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[Total Members Voted:]

Nascar Racing

50 (23.7%)

Golf

28 (13.3%)

Men's Tennis

3 (1.4%)

America's Cup Yachting

22 (10.4%)

Snowboarding

1 (0.5%)

Marathon

5 (2.4%)

Olympic Wrestling

5 (2.4%)

Soccer

6 (2.8%)

Cricket

11 (5.2%)

Figure Skating

20 (9.5%)

Curling

10 (4.7%)

Football

9 (4.3%)

Baseball

6 (2.8%)

MtG

0 (0%)

Horse racing

12 (5.7%)

Synchronized Swimming

22 (10.4%)

Basketball

1 (0.5%)

Total Members Voted: 101

[David E.]

Can we really make a blanket statement about NASCAR fans?

[jaypee]

Can we really make a blanket statement about NASCAR fans?

yes, yes we can.

[Nacreous]

Can we really make a blanket statement about NASCAR fans?

yes, yes we can.

I'd rather watch a bridge rust than watch NASCAR.  But soccer?  Really?  I'm not a big fan but I can't see how it belongs among the choices.

[Ah.hell]

Neither Nascar or Figure skating are sports.  So I discounted them. I didn't see baseball on the list or I would have picked it.

the 3 requirements for something to qualify as sport:

The human being must preform most of the work, therefore; Nascar is not a sport.
There must be an objective means of scoring, therefore; figure skating is not a sport.
It can not normally be played while drinking beer, therefore; Bowling is not a sport.

My old english roommate used to argue whether cricket or baseball was more boring.  I eventually was convinced that cricket is in fact the most boring sport but not by much.

[Nacreous]

Also, American football should be on the list. I love it, but I also realize how idiotic bizarre it is.  Of all the big-time spectator sports, it's the only one that hasn't caught on around the world.  It was a complete bust in Europe. 

There are good reasons why most of the rest of the world is bewildered by Americans' love of this game:

♦ It has more arcane rules and penalties than the U. S. Tax Code.  Just look at how many people it takes to officiate a game.

♦ Most of the players don't even get to play with the ball.  A lot of them are just "helper" guys.

♦ A meeting must be held before each play.  Don'cha just love meetings?

♦ The vast majority of the time, NOTHING is happening.  In a 3-hour+ game, the ball is actually in play for less than 15 minutes.

[Sordid]

granted it has been many many years since I last rode, but my memory of it is that my hamstrings and calves were as sore as if I had just ridden 20 miles on my bike after only riding for an hour on a horse.

So what you're saying there is that riding a horse is no more difficult than riding a bike? Because 20 miles seems about right for an hour's ride on a bike to me.

[Calinthalus]

Also, American football should be on the list. I love it, but I also realize how idiotic it is.  Of all the big-time spectator sports, it's the only one that hasn't caught on around the world.  It was a complete bust in Europe. 

There are good reasons why most of the rest of the world is bewildered by Americans' love of this game:

♦ It has more arcane rules and penalties than the U. S. Tax Code.  Just look at how many people it takes to officiate a game.

♦ Most of the players don't even get to play with the ball.  A lot of them are just "helper" guys.

♦ A meeting must be held before each play.  Don'cha just love meetings?

♦ The vast majority of the time, NOTHING is happening.  In a 3-hour+ game, the ball is actually in play for less than 15 minutes.

And somehow they still score twice as often as soccer players.

[Ah.hell]

♦ The vast majority of the time, NOTHING is happening.  In a 3-hour+ game, the ball is actually in play for less than 15 minutes.

The entire game is only a hour long yet it somehow manages to take 3 hours to play.

[Calinthalus]

Like I said, it's like chess.  There's a lot more thought going into each play than what you see in most sports.

But, they still score more often than soccer or hockey.  Last night the Saints scored three touchdowns and three field goals.  Not counting the 2pt conversion or the two PATs...that's 6 scores.  Colts were two TDs and an FG.

So, final score was 6-3 in any other sport.

If you want fast, furious action...watch basketball.

While soccer is probably the hardest sport to play at a professional level, I don't like watching it.  I'd rather watch golf...and that's saying something.

Baseball is only fun if you're at the park, drinking a beer and eating a dog...chatting with your friends while the game plays on.  On TV it's as dull as a bag of marbles.

Hockey kicks much ass.  I don't care for it as much on TV because it's hard to follow.  I don't have HD, so it might be better now and I just don't know about it.

I got caught up watching curling at the last winter Olympics.  I don't know that it's a good sport...but it's the first time I'd ever seen it and I was mesmerized in a "what the fuck are they doing" kind of way.

[Nacreous]

Also, American football should be on the list. I love it, but I also realize how idiotic it is.  Of all the big-time spectator sports, it's the only one that hasn't caught on around the world.  It was a complete bust in Europe. 

There are good reasons why most of the rest of the world is bewildered by Americans' love of this game:

♦ It has more arcane rules and penalties than the U. S. Tax Code.  Just look at how many people it takes to officiate a game.

♦ Most of the players don't even get to play with the ball.  A lot of them are just "helper" guys.

♦ A meeting must be held before each play.  Don'cha just love meetings?

♦ The vast majority of the time, NOTHING is happening.  In a 3-hour+ game, the ball is actually in play for less than 15 minutes.

And somehow they still score twice as often as soccer players.

So?  Is scoring all there is to a game?

[seaotter]

More than a decade ago, I was awake at like 2AM and flipping through the channels.  On ESPN2 was a MtG tournament.  So that makes MtG a sport...and it should be on your list.

MtG?

[seaotter]

American football is like chess being played by the coaches.  Growing up I hated the game because, like most people that dislike it, I thought it was just dumb brutes bashing together periodically.

Once I started looking at the strategy involved in play-calling, I started to really appreciate it.

There's a lot more going on than most non-fans realize.

I do agree it's a dumb name for the sport.  But early in its genesis, kicks were the primary method of scoring.  The name used to fit.

I love football, but this sounds like my mother and NASCAR. It ain't jus drivin in a circle!

[Lukas]

Soccer is at least a sport you can play with other people without spending thousands of dollars on equipment or steroids... And if you've ever played yourself, you'll understand that even a goalless game can be quite exciting. You Americans with your ADD and timeouts and all that shit...

[teethering]

I prefer lower scoring team sports, I like the building of suspense before a goal.  I don't like basketball where it's not whether you're going to score, but the relative ease with which you will that determines who wins.  It becomes more of a game of stats, rather than drama.

Not that basketball isn't dramatic, especially with buzzer-beaters... But you know what I mean.

Also soccer is unarguably the most popular game on earth.  There is something to be said for a team sport that is that universal.

I don't like football or baseball because those games don't have any flow to them.  If hockey or soccer comprised of as much waiting for the play to begin as football or baseball I'd never watch those sports.  In fact sometimes there are too many whistles in a soccer match or a hockey game and that's something referees try to avoid, because it disrupts the game.

[JoelWhy]

Soccer is at least a sport you can play with other people without spending thousands of dollars on equipment or steroids... And if you've ever played yourself, you'll understand that even a goalless game can be quite exciting. You Americans with your ADD and timeouts and all that shit...

Playing football is not necessarily any more or less expensive than playing soccer.  The only thing you need to play is a ball. 

I played soccer when I was a kid.  I like the game and watch on occasion.  But, in my opinion, there's nothing more exciting in the world of sports than watching an American football game.

As for the time outs, I suspect that has more to do with generating ad revenue than with ADD.