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Among the most popular US Sports which is the most boring?
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In my opinion, all sports are much more fun to play than to watch. I'd rather spend my time participating in a given sport than watching it.
That said, I do watch some sports on tv (mainly have it on in the background while doing other things). However, Golf and Basketball are excruciating to watch. I only enjoyed watching basketball when Michael Jordan was playing for the Bulls in the championship games at the end of the seasons. That was great and exciting. Golf...I groan and change the channel.
However, I enjoy watching games more when I'm actually at the stadium, seeing the game in person. Though, that is more about the drinking, the food and the energy of the crowd than the actual game, itself.
That said, I do watch some sports on tv (mainly have it on in the background while doing other things). However, Golf and Basketball are excruciating to watch. I only enjoyed watching basketball when Michael Jordan was playing for the Bulls in the championship games at the end of the seasons. That was great and exciting. Golf...I groan and change the channel.
However, I enjoy watching games more when I'm actually at the stadium, seeing the game in person. Though, that is more about the drinking, the food and the energy of the crowd than the actual game, itself.
Lacrosse isn't very popular in the US, at least compared to the others he listed.
The National Football League was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing its name to the National Football League in 1922. The Super Bowl was invented later, obviously. The CFL was officially founded in 1958. So, are you saying that the Grey Cup has been awarded twice per year since then? (Nope. The Grey Cup is the oldest trophy in professional football!)
The history of American football can be traced to early versions of rugby football and association football. Both games have their origins in varieties of football played in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, in which a ball is kicked at a goal and/or run over a line. Many games known as "football" were being played at colleges and universities in the United States in the first half of the 19th century. The origin of professional football can be traced back to 1892 in the United States. The first Professional "league" was the Ohio League, formed in 1903.
FYI: Canadian football has 12 players on the field for each team. U.S. football has eleven each.
(fact checking courtesy of Wikipedia)
Really? I watched it on EPSN America a few months ago and loved it, it is deffo better than Nascar and marginally better than Tennis (which isn't American is it?).
Since NASCAR seems to be doing well in the polls without my support, I voted for something just as boring, if not moreso: American football.
It's the worst sport. I'd rather watch anything else than American football. Golf? Yes. Bowling? Yes. Paint drying? Yes. Televised fishing? Yes.
It's the worst sport. I'd rather watch anything else than American football. Golf? Yes. Bowling? Yes. Paint drying? Yes. Televised fishing? Yes.
As a big fan of football, I have to wonder why? Not to argue but just out of curiosity.
Heh - in this country, popularity and quality have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
I think I went to the only university in the US where Homecoming is centered around lacrosse and not football. Still never once went to a full game.
That is true. It would be more exciting if the goals were bigger and it was easier. I had not thought of that. Football artificially has a high scoring system that might work with Hockey and Soccer. I still think Basketball needs to be a little bit harder.
Or for fun, make the baskets really big and chest level. Make basketball an extreme high scoring game.
I disagree, leave them as they are.
A low scoring soccerball game does not necessarily denote a poor one – an excellent defensive display can be appreciated as much as an attacking one.
As for boring sports, the only thing as dull as listening to golfers drone on about their preferred pastime is watching them play it.
Soccer would make more sense to me if they were allowed to kick other players.
Golf would be more exciting if golfers had to fence each other with their golfing sticks.
Golf would be more exciting if golfers had to fence each other with their golfing sticks.
Thanks for all that! I was, of course, having some fun.
Grey Cup was initially awarded to amateur teams, and was then adopted by the CFL - which explains the mismatch in ages between the League and the Trophy.Most people who are familiar with both American and Canadian rules football find the Canadian rules version more exciting.... mainly because of the 3 downs instead of 4. Unfortunately the CFL can't pay what the NFL does, so when a CFLer gets too good they head south.
Since soccer comes up as a topic of conversation here, I have to ask if it counts as a "US sport"? Same for tennis and golf.
A game of football seems to have about 15 minutes of actual play, an hour of guys standing around, and two hours of commercials or advertisements.
It is a slow and boring game. It's never interested me.
I voted for Baseball, but Golf is a good runner-up.
Maybe Baseball is a good sport to watch in the stadiums with your beers and so on, but for me watching in TV is very booooring.
I love football, but I also think there are many commercials.
Why isnt soccer in the list? However, I don't think soccer is boring, the game clock never stops so that's a point.
Maybe Baseball is a good sport to watch in the stadiums with your beers and so on, but for me watching in TV is very booooring.
I love football, but I also think there are many commercials.
Why isnt soccer in the list? However, I don't think soccer is boring, the game clock never stops so that's a point.
Yes, I read that too. Also discovered that there were 5 U.S. cities with CFL teams, but I think for only one year. (1994?) There were a couple the year before, and none the year after. Sure didn't make it onto SportsCenter or the sports page in the Sunday paper!Thanks for all that! I was, of course, having some fun.
If you read the whole thread, you'll find that the OP clarified the topic title. It was intended to be taken as "sports that are popular in the U.S." not that are claimed as belonging to the U.S. So, on that note, soccer doesn't qualify, but tennis and golf do. (just my unscientific read of popularity, that's all)
See above. I find soccer just as boring as hockey, and for all the same reasons. We have an arena soccer team, and that is more interesting, to me. I go to at least one game a season, used to attend two or three. The fact that the game clock never stops (I'm not sure about that for indoor!) in no way makes it more exciting to me. The "stoppage time" curiosity belies that contention anyway.
Something that I think makes Hockey nearly unique (certainly among the sports listed in poll) are the line changes while the game is underway. It would be the same thing as if in football (not soccer) when the ball is punted and still in the air half the team on one or both sides ran for the sidelines to get off the field, and were replaced with new players. Or, if the punt went really deep, while the receiver is still running players on one or both teams are changing. Remember, you can't have too many players on the field during a change. So one player has to get at least one foot off the field before the replacement can get on!
That's a terrible idea, IMO. Look what it did to hockey? Hockey use to be a game of finesse, but now it's 1 or 2 skill players and the rest are thugs.
Watch some really old hockey matches (before all the thugs entered the league) and you'll see some exciting matches.Chi-Chi Rodriguez would kick tush if he were still playing.
That's a terrible idea, IMO. Look what it did to hockey? Hockey use to be a game of finesse, but now it's 1 or 2 skill players and the rest are thugs.
Pfft. The ONLY thing that makes hockey worth watching is the physical contact. If they're not meant to hit each other, then they shouldn't be wearing pads. Finesse? What next? Johnny Weir costumes?
Plus, I don't think you're really getting what I'm saying about letting them kick each other. I mean full contact, padded. Make the scoring of the goal secondary to physical domination. Essentially Olympic Taekwondo + modern soccer. That would make soccer worth watching for me.
Chi-Chi Rodriguez would kick tush if he were still playing.
Here's how I picture the two players at each tee. They draw their little golfing sticks and then square off. First player to touch the other guy gets to hit the other guy's ball once.
Poker
Albeit, not a sport, is all over the sports networks and its dreadful.
Ultimate fighting/ MMA
Again, not a sport. It's just distasteful.
Of all the sports on the pole, all are certainly fun to play and all are exciting when somethings on the line. ie., championship
Albeit, not a sport, is all over the sports networks and its dreadful.
Ultimate fighting/ MMA
Again, not a sport. It's just distasteful.
Of all the sports on the pole, all are certainly fun to play and all are exciting when somethings on the line. ie., championship