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View Poll Results: Which sports do you think are boring to watch on TV?
Soccer 45 33.58%
Rugby 10 7.46%
Ice Hockey 18 13.43%
Gymnastics 23 17.16%
Tennis 17 12.69%
Golf 63 47.01%
Archery 23 17.16%
Squash 24 17.91%
NASCAR 37 27.61%
Football 19 14.18%
Basketball 15 11.19%
Baseball 27 20.15%
Softball 19 14.18%
Lacrosse 12 8.96%
Bowling 30 22.39%
Figure Skating 17 12.69%
Cycling 30 22.39%
Swimming/Diving 12 8.96%
Badminton 17 12.69%
Fencing 18 13.43%
Judo 16 11.94%
Table Tennis 17 12.69%
Australian Rules Football 8 5.97%
Ultimate Frisbee 14 10.45%
Field Hockey 14 10.45%
Track and Field 9 6.72%
Cricket 20 14.93%
Curling 18 13.43%
Volleyball 6 4.48%
other (please explain below) 4 2.99%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 134. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-12-2017, 11:16 AM
 
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Baseball is the only "sport " where players........eat throughout the game on the bench, fall asleep in the bull pen, listen to music on headphones in the dugout, and scratch their genitals in front of 35,000 spectators.


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Old 12-12-2017, 12:48 PM
 
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nascar and soccer.
I think it was carlin who said nascar is a bunch of rednecks going around in a circle at 200 mph.

soccer is too simple of a game to interest most people in america.I tried, it a bunch of sweaty guys in tacky uniform kicking a ball around for an hour and half.its not interesting the first time its not interesting the 50th time it happens.

golf is boring to watch but so much of it is being outdoors in the sun and enjoying the beautiful surroundings, something you just cant appreciate in tv.
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Old 12-14-2017, 09:20 AM
 
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nascar and soccer.
I think it was carlin who said nascar is a bunch of rednecks going around in a circle at 200 mph.

soccer is too simple of a game to interest most people in america.I tried, it a bunch of sweaty guys in tacky uniform kicking a ball around for an hour and half.its not interesting the first time its not interesting the 50th time it happens.

golf is boring to watch but so much of it is being outdoors in the sun and enjoying the beautiful surroundings, something you just cant appreciate in tv.
Except that it really isn't. It is MUCH MORE complex than you would think when you really get into it. Formations change based on tactics and teams being played against, for instance, which drastically alters the types of plays involved.

It's kind of like hockey in a sense: to the outsider, it's a bunch of burly dudes on skates smashing each other into boards trying to get a frozen rubber puck into a net. But deep down there is lots of complexity that only those who have either played at competitive levels or studied it will understand.
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Old 12-14-2017, 09:32 AM
 
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nascar and soccer.
I think it was carlin who said nascar is a bunch of rednecks going around in a circle at 200 mph.

soccer is too simple of a game to interest most people in america.I tried, it a bunch of sweaty guys in tacky uniform kicking a ball around for an hour and half.its not interesting the first time its not interesting the 50th time it happens.

golf is boring to watch but so much of it is being outdoors in the sun and enjoying the beautiful surroundings, something you just cant appreciate in tv.
The fact that most of the world enjoys football (soccer) the most suggest that it could be that people in America (by that the US and Canada only) are too 'simple' to enjoy it? :-D
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Old 12-14-2017, 06:03 PM
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I didn't see it in the poll but I would like to nominate Poker. ESPN around 2005 had a fixation with poker for some reason, even ESPN Classic was airing World Series of Poker events from the 90's. How anyone found that entertaining baffles me.

I've never sat down and watched a majority of these (Aussie Rules, Fencing, Cricket etc.) so no comment. Golf, NASCAR, and some variations of Soccer (La Liga, English Premiere League) don't interest me.

I think with a lot of these outdoor events like Golf and Cycling, part of the viewing interest is also focused on the surroundings like the French countryside for the Tour De France and the lush green grass from The Masters. At least thats how my father and his father enjoyed watching these two events.
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Old 12-16-2017, 05:15 AM
 
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I didn't see it in the poll but I would like to nominate Poker. ESPN around 2005 had a fixation with poker for some reason, even ESPN Classic was airing World Series of Poker events from the 90's. How anyone found that entertaining baffles me.

I've never sat down and watched a majority of these (Aussie Rules, Fencing, Cricket etc.) so no comment. Golf, NASCAR, and some variations of Soccer (La Liga, English Premiere League) don't interest me.

I think with a lot of these outdoor events like Golf and Cycling, part of the viewing interest is also focused on the surroundings like the French countryside for the Tour De France and the lush green grass from The Masters. At least thats how my father and his father enjoyed watching these two events.
Is poker considered a sport in the US!? Its a card game surely?
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Old 12-16-2017, 05:36 AM
 
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Is poker considered a sport in the US!? Its a card game surely?
I'm guessing that the term "sports" needs to totally be redefined at some point!
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Old 12-16-2017, 10:13 AM
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Is poker considered a sport in the US!? Its a card game surely?
Well ESPN must have considered it to be a sport!
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Old 12-16-2017, 10:41 AM
 
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Well ESPN must have considered it to be a sport!
Then ESPN are daft! :-)
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Old 12-19-2017, 05:13 PM
 
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The fact that most of the world enjoys football (soccer) the most suggest that it could be that people in America (by that the US and Canada only) are too 'simple' to enjoy it? :-D
not really, you never have to explain soccer to anyone, just watch it for a minute and you get it, just try explaining baseball or american football to a european and watch their eyes start to spin in their heads.
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