Other Sports

**dahamsta** · 25/07/2008, 11:23 AM

I've renamed the General Discussion group to Other Football and added a History forum, now I'd like to move Other Sports out to a new group and perhaps create some new subforums. What's popular in Other Sports?

adam

**centre mid** · 25/07/2008, 11:34 AM

Horse Racing, Rugby, Gaa, Golf, American Sports, I suppose the likes of tennis and cycling would only be popular around the major events.

**Dodge** · 25/07/2008, 11:35 AM

Most sports have their own thread. I don't really see the need for subgroups. Maybe GAA but tbh the political fall out from giving them their own section is something I don't want to have to deal with (with pro and anti zealots in abundance here)

If you want it out of football, just stick it in other stuff

**Macy** · 25/07/2008, 12:01 PM

I don't see the need for forums for other sports at this stage. People's main sport on here is football -if people really wanted in depth on, for example, cycling they'd go to specialist sites tbh.

**dahamsta** · 25/07/2008, 12:15 PM

I wouldn't set up forums for severy sport, just the main ones. GAA was one that occurred to me. After that I'd go the usual way, basing new forums on demand. Anyone want to mod a GAA forum or is going to be doomed from the off?

adam

**jebus** · 25/07/2008, 12:39 PM

I'd set up a MMA/wrestling forum as well. I'm a fan of both and the forums I've visited usually have a high number of visitors. Possibly include boxing as well, but exclusive boxing fans usually don't like being lumped in with wrestling or MMA

**Dodge** · 25/07/2008, 12:51 PM

Doomed from the off adam. If there's a wrestling forum set up I'm off...

**pete** · 25/07/2008, 1:24 PM

No to bog ball & sticking fighters.

Could have temporary sub forum for the Olympics but TBH don't see enough interest even in that.

Popular other sports are seasonal.

**superfrank** · 25/07/2008, 2:15 PM

I agree with Dodge, GAA forum will be trouble.

Sure just the suggestion has pete in a rage.

**GavinZac** · 25/07/2008, 4:36 PM

Opening GAA forum would probably have the same effect as landing a Celtic forum in the ELoI section.

**pete** · 25/07/2008, 4:39 PM

Originally Posted by superfrank

Sure just the suggestion has pete in a rage.

I have learnt to deal with it. I just search the news for a GAA bashing story like racism

**A face** · 25/07/2008, 7:27 PM

Any 'sport' that felt the need to setup vigilance committees doesn't deserve a forum of its own. No to GAA being even mention of this forum

**kingdom hoop** · 25/07/2008, 10:55 PM

If it came to it, I'd save Dodge the heartache and offer my mod services Adam. Though from the attitudes of the Cork Colonels it seems pretty obvious that the strategic fit of a new sub-forum would be more gimpsuit than glove; one gets the feeling that an "Anti-GAA" forum is more in demand. There's no (good) reason debate can't be kept constructive but it'd likely be more hassle than it'd be worth. Albeit selfishly, I'd still be in favour of a GAA sub-forum but I'm not sure whether those with no interest would steer clear or whether some might throw tantrums because "you're supporting the GAA ffs".

More generally, while Macy has a point that anyone with a serious interest can go elsewhere for in-depth debate, I think "Other Sports" has potential but tends to probably lack that bit of direction and lifeblood that sub-forums could maybe give it.

**pete** · 25/07/2008, 11:11 PM

Looking at the recent threads in Other Sports there are more golf & cricket threads than GAA. In the fact the only GAA thread is Hurling 2008 with 1 post.

If I wanted to bash the GAA would have started thread on the racist attack.

**kingdom hoop** · 26/07/2008, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by pete

Looking at the recent threads in Other Sports there are more golf & cricket threads than GAA. In the fact the only GAA thread is Hurling 2008 with 1 post.

To be fair you missed the "Sam Maguire" thread with 238 replies, which suggests there'd easily be enough posters to keep a sub-forum going, a lot more so than golf or cricket anyway. Demand isn't the issue though of course.

If I wanted to bash the GAA would have started thread on the racist attack.

Ha! Nice summing up of your attitude there Pete. Maybe you should have started a thread (and added to your wonderfully witty collection of trolling thread titles like "The Appeal of Thugball", "The Battle of Omagh", "Dublin-Meath Scoring") because after all isn't it obvious the small-mindedness of a couple of Carlow people is a GAA problem way more than it is an Irish problem.

**tetsujin1979** · 26/07/2008, 1:05 AM

IMO the Other Sports forum is fine the way it is. The GAA posts will die out in late September, and pick up again after the club finals in March. Same with the boxing posts, MMA posts, golf, tennis, etc. The threads are all very much based on what is going on at the moment, and there doesn't seem to be enough based on one particular sport to justify it's own sub-forum.

**bellavistaman** · 26/07/2008, 1:29 AM

Originally Posted by jebus

I'd set up a MMA/wrestling forum as well. I'm a fan of both and the forums I've visited usually have a high number of visitors. Possibly include boxing as well, but exclusive boxing fans usually don't like being lumped in with wrestling or MMA

I'd be all for a wrestling section aswell, badly neede imo!!!

**Dodge** · 26/07/2008, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by kingdom hoop

To be fair you missed the "Sam Maguire" thread with 238 replies, which suggests there'd easily be enough posters to keep a sub-forum going, a lot more so than golf or cricket anyway. Demand isn't the issue though of course.

Ha! Nice summing up of your attitude there Pete. Maybe you should have started a thread (and added to your wonderfully witty collection of trolling thread titles like "The Appeal of Thugball", "The Battle of Omagh", "Dublin-Meath Scoring") because after all isn't it obvious the small-mindedness of a couple of Carlow people is a GAA problem way more than it is an Irish problem.

Case closed adam?