Any sports that you find yourself disliking either due to finding the game tedious or finding the culture around the sport unpalatable?
Must admit I see basketball as pretty boring - too much scoring, it seems pretty pointless until the last 5 minutes.
Not a huge fan of American football, way too micromanaged by the guys with clipboards and headsets. The fact that the game is essentially made up of dozens of discrete, standalone set pieces and reset every time the ball goes dead deprives the game of flow.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:55 pm
by Sandstorm
Women’s tennis
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:41 pm
by Guy Smiley
Foxtel are into their 528th year of 24/7 golf coverage.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:43 pm
by New guy
In terms of popular sports I just dont get, I'll say UFC.
It's all good until one guy performs a takedown or whatever it's called, and then its just 2 sweaty men rolling around on the floor together for the remaining 4 minutes of the round.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:47 pm
by Jambanja
Sandstorm wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:55 pm
Women’s tennis
Tennis in general for me, loved playing it but can't be bothered watching it.
Snooker is another one, don't get the fascination with it.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:01 pm
by Hugo
New guy wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:43 pm
In terms of popular sports I just dont get, I'll say UFC.
It's all good until one guy performs a takedown or whatever it's called, and then its just 2 sweaty men rolling around on the floor together for the remaining 4 minutes of the round.
Yeah, I understand why studying multiple martial arts as a means to becoming better at self defence makes sense. In that regard MMA is very useful.
But the actual spectacle of MMA is underwhelming. The sweet science is way better to watch and easier on the eye.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:09 pm
by boere wors
Soccer. Love-hate I guess. I used to play regularly from an early age on and followed it probably until the mid 2000s. World cups, European Cups, Copa Libertadores, European Champion Clubs' Cup and the early Champions League years. Since then money completely ruined that sport. Everything about it is beyond ridiculous nowadays. Can't stand it anymore. Even stopped playing.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:27 am
by Stumpy
Hugo wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:53 pm
Any sports that you find yourself disliking either due to finding the game tedious or finding the culture around the sport unpalatable?
Must admit I see basketball as pretty boring - too much scoring, it seems pretty pointless until the last 5 minutes.
Not a huge fan of American football, way too micromanaged by the guys with clipboards and headsets. The fact that the game is essentially made up of dozens of discrete, standalone set pieces and reset every time the ball goes dead deprives the game of flow.
I could not agree more.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 6:30 am
by handyman
Basketball.
American football.
Soccer.
Cycling.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:32 am
by CrazyIslander
Popular sports I don't like:
1. Golf
2. All motor racing except F1
3. Ice Hockey
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:39 am
by EnergiseR
Soccer. Just boring and shite. Everything about it from the crowd noises to the crapness of the game bemuses me.
Boxing. Out and out corrupt with smelly knackers at its very core.
Basketball. Shite.
Tennis. Shite.
Swimming. Shite.
Handball. Fück off.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:56 am
by Insane_Homer
football
horse racing *
WWF wrestling *
* not real sports anyway but end up on the sports channels.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 10:10 am
by sockwithaticket
Literally everything that isn't rugby. On the odd occasion I've tried watching any other type of sport I feel I'd rather be doing something else and usually go off to do that.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:17 pm
by Niegs
1. Golf
2. Tennis
3. Auto racing (not that I think it counts as a sport)
4. anything scored by judges
5. 7s
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:23 pm
by Yeeb
Cricket
Horse racing
Most F1
Athletics
Most Olympic sports
Lower tier football or foreign leagues
Rugby league
Basketball
Baseball
Mma
Snooker (used to love it though)
Darts
Wrestling when it’s tables and stuff or talking , don’t mind the actual matches
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:29 pm
by New guy
Yeeb wrote: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:23 pm
Cricket
Horse racing
Most F1
Athletics
Most Olympic sports
Lower tier football or foreign leagues Rugby league
Basketball
Baseball
Mma
Snooker (used to love it though)
Darts
Wrestling when it’s tables and stuff or talking , don’t mind the actual matches
100%.
Poundland rugby. All the interesting nuances of rugby stripped away and replaced with big men running into each other for 80 minutes.
Yeeb wrote: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:23 pm
Cricket
Horse racing
Most F1
Athletics
Most Olympic sports
Lower tier football or foreign leagues Rugby league
Basketball
Baseball
Mma
Snooker (used to love it though)
Darts
Wrestling when it’s tables and stuff or talking , don’t mind the actual matches
100%.
Poundland rugby. All the interesting nuances of rugby stripped away and replaced with big men running into each other for 80 minutes.
Fun for a bit but the novelty soon wears off.
I’ve really tried with league - but it’s just shit. At least with some perseverance and Madden I’ve got into NFL a bit and appreciate it for the set piece game of chess it is.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:34 pm
by Jimmy Smallsteps
Field hockey as a spectator sport. Shocker.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:36 pm
by Jimmy Smallsteps
New guy wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:43 pm
In terms of popular sports I just dont get, I'll say UFC.
It's all good until one guy performs a takedown or whatever it's called, and then its just 2 sweaty men rolling around on the floor together for the remaining 4 minutes of the round.
Great shout. Don't watch, can't watch.
Like a low class boxing, and becomes underclass when one of them bleeds or shits themselves.
Yeeb wrote: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:23 pm
Cricket
Horse racing
Most F1
Athletics
Most Olympic sports
Lower tier football or foreign leagues Rugby league
Basketball
Baseball
Mma
Snooker (used to love it though)
Darts
Wrestling when it’s tables and stuff or talking , don’t mind the actual matches
100%.
Poundland rugby. All the interesting nuances of rugby stripped away and replaced with big men running into each other for 80 minutes.
Fun for a bit but the novelty soon wears off.
I’ve really tried with league - but it’s just shit. At least with some perseverance and Madden I’ve got into NFL a bit and appreciate it for the set piece game of chess it is.
NFL is super exciting in the 4th quarter when teams have to get a move on.
I think I'd prefer the sport if teams had 20 seconds between plays instead of 40.
Yeeb wrote: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:23 pm
Cricket
Horse racing
Most F1
Athletics
Most Olympic sports
Lower tier football or foreign leagues Rugby league
Basketball
Baseball
Mma
Snooker (used to love it though)
Darts
Wrestling when it’s tables and stuff or talking , don’t mind the actual matches
100%.
Poundland rugby. All the interesting nuances of rugby stripped away and replaced with big men running into each other for 80 minutes.
Fun for a bit but the novelty soon wears off.
+1. Rugby union for the Donald Trump electorate.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:20 pm
by Biffer
Rugby League. God it's awful
Football. Used to be a fan but from about 10 years ago I've fallen completely out of love with it. Can count on the fingers of one hand the number of full games I've watched in the last five years
Darts / Snooker / other games that pretend to be sports for tax reasons. Just no.
Then there's a list of 'meh' type ones
Not a big fan of motorsports, can see how some people would like it but not for me.
Basketball. Just doesn't grab me. It's a bit better when you're actually there.
Ice Hockey. Similar to basketball (except the Olympic tournament for some reason, that seems to get the pulse racing).
Horse Racing is good for a day out but I'd never sit down to watch it at home.
Boxing - professional is just rubbish, but amateur tournaments are pretty good. Had a great day out at the finals of the Commonwealth games in Glasgow.
Yeeb wrote: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:23 pm
Cricket
Horse racing
Most F1
Athletics
Most Olympic sports
Lower tier football or foreign leagues Rugby Union
Basketball
Baseball
Mma
Snooker (used to love it though)
Darts
Wrestling when it’s tables and stuff or talking , don’t mind the actual matches
100%.
Poundland rugby. All the interesting nuances of League are there and added to it big men running into each other for 80 minutes.
Pointless one-sided 'contests' like scrums, lineouts, rucks and mauls are fun for a bit but the novelty soon wears off.
Yeeb wrote: Fri Aug 28, 2020 12:23 pm
Cricket
Horse racing
Most F1
Athletics
Most Olympic sports
Lower tier football or foreign leagues Rugby Union
Basketball
Baseball
Mma
Snooker (used to love it though)
Darts
Wrestling when it’s tables and stuff or talking , don’t mind the actual matches
100%.
Poundland rugby. All the interesting nuances of League are there and added to it big men running into each other for 80 minutes.
Pointless one-sided 'contests' like scrums, lineouts, rucks and mauls are fun for a bit but the novelty soon wears off.
You're sick and you need help.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:23 pm
by Uncle fester
Golf
Still watch the major international soccer events but the relentless diving just puts me off.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:32 pm
by HighKingLeinster
Rugby league.
Shite knock off of proper rugby played by working class knackers
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:47 pm
by Jimmy Smallsteps
Pound for pound tennis leaves me a bit cold,
Ex colleague got me into Raonic vs Nadal at the Strayan Open here a few years ago and I don't think I lived up to the ticket.
Pounded the beers and just did not get into it that much.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:48 pm
by Jimmy Smallsteps
Ditto State of Origin.
Left me totally cold watching that bogan contest when played in Melbourne.
Best part was queuing for beers. Would not return.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:54 pm
by Hal Jordan
Golf.
Any racquet sport.
Pretty much all the Olympic sports, perhaps barring the mens 100m final and the closing seconds of anything longer than that.
Horse racing (not actually a sport, I know)
Spunky biscuit
Golf.
Basketball. I get baseball and NFL, the former may go on for fifteen years a match and the latter is Battle Chess with a ball, but basketball's repetitive scoring at one end and then the other, followed by ten seconds of lunacy at the end of the game to try and snatch a win is ridiculous.
Golf. Fuck me, it is tedious in the extreme. I understand why people play it but it's not a sport for watching.
Most of the Winter Olympics, but watching when someone stack it on a downhill slalom or a speed skater slips and takes out half the field with him has an amusement factor.
Cycling. Jesus.
Golf.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:21 pm
by Jimmy Smallsteps
Ten pin bowling.
I have a strange condition that means I put it down the gutter 9 times out of 10.
I think it's called being fucking useless at 10 pin bowling.
Anyhow I have retired and will only accept drinks while watching.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 6:15 pm
by Exillt
I hate
Tennis
All Hockey
Most Soccer
All Basketball
Baseball
Athletics
Olympics
Anything not mentioned below.
I love to watch
Cricket
Rugby
Golf.
I'm a boring bastard
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 6:18 pm
by ScarfaceClaw
Horse racing. I can watch pretty much any sport but the gee-gees I just don’t have any interest whatsoever.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:51 pm
by Sandstorm
Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:21 pm
Ten pin bowling.
I have a strange condition that means I put it down the gutter 9 times out of 10.
I think it's called being fucking useless at 10 pin bowling.
It’s your girly wrists.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 1:38 am
by Mr Bungle
Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:48 pm
Ditto State of Origin.
Left me totally cold watching that bogan contest when played in Melbourne.
Best part was queuing for beers. Would not return.
It’s gotten worse, the game has become too predictable. There were some amazing clashes the 80s/90s/early 00s. Much better to watch than say Scottish or Irish rugby. You basically want to see the best when you’re watching a sort.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:01 am
by Kiwias
Volleyball
Basketball
Netball
Synchronised swimming
Gymnastics and its satanic spawn using ribbons and other stuff
Hockey whether on grass or ice
And a bunch of others I will recall in due time.
Re: Your least favourite sports
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 2:02 am
by Ghost-Of-Nepia
Last week, as I watched one of the horses I have shares in run a fading sixth, I would have said harness racing/trotting.
But this week, after watching one of my other horses win easily last night on her way to Group 1 racing in November, it's one of my favourite sports again.
