Among the most popular US Sports which is the most boring?

[63dot]

I voted for tennis.

Much of what I watched were times when Pete Sampras ruled the court. He was so good it was boring to watch him play. He just went through the motions and hardly broke a sweat. When he was at his best, there was no true rival.

Tennis had the Becker-Edberg rivalry, McEnroe vs. Borg, McEnroe vs Lendl, Borg vs. Connors, etc. Those days were great and on any given day, one or the other could win.

But with Sampras, sometimes the only person who could beat him was himself. If he had a bad day with first serves, then a strong baseliner like Agassi could cash in and beat him. Only in Sampras' later career did Agassi pose a real threat. But much of the time when Sampras was on top, Agassi was either not playing, or playing very badly.

Today we have a few truly great players so it's not as one sided as when Sampras was king.

 

[Mousse]

It's a tie between golf and NASCAR. Although whether or not NASCAR is a sport is up for debate.

Same thing can be said about Golf. I find Golf, Baseball and NASCAR all equally boring. The only time I watch anything NASCAR is when they show the replay of a 10 car wreck going around turn 3...20 times in a row. Golf I can only watch if it's the LPGA and only if one of the golfer is cute. Baseball, like NASCAR, I only watch if one of the runners comes barrelling into the catcher. They usually show that in slo-mo.

 

[Disc Golfer]

It wasn't in the poll but I'm going to vote for "arguing on the internet".
Kidding, I chose Nascar. Simply for the fact that one weekend when I was in high school I got suckered into working one of the food booths at a nascar event in texas and hoo wee, hot damn and I tell you what, that **** is bo-ring. Even more boring than selling boiled hamburgers and doubleprice packs of winston 100s to hordes of corpulent sweating hillbillies. Basketball's also pretty boring, unless you're drunk.

 

[decksnap]

It wasn't in the poll but I'm going to vote for "arguing on the internet".
Kidding, I chose Nascar. Simply for the fact that one weekend when I was in high school I got suckered into working one of the food booths at a nascar event in texas and hoo wee, hot damn and I tell you what, that **** is bo-ring. Even more boring than selling boiled hamburgers and doubleprice packs of winston 100s to hordes of corpulent sweating hillbillies. Basketball's also pretty boring, unless you're drunk.

Disc golf is pretty excellent.

 

[63dot]

I am going to Pebble Beach today. They kind of like to call golf a "game". Snobbery? ... Maybe. I say it's more of a tradition. It's the game of golf.

The roots of golf being called a game go all the way back to its origins. In Pebble Beach, or the surrounding courses, don't get caught calling golf a sport. It's about as ignorant as saying African Americans can't ever get on a Presidential ticket or become a General. It's also as ignorant as people from out of state who think they can eat breakfast in San Francisco, head south on the coast and make it to Los Angeles for lunch in traffic.

 

[Gregg2]

Just for today, I would say the most boring sports is anything but hockey. The games at the Olympics show how the sport should be played.

Sorry, but I tried to watch, but kept finding other things to do while the game was on. The game bores me to tears, then all of a sudden, there's a score, and I can't see it happen, even if I didn't blink. Thank goodness for replays! Even with the play-by-play guy going bonkers all the time, the action is just not captivating to me. I wonder what the guy is on. I attended one hockey game (minor league) and that was many years ago. 'nuff said

The only reason I voted for golf instead of hockey is that the announcers whisper. Must be lots of hockey fans looking in; no votes yet!

 

[Plutonius]

Bowling....

 

[snberk103]

... then all of a sudden, there's a score, and I can't see it happen, even if I didn't blink. Thank goodness for replays! Even with the play-by-play guy going bonkers all the time, the action is just not captivating to me. I wonder what the guy is on. ...

Fair enough. I remember a comedian once (an American one of course!) who also found the pace of the action a bit daunting. His routine went something like this: "Well Bob, the team has been doing really well this year, ever since they changed up the 2nd line. The've been digging into the corners, and forcing their opponents THEY SCORE!!!!!."

It does take some time to appreciate some of the finer aspects, and to follow the play. See my comment above - in the long post - about play-by-play callers. The good ones only get excited when the goal either ties the game in the final minutes - or wins the game in sudden death over-time. Otherwise they stay calm and collected and tell you what you need to know to see the game in your imagination. They know when someone is about to shoot (usually) before the shot is actual taken, and are calling it as the stick is about to contact the puck. This allows you to look back up and see the result of the shot. The good callers made their career calling on the radio, before moving to TV.

The Olympic game was hockey as it was supposed to be played. Full of good passes, good shots, and good plays. You gave it an honest shot on watching a good example of the game. If that didn't get you interested, then fair enough - its not for everybody.

 

[Love]

NASCAR. It's a slightly more exciting version of traffic.

 

[iJon]

I love watching football and NBA basketball.

I hate watching baseball and soccer. They both bore me to death.

 

[Chundles]

Check out Rugby League, which is what the rest of the world play. Pretty much the same game, only without the constant stop-starts and the padding is minimal.

Not League, Rugby Union. It's a proper global game with a proper World Cup that isn't just all the pacific islands plus England.

 

[BornAgainMac]

I would like to see Basketball more challenging for the players. It looks way to easy for them to make a basket. Make the baskets twice as high and make the court bigger. It is like watching high school kids playing with a 5 year old's pretend basketball toy and hoop. Boring. Hockey, Soccer, and Football are so much more challenging for the players.

Upgrade baseball and golf to have more action and less standing around. Maybe the golfers could race instead of having lots of time. Baseball needs to have a timer or something.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

I voted Nascar but now that I've read more into the thread I'd agree it's not really a sport and would like to change my answer to soccer. It's like hockey where you sit and watch for and hour before anyone scores but hockey is bearable because of all the checking and fights.

I wouldn't last five minutes in a soccer game and I'm in decent shape. Way too much running.

 

[yojitani]

Although I don't even really like most of the sports mentioned and I DO like American Football, I voted for American Football. It is a fantastic sport while it's going but it stops too much, for too long. Watching it on TV is absolute torture with all the, misogynistic or at least offensively sexist, ads.

 

[kushninja]

Same thing can be said about Golf. I find Golf, Baseball and NASCAR all equally boring. The only time I watch anything NASCAR is when they show the replay of a 10 car wreck going around turn 3...20 times in a row. Golf I can only watch if it's the LPGA and only if one of the golfer is cute. Baseball, like NASCAR, I only watch if one of the runners comes barrelling into the catcher. They usually show that in slo-mo.

For people who hate Nascar and watch it only for the wrecks is like saying you hate masturbation but love it when it shoots out and hits you in the eye...

I voted for baseball.

 

[Mike Macintosh]

NASCAR by far, I mean who could stand a bunch of guys just driving in circles, doing it may be ok, but watching, my god.

I can take a hour nap, wake up and I haven't missed a flippin thing.

 

[mac-matt]

baseball kills me to watch. highlights are alright but out of 20 baseball games a day you get the same amount of highlights as you do in one game of hockey. plus they make way too much money to be the fat turds some of them are. at least let them use steroids so we see some home runs and some action. but really steroids are bad

 

[mac-matt]

NASCAR by far, I mean who could stand a bunch of guys just driving in circles, doing it may be ok, but watching, my god.

I can take a hour nap, wake up and I haven't missed a flippin thing.

thats something you have to see live to appreciate it

 

[rhett7660]

Nascar and soccor. Although I like watching soccor during the world cup. Golf...ehhhh.
Baseball...only if I am at the game. Can't watch it on tv

 

[snberk103]

I would like to see Basketball more challenging for the players. It looks way to easy for them to make a basket....

Not to put basketball down or anything... but any good hockey fan laughs when they hear that a basketball player is going to miss a game, or three, because they've cut a knuckle and need 3 stitches to put it right (which happened a few years ago in the NBA).

Hockey players are sitting on the bench with cuts on their face or hands that need 6, 7, 8, 15 stitches. The trainer has all of 6 minutes to get the cut closed up before the player starts their next shift, so they get stitched up usually without getting it frozen first. And if the trainer is already busy its not unheard of that a player stitches themselves up. Badly. Or they just tape it and put their glove back on.

 

[rhett7660]

^ yeah but when the get a tooth knocked out, they go to the sideline and cry like little girls... jzzzz you call that a real sport!

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Not League, Rugby Union. It's a proper global game with a proper World Cup that isn't just all the pacific islands plus England.

Or rather, the Pacific islands and the M62 corridor.

Both codes are lessons in high silliness, it should be said.

 

[Gregg2]

I would like to see Basketball more challenging for the players. It looks way to easy for them to make a basket. Make the baskets twice as high and make the court bigger. It is like watching high school kids playing with a 5 year old's pretend basketball toy and hoop. Boring. Hockey, Soccer, and Football are so much more challenging for the players.

Upgrade baseball and golf to have more action and less standing around. Maybe the golfers could race instead of having lots of time. Baseball needs to have a timer or something.

Your perspective is opposite of mine. I like high scoring games, and am bored by those "difficult to score" marathons. I say make the hockey and soccer goals bigger, and allow offsides! They've changed the rules in football several times to try to increase scoring. I guess studies have shown that my preference is in the majority.

Baseball actually has a rule about how long a pitcher has to throw his next pitch. I've never seen it enforced, and consequently, don't know if it is regularly violated or not. Pitching is not just throwing the ball hard, it's strategy. They also tried to discourage batters from stepping out of the batter's box after every pitch. There was supposed to be some sort of penalty for that, but I don't think it was enforced at all, and many batters still do it.

 

[sanPietro98]

Golf -- definitely.

But does this count miniature golf?

 

[snberk103]

... I like high scoring games, ... They've changed the rules in football several times to try to increase scoring. I guess studies have shown that my preference is in the majority...

CFL Rulz! Canadian Football League uses a bigger field, fewer players (I believe) and only 3 downs. Lots of big plays. The Grey Cup (Championship Trophy) is being awarded for the 101st time this year.... so don't claim Canadian rules football is an imitation.... 'tis the other way 'round. Superbowl is all of 43 this year.