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I vote for snow mobiles.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/SnowmobilesYellowstone.jpg/800px-SnowmobilesYellowstone.jpg

It looks pretty cool, right? But these people just get drunk and drive around the same 100 foot circle all night. What the fuck?

synchronized swimming.

figure skating

snooker, its like pool only complicated

I hate any sport that involves balls. Like baseball. I DON'T CARE. ENOUGH ABOUT THE RED SOX. :upyours: God! It seems everywhere I go there's Red Sox. I've seen it so many times I don't care anymore. Same with football. And basketball.

Sure there's some sports I DO like. Such as video gaming.

I vote for snow mobiles.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/SnowmobilesYellowstone.jpg/800px-SnowmobilesYellowstone.jpg

It looks pretty cool, right? But these people just get drunk and drive around the same 100 foot circle all night. What the fuck?

I kinda like the sport. But that's just MY opinion. I respect your ways, so don't worry.

Things that claim to be sports but aren't e.g. gymnastics, diving, ice skating.

American football. Football. Actually, pretty much anything isn't played without out a puck, goalie and sticks... sucks.

Just because annoying people talk about it, it doesn't mean it sucks. Basketball is fun.

Sorry, it's just that i'm more short-tempered than most people.

I hate any sport that involves balls. Like baseball. I DON'T CARE. ENOUGH ABOUT THE RED SOX. :upyours: God! It seems everywhere I go there's Red Sox. I've seen it so many times I don't care anymore. Same with football. And basketball.

Sure there's some sports I DO like. Such as video gaming.Just because annoying people talk about it, it doesn't mean it sucks. Basketball is fun. But yeah, there should be a few other topics of conversation.

whatever is the exactly opposite of Curling. My guess is pole vault or something like that.

It looks pretty cool, right? But these people just get drunk and drive around the same 100 foot circle all night. What the fuck?

Think about that for a second.
Snowmobiles+Drinking+All Night=Suck?

All sports seem to be boring to watch, though I expect some are fun to play if you're actually good at them.

I would like to say Cricket, but since I don't truly understand it, it wouldn't feel right to criticize it. So I'm going to have to say Baseball.

I vote for snow mobiles.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/SnowmobilesYellowstone.jpg/800px-SnowmobilesYellowstone.jpg

It looks pretty cool, right? But these people just get drunk and drive around the same 100 foot circle all night. What the fuck?

You really need to get out more. I vote for ice dancing. All the gay ass bits of figure skating minus the thrill of some dude dropping a chick on ice.

Stock car racing. For the love of god, they only ever go round in a circle!

Not sure. I'd have to say it's a toss-up between Baseball and NASCAR.

Stock car racing. For the love of god, they only ever go round in a circle!

Not all the time, they do run road courses. It's not really about the race, I mean Stock Car racing is the only time where drivers can actually trade paint and it won't put the driver out of the race. You can't trade paint in Formula 1, nor could you in Motorcycle or boat racing.

Stock car racing. For the love of god, they only ever go round in a circle!

Yeah, I'd have to agree with this. Why drive round in a circle on a 'racetrack' when you can do it much more easily while lost in any reasonably-sized town :p

Cycloball

American football, or at least, the machismo atmosphere surrounding it.
Basically, it's a group of incredibly buff men wearing tight pants, flamboyant costumes, and jumping on each other. They don't even stop if it's raining. Now, there's nothing wrong with this, but when I think of "rough and tough," this ballet on crack isn't what comes to mind.

American football, or at least, the machismo atmosphere surrounding it.
Basically, it's a group of incredibly buff men wearing tight pants, flamboyant costumes, and jumping on each other. They don't even stop if it's raining. Now, there's nothing wrong with this, but when I think of "rough and tough," this ballet on crack isn't what comes to mind.

Heh. "Ballet on crack". That really made my day.

Think about that for a second.
Snowmobiles+Drinking+All Night=Suck?

But where is the sport aspect? As a way to party its great, but as a sport?

Probably the worst sport is surfing. Not because surfing is a bad activity, but how the hell do you win at it. All you do is have some group decide that you surfed better than someone else, on a different wave. Huh???

not sure if its the worst lol but definatly rates up there with cheese rolling as on of the stupidest

http://www.toughguy.co.uk/

for the worst sport has to be either american football .... i just dont get it lol or football in the rest of the world ... what a bunch of pansies all falling over at the slightest knock lmao

Stock car racing. For the love of god, they only ever go round in a circle!

Formula 1 is worse. They only go in one straight line!

not sure if its the worst lol but definatly rates up there with cheese rolling as on of the stupidest

http://www.toughguy.co.uk/

for the worst sport has to be either american football .... i just dont get it lol or football in the rest of the world ... what a bunch of pansies all falling over at the slightest knock lmao


lmao i take the above back ... actually reading the site again now and just read

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Tough Guy is the best sport ever lolol

Stock car racing. For the love of god, they only ever go round in a circle!

Not all the time, they do run road courses. It's not really about the race, I mean Stock Car racing is the only time where drivers can actually trade paint and it won't put the driver out of the race. You can't trade paint in Formula 1, nor could you in Motorcycle or boat racing.
They run two road courses a year, and pretty tough ones at that. (though they wussied up Sears Point...but anyway...)

And it's not the knocking around, it's the fact that for all its faults it's the closest racing around. Close finishes are the norm in NASCAR, as are lead changes, and any of 10 to 20 drivers could win any given race.

If you're in it for the racing, that is the competition and not just the pretty cars or stunt show, NASCAR is your best bet, since again, it's the closest racing being had.

It's not my favorite form of racing by a long shot as I tend to like the engineering competition as well (I like endurance sports cars), but really have to be fair to NASCAR, even if it is sillohette 'sedans' using pushrod V8s.

Click Stand;13184531']Formula 1 is worse. They only go in one straight line!
I think you meant that they all stay in line, as they run on rather tight road courses. But apparently this season was actually interesting for a change. I wish I knew before the last two races.

I think you meant that they all stay in line, as they run on rather tight road courses. But apparently this season was actually interesting for a change. I wish I knew before the last two races.

Oh, I must have been thinking of drag racing. i could see how formula 1 could be somewhat interesting, but literally going in a straight line is rediculous.

Click Stand;13184575']Oh, I must have been thinking of drag racing. i could see how formula 1 could be somewhat interesting, but literally going in a straight line is rediculous.

As much as I try and be fair to forms of racing I'm not particularly fond of (like NASCAR) I got nothing for drag racing. Seriously. Nothing. 4 seconds is not a race, cars have a steering wheel for a reason, they should give the trophy to the engine builder...I am to drag racing as most everyone else is to NASCAR...I just don't like it and I can't be fair to it.

PTL. Professional Tetherball League.

American football. The least exciting game I have ever witnessed.

not sure if its the worst lol but definatly rates up there with cheese rolling as on of the stupidest

http://www.toughguy.co.uk/

Cheese rolling is one of the many great sporting events held in the UK, it ranks alongside the World Biscuit Throwing Championships as a top class local sporting event.


I would like to say Cricket, but since I don't truly understand it, it wouldn't feel right to criticize it. So I'm going to have to say Baseball.
Cricket is simple. We took a picnic, made a sport out of it.

televised chili pepper eating contests. i have to admit though, the guy's training regimen was intense....

Click Stand;13184575']Oh, I must have been thinking of drag racing. i could see how formula 1 could be somewhat interesting, but literally going in a straight line is rediculous.

Do you know how many G forces drag racers experience when they launch? Also, covering a 1/4 mile track at over 300 mph in 4-5 seconds is pretty impressive.

Here's an article that talks a bit about it.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/automotivetech/e1d23bcc2eb84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

Whatever the ice skating is where they wear spangly costumes & dance to classical music.

Soccer. I just don't get what's so exciting about running in circles for 90 minutes and kicking a ball.

Soccer. I just don't get what's so exciting about running in circles for 90 minutes and kicking a ball.

Really, you could say that about every ball game though.

Whatever the ice skating is where they wear spangly costumes & dance to classical music.

Ice Dance, or as it should be known "Twatting about on the ice in Lycra" is not a sport.
Anything that relies on opinions for the result is not a sport, it's a hobby.

Worst Sport

International Rugby League.

26 Australians taking it in turns to run into each other:rolleyes:

Polo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qJSe04u-4E

:)

Sure there's some sports I DO like. Such as video gaming.

I've found that competitive gamers ten to be d***s.

American football. The least exciting game I have ever witnessed.

I was raised on Aussie Rules, American Football is just so boring by comparison. Although amazingly I watch cricket every so often.

Things that claim to be sports but aren't e.g. gymnastics, diving, ice skating.
and how are they not sports?


No idea what would be the worst sport but imo, the best sport-that-isn't has to be Calvinball! Followed closely by Parkour (or free-running)

and how are they not sports?


No idea what would be the worst sport but imo, the best sport-that-isn't has to be Calvinball! Followed closely by Parkour (or free-running)

Sports are judged by objective measurements, not the opinion of a panel. Those are competitive performance arts.

Pick from any of the non-sport 'sports' for the worst.

Anything that uses a motor or an animal isn't a sport (sorry NASCAR, polo and horseracing). If you can drink beer while 'competing', it isn't a sport (that means billards, darts, bowling, golf and softball are out). If it depends on wind or gravity, it isn't a sport (sailing and skydiving for instance). If the winner is determined solely by a judge or judges who score you, it isn't a sport (gymanstics, water ballet and other such yawnfests, as well as things like skateboarding and other 'extreme' sports). Don't even think about video games or any kind of electronic competition (you got to get off the couch to participate in a real sport). And lastly, if the word 'entertainment' is used alongside the word sport, it isn't a sport.

Curling. What's the point?

Curling. What's the point?

Bowls + Ice = Curling. I can see the point.

Anything that uses a motor or an animal isn't a sport (sorry NASCAR, polo and horseracing). If you can drink beer while 'competing', it isn't a sport (that means billards, darts, bowling, golf and softball are out). If it depends on wind or gravity, it isn't a sport (sailing and skydiving for instance). If the winner is determined solely by a judge or judges who score you, it isn't a sport (gymanstics, water ballet and other such yawnfests, as well as things like skateboarding and other 'extreme' sports). Don't even think about video games or any kind of electronic competition (you got to get off the couch to participate in a real sport). And lastly, if the word 'entertainment' is used alongside the word sport, it isn't a sport.

Some reasoning would be nice, instead of just declaring that everything isn't a "real sport". I can see your beef with things that are judged is the subjectivity and that's a good point, what about the rest?

Some reasoning would be nice, instead of just declaring that everything isn't a "real sport". I can see your beef with things that are judged is the subjectivity and that's a good point, what about the rest?
Sports should be about human skill, strength and endurance, that's why I rule out motors, animals, wind and gravity. It also is why I rule out video games (sure skill comes into play, but strength and endurance don't). If you can drink beer while doing it, it's recreation not a sport.

whichever one is your favorite.


Seriously I hate NASCAR. Why would I want to watch cars go around a track? It would be way more exciting if they actually raced on city streets and crap.

snooker, its like pool only complicated

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like Snooker. The artistry and intelligence so evident in watching O'Sullivan play at his best is enchanting.

I'm not a huge fan of gridiron (say what you will, its a poor man's rugby), basketball (silly bloody sport) or baseball (cricket is infinitely superior, and more varied).

:headbang:Slamball.. for the love of god, why do I like this? It's stupid!:headbang:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtpei0-5kQk

And golf sucks too!

Foot ball is the worst sport ever. I especially hate the super bowl. I don't don't even need to begin talking about the people who watch this crap.

I expected more venom against Synchronised swimming, seeing as its now an 'Olympic event'......

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do they all drown?

Sorry, I had to.

Wrestling.

kind of depends on how you define worst.

there are two kinds of sports that i find less then gratifying. anything you have to just watch instead of participating in, and anything that you do, that involves strength and endurance.

skill is fun to watch, but not in a competitive context.

i don't know, i see people get all excited about people doing trying to do dumb repetive things better then each other. i have to admit their excitment is itself contagious in and of itself, but somehow i don't entirely connect that with anything their watching as an excuse for it.

i could say my short answer is all of them. but that would risk bashing something truely interesting i have yet to hear of.

lets see, so anything that doesn't involve physical strength or stamina but that you can actually participate in i'm cool with, as long as it doesn't involve psychological stress or anxiety either, so the worst would therefor be the opposite of that, i guess running for you life from a nuclear tipped guided missle maybe?

thightrope sprints strung between high altitude aircraft?

arm wrestling, bungie jumping, anything on tv with comercials.

splatterball and rope climbing were my worst in p.e.

and like someone else said, anything that involves balls either, hmmm, in either sense for that matter. or either of several senses; ouch!

well maybe not everything that involves, oh never mind

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Rhythmic gymnastics. Little girls prancing around the floor with balls and ribbons pretending that what they're doing is gymnastics.

I think that the most boring sport (and therefore the worst) is baseball. There is no action at all and it is a mystery for me, how it can be so popular in America. Nascar comes in on a 2nd place.

Uh, and I claim that those who are saying that golf isn't a sport, have not tried it on a real golf course. It requires both skills, mental toughness and stamina.

ok.
first of all, something like "jogging" is NOT a sport.
ok. movement for the sake of it, or for the sake of health does not equals sport.

that said, sport does not have to be competative.



i vote for baseball.
it has the meanest jocks in all the sports i've encountered in my lifetime.
maybe....don't know, don't care.
plus it is damn boring to watch.

oh, and golf is too damn boring to watch.
---and what a waste of land!!!!!!
better to fence it off as a nature preserve to be untouched by human contact than to use it for golf

Allow me to define sport by an activity involving a ball and two or more people crashing into each other as hard and quickly as possible. This is not to be confused with something sexual, although it is easy to see how this can become confusing.

Uh, and I claim that those who are saying that golf isn't a sport, have not tried it on a real golf course. It requires both skills, mental toughness and stamina.

I can except it takes skill. At a push I may except you need some kind of mental toughness to play it, at a hihg level at least. But Stamina? You drive around in golf carts so you don't have to walk for E's sake!

If you can call it a sport: Nascar. I'm sorry, sitting on your ass for three hours to entertain rednecks hoping for a crash ain't much of a sport.

Trilby63;13185914']I can except it takes skill. At a push I may except you need some kind of mental toughness to play it, at a hihg level at least. But Stamina? You drive around in golf carts so you don't have to walk for E's sake!

If you've got a pair, you don't touch the damn cart. Humping a sack of clubs around in a bag on your shoulder for several miles ain't that easy.

If you've got a pair, you don't touch the damn cart. Humping a sack of clubs around in a bag on your shoulder for several miles ain't that easy.

Well, who is the silly fool who doesn't have a golf bag thing with wheels?

I hate any sport that involves balls. Like baseball. I DON'T CARE. ENOUGH ABOUT THE RED SOX. :upyours: God! It seems everywhere I go there's Red Sox. I've seen it so many times I don't care anymore. Same with football. And basketball.

Sure there's some sports I DO like. Such as video gaming.

In other words, you hate all sports that involve a certain level of athleticism, and prefer to sit on your fat ass all day playing video games (which are IN NO WAY considered a sport)

French Cricket. Obviously.

worst sport
http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/7800/touchdown_football.png

American football...if it qualifies as a sport...