?

I like playing all real sports, but as far as the dumbest sport, baseball gets my vote.
Vote for the best sport is Hockey. Its the fastest, most exciting sport out there. I love how fights always spring up out of no where. Hockey and Rugby players are the toughest athletes out there. Hockey players will take a skate to the face or a stick to the mouth and cough up acouple teeth, and be back on the ice in 10 minutes. Soccer players get taped on the leg and are taken off on a stretcher. Jeez. HOCKEY RULES.

[Starwars411]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by cg124
[B]how can you say there not a sport?

How can I say there not a sport, easy... There not a sport. See that wasn't too hard. :applaud:

[Starwars411]

Originally posted by cg124
[B]how can you say there not a sport?

How can I say there not a sport, easy... There not a sport. See that wasn't too hard. :applaud:

[Starwars411]

Originally posted by cg124
how can you say there not a sport?

How can I say there not a sport, easy... There not a sport. See that wasn't too hard. :applaud:

[Starwars411]

Oh crap, I tripled posted, I bet I am the first person to ever do that.