What's the Most Boring Sport to Watch?

[D_golden parachute]

I can understand all the votes for golf but it's action-packed thrilling stuff compared to cricket... :yawn: :sleeping1:

20/20 cricket is amazing

cos they have to go for the big shots rather than playing defensively

I think I'll go for F1, used to love it, now it's dominated by 2 teams and has little to no action

 

[LeeEJ]

I'd love to tell you but I no nothin about it.
I'm sure an american will let you know soon enough. lol
Isn't it america's national sport?

It's America's national pastime -- which means that its "sport" designation is already tenuous at best.

At its core, it's like playing catch in the yard. You'll see far more father-son pairs than husband-wife couples at most games, especially at the minor league level. That's where it's ingrained into American culture -- a dad & his son taking some time on their own to put on a couple baseball gloves and toss the ball around, which often becomes their time to bond, talking about all manner of subjects and about life in general.

It's why, late in the movie Field Of Dreams, at the scene where Kevin Costner asks his father's ghost if he'd like to play some catch, you'll probably not find (at least in the US) any male in the room who's not misty-eyed.

It's the big hits, the amazing catches, and the tight double plays at push it into the realm of sport.

Do you think watching sport is unnatural. When I was a kid my parents didn't watch sport and neither did I, my kids didn't watch it and none of my siblings or kids like watching sport to this day. Parents who like football sit with their kids watching it thus conditioning them to like it. I've noticed that if you stick a baby in front of a tv it will love the pretty colours, the adverts, the programs with people in, but then sport comes on and it starts whining.

I'd say you were conditioned to not watch sport just like you say that other kids were conditioned to watch it. Kids learn from their parents, after all.

 

[LeeEJ]

It's occurred to me in the past that sports are often social activities to begin with. I mentioned this in the post above about baseball, and I think it applies to many others. Whether it's actually during the game, or afterwards at the bar, it's a chance for all those people to get together and have a good time.

They have several amateur leagues in DC for sports like softball and ultimate frisbee; they even have a kickball league. The players aren't in it for the glory, they're in it to have fun.

That's what sport is all about, isn't it?

 

[LeeEJ]

Yorkie, you disappoint me!

TV brought outside, deck chairs on the lawn, barbecue going and plenty of beer to hand, standing up and cheering whenever a six is hit, screaming "how's that!?" everytime there's a call for LBW.

Nothing could be more English. Where are you from again? :biggrin1:

Hehe... See what I mean? :biggrin1:

 

[SpoiledPrincess]

I'd watch gladiatorial contests, when are they going to start having those again?

 

[Industrialsize]

Definitely Cricket......maybe it's because I'm a yank.......but I can't figure out what's happening. Give me American Style Baseball,,,,,,,GO REDSOX!

 

[D_golden parachute]

Definitely Cricket......maybe it's because I'm a yank.......but I can't figure out what's happening. Give me American Stlye Baeball,,,,,,,GO REDSOX!

How does your ignorance mean it is boring?

 

[SpoiledPrincess]

You'd look quite good in a gladiator costume IS

 

[Industrialsize]

How does your ignorance mean it is boring?

I FULLY admit it's my ignorance, in my travels around the world i realize that Cricket is exceedingly popular...from europe, to the Indian sub-continent, to Asia.......I think I need to sit and watch a match where someone explains to me what's going on.......I love everything with "bats and Balls".

 

[tomma]

Yea tennis rocks...def not boring

 

[datdude]

Golf!!! Fun to play. Boring to watch.

 

[IntoxicatingToxin]

Hmm.. most boring to watch? I would say either golf or tennis. No fun for me at ALL.

 

[submit452]

golf...at least with racing you see a crash sometimes

Agreed I like to hit golf balls but watching makes me want to beat myself on the head with a pillow and go into a coma.

 

[SpoiledPrincess]

I've only been to one sporting event, a football match when I was 16, the football was rubbish but the two hours spent kissing my bf were good

 

[D_fitnesswitness]

Well, its a purely subjective opinion...but I personally CANNOT watch baseball...especially on TV.

 

[D_Tintagel_Demondong]

I'll agree with the majority and say golf, and yes SP cricket is just like rounders with white outfits.

Why do people hate tennis?? Tennis rocks!?

werd. its' more gangsta than ever.... so ignore these zeros and come hang with the heroes.... 'n shit.

 

[D_Tintagel_Demondong]

Damn. that was so 90's ghetto.

Anyway, I am a tennis junkie and I know every stat imagineable from the '30s to today. Try me!

 

[Yorkie]

20/20 cricket is amazing
cos they have to go for the big shots rather than playing defensively

I think I'll go for F1, used to love it, now it's dominated by 2 teams and has little to no action

Is that when they play for about 8 hours instead of 5 days?
Life's too short.
F1 is the only sport I watch.It's not about supporting teams for me,it's individual drivers.I'll be up at 6:00 am tomorrow to see Lewis Hamilton make history.

Yorkie, you disappoint me!

TV brought outside, deck chairs on the lawn, barbecue going and plenty of beer to hand, standing up and cheering whenever a six is hit, screaming "how's that!?" everytime there's a call for LBW.

Nothing could be more English. Where are you from again? :biggrin1:

So it's all about stuffing your face and getting drunk? :tongue:
My dad was born in Warsaw so I didn't have the traditional Yorkshire cultural upbringing,but my 100% Yorkshire bred uncle and grandad never had any interest in field sports either.

 

[dong20]

For the most part I find just about all sport boring to watch. Even sports I enjoy(ed) playing I find boring to watch with the possible exception of rugby - which I don't play!? This was a great surprise and one for which I have no explanation. I don't understand the rules at all other than needing to move a ball from one end of a field to another while under attack.

I will say however that attending a live football match in say Central America (or much of Africa) is a spectacle to be experienced at least once - so long that is that the 'local' team wins or all hell can break loose, which can lead to a whole other sport!!

Back on topic - I'd say golf is at (or at least near the top of my list) - watching people walk around outside for hours occasionally hitting small balls with sticks?? I'd rather watch radiators warm up, there's more action.

 

[SpeedoGuy]

There's a new sport on television to decide whether its worth watching or not:

Watching big name athletes outed for steroid use.