My favorite sport is the one where you swing a stick at a fast-moving ball then walk in a diamond-shape till you get back to the plate you started from. This means you scored 1 run. Sometimes it takes weeks for this to happen, but I gladly sit back with a 12-pack of Budweiser, salsa with chips, and wait. Sometimes I fall asleep, usually no more than 15 minutes after the game starts.
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I think that it's as boring as hell except if you're in the streak for the cash contest on espnComment -
lmaoOriginally posted by SRBI
Soccer record (2010) : 244-160-24
2010-2011 season (soccer) : 144-95-11
NBA Record (2010-2011 season) : 17-12-1
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If you watch the Premier League, La Liga, Champions League and World Cup there is no other sport that is more entertaining. You basically watch 45 minutes of spectacular action without any commercial interruptions.
Football (american) is exciting too but only since the invention of the DVR which allows you to only spend 90 minutes watching the game instead of the 3.5 hours it takes when you watch it live. Commercials are ruining the continuity and cohesion of most american sports. I can't tell you how many times I went to a Falcons live game and the team is driving down the field, everyone is on the edge of their seats waiting for the next play and there it is the ref stopping the game for 2 minutes for no apparent reason other than to broadcast a commercial for the folks watching at home. This is preposterous!Comment -
Done that many times watching the Braves. Especially on afternoon games during siesta.Originally posted by SRBIComment -
Which part? Fall asleep after about 15 minutes? I hear yaOriginally posted by pavyracer
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By the way, good point here, corporate greed has ruined most American sports. I think Soccer is kinda like the cockroach of all sports, you can stomp on it, drop a bomb on it, throw it in a bath full of acid - it will always survive and outlive the others.Originally posted by pavyracerComment -
The game usually starts at 1:30 pm. This is right after lunch. I get on the recliner and start watching it. By 2:30 I'm already snoring and wake up around 4 to watch the last 2 innings.Originally posted by SRBIWhich part? Fall asleep after about 15 minutes? I hear yaComment -
Yes. You are.Comment -
No, actually I don't mind soccer, but it's not high on my list. I get really into it every four years during the World Cup because of the hugeness of the whole thing and how meaningful it is to people. But the rest of the time I can't get too into it.
Capy's order of favorite sports to watch and/or follow:
1. Football!!!!!!!
2. Hoops
Falls pretty far after that...
I will give you that I'd rather watch a soccer game than baseball. Used to be a huge baseball fan but I can't watch an inning now, it bores me to TEARS!!! So SLOOOOOW.Comment -
NFL is most exciting sport to watch. No question. Every play is dramatic. In soccer you've got divers and nil nil and 1 nil scores. Basketball you've got games that are basically over taking 15 minutes to play the last minute. Baseball just sucks to watch. Hockey isn't too bad though, probably second IMOComment -
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Illini the Israeli soccer king
Soccer is more than a game, just watch the world cup by the end you will get it.Comment -
Soccer is the best sport by faaaarrrrrrrComment -
no way, no fukking way. the rest of the world is wrong about this. the ball spends 75% of the time nowhere near the goals. the rest of the world is behind the US in so many ways, and this is just one more way they are behind. soccer, for the most part, is boring as fukk, but it's a great sport to play in way countries get fired up. overall, there are much better sports like football, basketball, and tennisComment -
Im more into tennis, although player soccer all my life.Comment -
Its normal for somebody not to like something they don't understand, I used to think American Football was stop and start nonsense. After learning the rules I appreciated it more.Originally posted by hoopster42
The major US sports in their pure form can be good to watch but the sports have been and are being further ruined with the leagues turning into more of a business than a sport. Games are molded around advertisements, big business is destroying the game, games are put on hold to promote a pizza. There are teams with no ambition, they are just in the league to make money, there is no pressure on them as they can't get relegated. It ends up looking very artificial, you watch some games and its like a WWE wrestling match.
Soccer has also been effected by big business but the supporters won't let the game be changed to suit companies. There are still companies promoting their sh*t but they have to work around the game not the other way round. Alot of ultra and supporter groups hate corporate involvement and have alot of influence in their clubs. Even big teams in Italy have to listen to their supporters and can't push around their followers.
If you understood the game, had a team that meant something to you, went to a few games and got involved in soccer crowds you would realize that maybe its not the rest of the world that has a problem in appreciating sports. Soccer is actually appreciated by its supporters
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I get it all sports have there inherent beauties but its all about hockey. Nothing can match the speed, grace and violence of hockey. Wathiching a goal at a live game is like 20k people having an orgasm at once. BTW I love footie.Comment -
Kara,
Good post. A perfect example is the Pittsburgh Pirates. MLB is happy with them because they made a profit last year with their $40 million payroll. They lost 100 games, the fans went to the ballpark to see the team lose game after game without even trying to sign up a big name and they managed to make a profit. This doesn't work in soccer. Teams spend money to offer a good product for the fans. Here in the US the fans pay the team in advance but the team is not obligated to offer a good product for the fans and the fans get used to the loser's mentality year after year.Comment -
I second that opinion!Originally posted by bogbatComment -
dude, i played youth baseball and soccer and was an all star in both sports as a 7-14 yr old kid then i got bored as hell with them. i understand them, better than 90% of soccer fans and 95% of baseball fans. i stopped playing those sports when i got bored with them, and when i realized that football and basketball players get the chicks in HS. lettered in both sports was only a decent HSer. irony is that i was way better at so much better baseball and soccer than i was at baskets/foots and even got recruited as an 8th grader by local HS coaches. the whole point is, i understand the strategy of soccer and baseball more than you can imagine but as an adult i find both sports extremely boring to watch. golf is tool. boring as fukk.Originally posted by Karayilan9Its normal for somebody not to like something they don't understand, I used to think American Football was stop and start nonsense. After learning the rules I appreciated it more.
The major US sports in their pure form can be good to watch but the sports have been and are being further ruined with the leagues turning into more of a business than a sport. Games are molded around advertisements, big business.
If you understood the game, had a team that meant something to you, went to a few games and got involved in soccer crowds you would realize that maybe its not the rest of the world that has a problem in appreciating sports. Soccer is actually appreciated by its supportersComment -
Originally posted by flyingillini
I do too.... great sport... but for betting its kind of difficult to get it....Comment -
I Agree that is the best sportComment -
Best Sports:
1. Basketball
2. Soccer
3. Football/Tennis/Hockey
Worst Sports:
Golf
BaseballCause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
I can't believe I went this far and didn't see "NFL". A few posters mentioned "american football" which obv is the same but what is wrong with you guys? I like a lot of different sports but Football takes the cake and it's not even close.Comment -
Agree, agree, agree. Nothing else can´t even come close to Football. It´s the best - specially after couple of Saturday Morning beersOriginally posted by flyingillini
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Tennis ahead of baseball, are you a girl?Originally posted by Goat Milk
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Soccer is by FAR the best sport. Best athletes in the most challenging circumstances. And it's the only sport where you really can't take your eyes off the screen because the action doesn't stop. AND it's a great sport because goals actually mean something.
The funniest thing about US football is how many games are decided by soccer players. The funniest thing about basketball is people cheering because their team just scored 1% of the points needed to win a game. One whole %. In a game where, if they game's any good, it's only the last few minutes that mean anything anyway.Comment -
Maybe he is not from the US. Just sayin..Originally posted by ShortstopTennis ahead of baseball, are you a girl?Comment -
If you watched Euroleague you would think basketball is a joke, same thing if your only experience of soccer is HS US soccer or watching Mls.Originally posted by hoopster42
Pavy
Kara,
Good post. A perfect example is the Pittsburgh Pirates. MLB is happy with them because they made a profit last year with their $40 million payroll. They lost 100 games, the fans went to the ballpark to see the team lose game after game without even trying to sign up a big name and they managed to make a profit. This doesn't work in soccer. Teams spend money to offer a good product for the fans. Here in the US the fans pay the team in advance but the team is not obligated to offer a good product for the fans and the fans get used to the loser's mentality year after year.
There is a disconnect between teams and their supporters, its like alot of these major league teams forget about them when supporters make a team. Without a supporter base there will be no ticket sales, merchandise sales, contributions, no Tv rights for games, there would be no market. The way these owners act is disgraceful, if they tried to the same with soccer teams they would be driven out and made public enemy number 1. A few came to take over UK clubs recently, already Liverpool has driven them out. In Liverpool and Manchester United these owners are the despised.
Take a look at some of the biggest soccer clubs in the world, for example Barcelona, its motto is "Més que un club" More than just a club. The club is run like a country, nobody can buy or sell the club, the supporters own the club, every member gets a vote, the chairman has to be elected, they reject corporate sponsorships on their shirts. In the Bundesliga private investors can only control 49% of the club, 51% has to be public/supporter owned. In many clubs there are big ultra and supporter groups who have enough power to push out a chairman, they are given rooms to organize in within the club and treated as a part of the team club.Comment -
Baseball is the best sport. No clock, so no lead is every truly safe. Have to get all 27 outs, no killing clock bullshit.Comment -
Soccer is best to watch, and best to bet. I also like college hoops/football, hockey and NFL, but nothing really compares to soccer. MLS games are hard to watch sometimes though.Comment -
Originally posted by Andy117
they should have a clock and it should be one hour only to play baseball, to keep the boredom to a fukkin minimumComment -
I grew up on hoops, it will still be the best sport for me, but soccer is a close second. I just started watching soccer a few years ago, but watching the important games (Champions league, derbies etc.) gives a huge thrill. I kinda compare it to college hoops - the crowd is intense as fukk.Comment -
i dont need 100 to 100 scores, but after playing for 90 minutes and having 0-0, 1-1, 2-2, 1-0, 2-0, these low scores are unacceptable and they happen all the fricken time in soccer, boring overall sport, so its not the greatest. turn on the french open and watch a tennis match. thats a great damn sport. basketball and hockey tonight, those are great. soccer is good, not greatComment
