Which sport is the most boring to watch?

[ollie]

Great sports quotes of our times (our times being today):

Originally Posted by Matt Prior

I wasn't really expecting to be batting before lunch. I was looking at the lunch menu and thinking I would have the rack of lamb and suddenly I was out in the middle taking my guard.

[ollie]

If you are not following the game right now you are missing out. That is all.

[Kaemon Awa 123]

This might be suprising, but I actually voted basketball. In basketball, pretty much every play/series/possesion or whatever they're called is the same, dribble down, shoot.

I really don't understand why there are so many votes for soccer, there are at least varieties in the playstyle and a decent sized field unlike basketball or hockey. Of course, I am a long-time (and currently playing) soccer player, so I understand what's happening.

[The Doctor]

Ping Pong which is the worst Olympic sport ever.

[ollie]

When I saw this thread pop up again, I was hoping for a discussion of Dravid's ongoing masterclass in test match batting. Is there any other sport where tribalism so easily gives way to appreciation of the opponents' skill as test cricket?

[lefton4ya]

I used to think Soccor (futbol) was boring but now I enjoy watching (still not as much as American Football even though there is only 11 minutes of play time as anticipation heightens excitement).

I used to like watching baseball but now I think it is the most boring to watch. Being at an actual game is fun, but that is because I enjoy things like buying snacks from vendors, people watching, doing the wave, and betting on whether the catcher throws the ball on the mound at the end of an inning more than the actual game, so minor league $3 ticket games are just as entertaining as major league $30+ ticket games, but watching a game on TV is more boring to me than watching a live fishing or hunting show unedited (where they catch something every couple hours and sit there the rest of the time).

For most entertaining, I would vote X-games style such as Skateboarding, BMX, Blading, Motocross, Waveboarding, Snowboarding, etc.

[Son of Arathorn]

Soccer, no contest. I always want to play it, but not watch it.

[kolakoski]

Well met!

I voted for Golf, but you should have included BOWLING!

[ollie]

Completely unrelated to this topic, but the England/Pakistan test matches started last night. I'm reading the as-it-happened commentary now.

[gorthan313]

I voted for soccer apparently, but I personally don't think that ANY sports are interesting to watch.

Golf: I'd rather watch grass grow.
Tennis: Wii tennis is fun. Watching 'real' tennis? Not so much.
Football: I'd rather watch golf, believe it or not. Or maybe I'm just one of those guys who doesn't enjoy watching big sweaty guys tackle each other into the dirt just so they can grab a BALL and RUN REALLY FAST to drop the ball onto the other end of the field.
Soccer: People still watch this?
Basketball: Watching really tall guys try to drop a ball into a basket.....exciting...
Aquatics: Of those listed, this is actually the most interesting to watch IMO.
Figure skating: Two-person figure skating is fine. Dull, but fine. One-person figure skating is just dull.

[Filthy the Clown]

Originally Posted by gorthan313

I voted for soccer apparently, but I personally don't think that ANY sports are interesting to watch.


Basketball: Watching really tall guys try to drop a ball into a basket.....exciting...

LOL, unless it is Spud Webb, who won a slam dunk contest despite being only 5 feet 7 inches tall:



I suspect a trampoline in the court...

[Codeman]

I still vote: FISHING - don't understand it