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Now it's official: American scientists have confirmed that the One True Football (soccer) is more exciting than Rugby For Wimps (American football), Rounders For Men (baseball) and Netball For Men (basketball). I would have thought scientists from Los Alamos has better things to do, but still...

American football, basketball and baseball have millions of followers, but they can't match soccer for sheer excitement, says a team of scientists.

The reason is its element of surprise, claim researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, US.

I always said that if you gave football players short swords (roman style) it would make the game far more interesting.

Why is this on the BBC News website? Surely the BBC 'Olds' website (if there is one) would be the best place for it?

I'm not suprised.

Actually according to their results, baseball is more interesting, and soccer (marbles for whiney eurotrash) has become boring.

When the scientists looked only at data from the past 10 years, English Premiership football and baseball swapped places.

One interpretation of the finding might be that soccer has become more predictable in recent years.

It will be pretty boring if it catches on in America. They will institute all sorts of regulations to prevent everything interesting. It's the American way.

Actually according to their results, baseball is more interesting, and soccer (marbles for whiney eurotrash) has become boring.
Then you should look at non-premireship football. Seriously look at, for example, league 1. How more unpredicatble do you want?

Hockey is still more exciting than them all.

Then you should look at non-premireship football. Seriously look at, for example, league 1. How more unpredicatble do you want?
It's fairly predictable. If Nottingham Forest are playing, the other team will always win :p
Losing to Colchester, though, that's just poor.

I was expecting some sort of study on endorphin levels in people watching certain sports or something similarly technical sounding, not "upsets = excitement". That's not really scientific. I think a 6-5 match where the better team eventually prevails is more exciting than a 4-0 drubbing by an underdog because the other team's star player was injured or a 1-0 fluke win by an underdog.

It's fairly predictable. If Nottingham Forest are playing, the other team will always win :p
Losing to Colchester, though, that's just poor.
Very funny, actually it was poor, awful match, awful tactics. Megson out. Exciting finish though, 3 goals in injury time!

Then you should look at non-premireship football. Seriously look at, for example, league 1. How more unpredicatble do you want?

Tell it to the boys at Los Alamos - it's their data, not mine.

As Sdaeriji points out, it's not really a very good study. The fact that they only compared ice hockey, football, baseball and basketball in the US, with English football, gives it even less credibility.

Tsk, everyone knows hurling is the most exciting sport.

Now it's official: American scientists have confirmed that:
Soccer Moms are more exciting than football..
...I would have thought scientists from Los Alamos has better things to do, but still...only on weekdays :D :D :fluffle: :D

Hockey is still more exciting than them all.


Girls play that at school.

I always said that if you gave football players short swords (roman style) it would make the game far more interesting.

Damn right, it would. Then maybe they'd actually have a reason to wear all that freakin' armour. Pussies.

Now it's official: American scientists have confirmed that:
Soccer Moms are more exciting than football..
...I would have thought scientists from Los Alamos has better things to do, but still...
:D :fluffle: :D :D seriously... playing World-Football is way more exiting than NFL-football..

I have played them both.. and its not even close.. US-football main advantage is hype.. Big-BIG-Hype..

Girls play that at school.

She's talking about real hockey, not that feild hockey horse-pucky.

only on weekdays :D :D :fluffle: :D

If you're looking for that kind of excitement I recommend viewing womens beach volleyball. Mmmmmmmm.

Tsk, everyone knows hurling is the most exciting sport.


Right up until you get smacked in the nuts with a hurl as the other guy tries to 'clear' a shot you're taking. Then it becomes the world's most painful sport. ;)

yeah, but no one really read the article. look.

The team decided to make unpredictability - how often a leading team is overcome by an opponent with a worse record - the best measure of how exciting a league is.

that is a pretty bad measure of excitement. soccer (Jogging for european assholes) is incredibly boring. nothing ever happens. there's too much running and nmot enough scoring or action.

nah, give me the NFL any day of the week.

Did you actually read the artical? They 'proved' that soccer ahs a statistically higher ate of upsets. That's it. Any bookie in Vegas could have told you that. Are we paying for this with tax dollars?

She's talking about real hockey, not that feild hockey horse-pucky.
Indeed.

Did you actually read the artical? They 'proved' that soccer ahs a statistically higher ate of upsets. That's it. Any bookie in Vegas could have told you that. Are we paying for this with tax dollars?

Hah!

Soccer is incredibly boring. Football and Baseball are way more exciting than watching a bunch of guys in shorts kicking a ball around. And say what you like about the protection, it still isnt what makes a game exciting.

Rugby for MEN (Rugby in Australia, not Europe, Europe blows at Rugby) is ridiculously hardcore.



The guys are as big as American football players IN their full uniforms. Rugby players, however, are just that big, they don't wear pads (they aren't girls, haha, had to add that in.)

(or tampons)

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Plus they run at eachother head first really, really fast.

Australian rules football, by the way, is similar to Rugby, only less pain and smaller people.

(please ignore any general assumptions or flat out rude remarks)

Guys, no. Waterpolo.

http://www.waterpolo-world.com/servlets/DBPicture?id=20050863

Rugby in Australia, not Europe, Europe blows at Rugby.
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http://www.rugbyheaven.smh.com.au/articles/2004/11/14/1100384424723.html
http://www.irb.com/WR/

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As for the topic - World Football is better, I think. That's because I get it. NFL is confusing for me, and therefore boring. I suggest the same goes for all you people who don't like real football (the one where you use your feet...) - because you don't get it, or you never really got involved, it's not that interesting for you.

Hockey is still more exciting than them all.

Damn straight.

Sure, there's more surprise in soccer... 68 minutes into the game, when someone finally scores a goal, there's the shock that something actually happened... the shock and disbelief of that moment probably jolts the EKG needle higher than the continuous ups-and-downs of, say, basketball. I believe it.

*psh* comon, World Football is boring, so they kick a ball around for an hour and half, whoopie doo. I mean jeez, at the half way point I wish someone would knock someone down! I mean jeez, it's not like they even fight over the ball, it's just too civil for my taste. That why I love the NFL. They have guys fighting over the ball, crushing one another, tackling one another, they have guys tackling other guys so hard that their helments falls off! HOOO RAH!

Now if they actually start fighting over the ball instead of being civil about it, then I'd watch it. I mean comon, someone tackle someone!

Guys, no. Waterpolo.

http://www.waterpolo-world.com/servlets/DBPicture?id=20050863

Hah. Good luck convinving anyone of that.. I played it in high school, and generally got replies of "what's that?" or "we have a water polo team?" when I'd say anything about it.

So they based the entire thing on "unpredictability"...basically, does the underdog win?

Well then...what a waste of time.

Basically, they're saying that the measure of the "best" sport is how often the team that should win chokes.

Great way to rank sports..."How often do the best teams suck ass?"

Scientists at Los Alamos have better things to do. :mad:

So they based the entire thing on "unpredictability"...basically, does the underdog win?

Well then...what a waste of time.

Basically, they're saying that the measure of the "best" sport is how often the team that should win chokes.

Great way to rank sports..."How often do the best teams suck ass?"

Scientists at Los Alamos have better things to do. :mad:

I dunno, I think the nuclear bomb thing was the highest point.

Hah. Good luck convinving anyone of that.. I played it in high school, and generally got replies of "what's that?" or "we have a water polo team?" when I'd say anything about it.
The greatest things in the world largely go unknown because they are covered up by lesser things, such as baseball and football.

Our waterpolo team is well known in our high school. Pretty much because of the speedos. Wewt.

I dunno, I think the nuclear bomb thing was the highest point.

Yeah, I guess it's all been downhill from there. :p

*psh* comon, World Football is boring, so they kick a ball around for an hour and half, whoopie doo. I mean jeez, at the half way point I wish someone would knock someone down! I mean jeez, it's not like they even fight over the ball, it's just too civil for my taste. That why I love the NFL. They have guys fighting over the ball, crushing one another, tackling one another, they have guys tackling other guys so hard that their helments falls off! HOOO RAH!

Now if they actually start fighting over the ball instead of being civil about it, then I'd watch it. I mean comon, someone tackle someone!
You want big tackles, try my own sport:
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Rugby, see why it's so dangerious. I'm a footy fan as well, but thats the sort of thing you get in every match.