Least favourite sport?

[Ash]

Golf and Tennis are definate switch off tv for me.

Tried to get into watching F1 a few years ago, was mildly amused
but then after actually going to see one I lost all interest in it.

Not into athletics/olympics etc ... apart from the bloopers when the
pole vault snaps or someone gets mangles int he hurdles etc.

Is figure skating a sport? If so, I also hate that.
(even if its not, i still hate it)

Not big into rugby but I saw a few games of rugby league before and
liked it better than union.

[osarusan]

Also rugby league - pass, run into player, roll ball back, pass, run into player then roll ball back....repeat 5 times....then kick to opposition. Anyone comparing this to union must be having a laugh...

Comparing it to rugby union in what way? I think rugby league is a fine sport.

[deecay]

Rugby League is as instance a sport as it gets

[gustavo]

Also rugby league - pass, run into player, roll ball back, pass, run into player then roll ball back....repeat 5 times....then kick to opposition. Anyone comparing this to union must be having a laugh...

To be fair you can break down any sport into meaningless terms like that , ie footballl , kick off pass to player , pass to player , run with ball , kick it at goal , other team gets back , pass to player , pass to player , lose balll , pass to player , etc etc

[Morbo]

Cricket, Golf, Athletics, Baseball, NFL, Swimming, Cycling, Rugby is alright but I hate the way everyone is jumping on the Rugby bandwagon these days

[endabob1]

Cricket is a great sport, take some time to understand the rules, they're not that complicated and the one day and now 20/20 formats especially make for excellent viewing.
I'll watch 99% of sports with some degree of interest, what I can't stand is sports where you marks for style or anything that is subjective and based on a set of judges, if that's your thing watch American Idol or that ballroom dancing crap on bbc.

[oldyouth]

To me, any game that I don't understand the skill level involved is crap. Cricket is a great game, horseracing is just livestock going for a run and darts is for when you are on the lash.

Rugby is for lads who like bending down and pushing their heads up another chaps ar*e. Hurling is only around to allow spectators beat up officials, Formula 1 is there so that ugly people like Bernie Ecclestone can shift young blondes,

Golf is a great excuse to get out of the house for 7 hours. Athletics is for sportsmen and women who don't want their 'personal space' invaded.

I could go on but the tiddleywinks final is coming on the telly

[jamie m]

american football for me or as alan partridge once described it "futuristic rugby"

[Torn-Ado]

To me, any game that I don't understand the skill level involved is crap. Cricket is a great game, horseracing is just livestock going for a run and darts is for when you are on the lash.

Rugby is for lads who like bending down and pushing their heads up another chaps ar*e. Hurling is only around to allow spectators beat up officials, Formula 1 is there so that ugly people like Bernie Ecclestone can shift young blondes,

Golf is a great excuse to get out of the house for 7 hours. Athletics is for sportsmen and women who don't want their 'personal space' invaded.

I could go on but the tiddleywinks final is coming on the telly

Very insightful there. I might just take your advice now and abandon all sports except for cricket.

[jebus]

Very insightful there. I might just take your advice now and abandon all sports except for cricket.

don't forget tiddlywinks


Basketball for me - how can you get excited by a game of 4 quarters with 2/3 points a score that will end in a score of something like 110-90....why bother watching the first 3 quarters when you know that it'll only get "exciting" (and I use that term in the loosest manner possible) in the last 5 minutes or so??


Could you not say the same about hurling only getting exciting for the last 15 mins?

[zenokelly]

I despise No.1 : Rugby by far, the people who have just recently started following it especially and followers in general, and the rubbish they talk about, passion my whole!!

Then tennis, F1, NFL, figure skating, not to mention the real minority sports......

[osarusan]

I despise No.1 : Rugby by far, the people who have just recently started following it especially and followers in general, and the rubbish they talk about, passion my whole!!


Shouldn't it be just the fans you hate, not the sport?

[kingdom hoop]

Speedway and NASCAR are two of the ones I'd see on TV regularly and wonder why they are popular. (I think I heard before that NASCAR is the richest sport in the world, or something like that, it was crazy whatever it was anyway) Semantically brilliant thread title for me though; I love to watch pretty much all sports (I even love watching the blades on a windmill chase each other) so it really is a case of picking the least favourites rather than the hated.

Generally, how do people characterise what they dislike in sports? Can't appreciate skill; no excitement/tension; no tactical nous exhibited; overly popular in general for enjoyment you get; genetics exclude too many potential players - maybe the case in basketball a bit; cultural background of sport, etc.? What else annoys people about certain sports? And are we talking about just to watch the sport, what it'd be like to play the sport, or the sport as a game/entity unto itself? They're just some of things I was thinking of there now.

[Bluebeard]

I even love watching the blades on a windmill chase each other.

But I thought that you followed QPR, not Wednesday?

[kingdom hoop]

Hmmm, well whatever way you want to look at it, it's pretty quixotic stuff. :)

[Bluebeard]

Hmmm, well whatever way you want to look at it, it's pretty quixotic stuff. :)

SO which are you - noble knight or knowing squire?

[zenokelly]

Shouldn't it be just the fans you hate, not the sport?

Ya my post did imply that a bit too much! No, I don't see the excitement in a few big lads, a lot on creo since they were 13, run into each other and fall to the ground, and people give out about footballers diving................. That's the main aim of rugby players.

And the boring long stoppages... I can't see why you would follow it (unless your on the bandwagon of course).

But some people would think this is a bit rich coming from someone who is a fan of horseracing, and i don't agree with that, so maybe I'm highly wrong, but its just my opinion!

[Marked Man]

I'm going to follow the advice offered earlier, and only watch the last 5 minutes of NBA games. Likewise, I'll only be watching the last frame of snooker matches, the last sets of tennis matches and only the finals of soccer knock-out competitions (can't we skip the whole tournament, and just go straight to the penalty shoot out?)

In fact, I think I'll just skip watching sports altogether and just look up the results in the paper.

[NeilMcD]

I think Baseball is a a terrible sport to be honest. I think Gaelic Football is pretty bad but I think Hurling is one of the greatest sports in the world. Most enjoyable sporting occasion for me last year was the Cork Waterford game at Croke Park in the hurling. Great day and excitement.

[SligoBrewer]

Athletics, but running in particular.
What the **** is the point?

Skill? Look I can run!
Tosspots

[Morbo]

Athletics, but running in particular.
What the **** is the point?

Skill? Look I can run!
Tosspots

But they can run really fast, plus there is a bit of skill like the skill of being able to cover up the use of banned substances

[Bluebeard]

Athletics, but running in particular.
What the **** is the point?

Skill? Look I can run!
Tosspots

If it's good enough for Alan O'Brien...

[kingdom hoop]

I think Gaelic Football is pretty bad

Just for discussion's sake, what makes it pretty bad?

[strangeirish]

Just for discussion's sake, what makes it pretty bad?
Kildare.

[NeilMcD]

Just for discussion's sake, what makes it pretty bad?

I think there is too much pulling and dragging and stoppages in the game. The rules need to be tweaked as there is very little flow in the game at the moment. Also a lot of the skill seems to be gone out of the game in favour of blanket defence and there is very little guys like the Gooch in Kerry.

[4 in a row]

did you ever watch bowling on tele? it is the most boring thing to watch on tele ever, every shot they take they get a strike:rolleyes:
i hate cricket aswel

[deecay]

plus there is a bit of skill like the skill of being able to cover up the use of banned substances
Great post:)

[Con-Con]

Wrestling. It's rubbish and boring.

[superfrank]

I detest rugby. It's such a nothing sport and I don't understand how people can get so worked up about it.

Near to them are cricket, tennis, basketball, horse racing and baseball/softball (what's the difference?).

[pineapple stu]

I think softball's underarm pitching and basebal isn't?