Sports, I hate to see on TV..

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BrothaHorn

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1. Nascar..I just don't understand the whole driving around in circles thing. At least turn left and right!

2. Womens BB..I realize this is 2009 and we have a black president, but do we have to go this far. I'm sorry, but women's bb is the same as watching rec league b ball, a bunch of fouls and lay ups. What genius thought this was a good idea to put on. I can understand the NCAA tourney, but during the regular season, I would love to see their ratings.

3. Poker..not really a sport, but since it's on ESPN and Fox; what the F. I get the whole poker is fun thing, but on TV, its not fun to watch. This **** is BORING.

4. Strongest man competitions..yeah, a bunch of 'roided out freaks pulling a bus, is worth me wasting time on.

5. Xgames/Wintergames..this is just an excuse for those damn slackers to not have to get a job!!

Progress is not always a good thing..
 
I've watched a couple of hockey games with a friend who's obsessed with the Dallas Stars - it wasn't toooo bad, but its not the kind of sport I'd go to the effort of following.

I guess if you live way up north where there's actually ice, the sure, hockey makes sense. Down here where its in the 70s during January, not so much...

I hate watching fishing. To me, its probably the single most boring thing you could possible watch on television. I know that lots of people like fishing tournaments and stuff, which is fine. But televising it? Really?
 
I like the OP's list, except for Winter X-Games -- those are actually pretty fun to watch, IMO.

I'd add soccer to the list.
 
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I'd watch any of the above listed "sports" before I would watch Ultimate Fighting. It's not a sport at all. It's an over hyped back alley brawl, which now allows thugs to make millions of dollars. At least wrestling provides a little entertainment.












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If you knew anything about NASCAR you would not find it boring at all. It is certainly a lot more than cars just turning left.

I agree with the rest of your list however.

Ultimate Fighting is so brutal it is disturbing to watch. What is next actual sword fighting with people being impaled ?
 
I think most Nascar fans watch just in case there is a wicked awesome wreck. Most of them wouldn't understand any of the strategy behind it.

Ulimate Fighting is as much a sport as boxing, maybe even more. It's not a back-alley brawl at all. These guys would probably kill anyone they got into a back-alley brawl with. Don't let Kimbo Slice be the example of the sport, a lot of skill is involved.

I agree, Poker is not a sport, it's a game. Put it on VS. or Spike or something else.
 
I don't care that NASCAR fans may or may not know the strategy. It's not interesting to watch. I bet most people on this thread know the strategy of womens' BB, poker and the X games.

I understand chess, but would not be tempted to turn on the Chess Channel if there were one.

We're just bitching here, man. I'm glad no one's mentioned women's curling because I found myself addicted to that late at night during the Olympics a few years back.

I'd have to say replays of baseball games make pretty bad viewing.
 
How in the hell is golf not on this list yet? Sure, I'll watch if your down to a couple holes and Tiger is involved. Otherwise, why don't we all sit and watch paint dry??

As the old joke goes.... What's the only thing more boring than watching golf on TV??

Listening to Golf on the radio.
 
Questions for car race fans,

Is there more strategy in NASCAR compared to Formula 1? If not, why isn't F1 more popular in the U.S. among race car fans (is it purely the lack of F1 events in the U.S. or it because there are so few U.S. drivers in F1).

Am I wrong to assume that F1 drivers have a more unique skill-set?
 
The most watched sport (non-playoff) on American television is football, followed by NASCAR. F1 does not even register in the US.

The F1 cars are amazing but every race is a road course with almost no passing and once one of those cars hits something they are done. Indy cars are the same way. I don't like it.

There is a lot more strategy in NASCAR with set up and tire pressure and things that are done during a race to make a car faster. The drivers that can convey to the crew chief what is going on with his car and then have the pit crew make the right adjustments will win most of the races.

Hell some F1 races might only have 1 pit stop and they cannot make very many of those adjustments. Someone with more F1 knowledge than me should explain it because I don't like F1.

All of them take incredible skill to drive however.

And real race fans never want to see a crash. A race is much better if it goes green the entire time.

If you want to see what it is all about I suggest you watch the Daytona 500 on February 15th (the week after the Pro Bowl). It is a good way to check out NASCAR because it is a restrictor plate race meaning the field of 43 cars will stay tightly packed together at around 195 miles per hour, inches apart. It is pretty exciting and if you really want to see a crash this is the place. There is usually a big one towards the end of the race when everyone is trying to get to the front.

And if you are ever curious get some tickets to Texas Motor Speedway for the NASCAR race in April. It is one gigantic tailgate (200,000 people) and it will blow you away in person.

Oh and the scenery is outstanding.
 
I'm not a huge race fan, but I like to watch a few races because the engineering work is pretty awesome.

DRAG69 is pretty much right on in his comments.

I think driving an F1 car is more difficult because of the accelerations involved and that there's basically no room for error - if your car touches anything, you're probably done. From a pure engineering standpoint F1 cars are fascinating. Once they hit 100 mph or so, the downforce created surpasses the weight of the car (they could drive inverted in a tubular track).

F1 is not a good US spectator sport. It's not like the big NASCAR and Indy ovals where fans can see the action all over the track. Also, most of the races take place in Europe which means they run live here a little after midnight.
 
I totally agree about Nascar. Since my family tree actually forks, I have more than three teeth, dont't live in a trailer house and have an IQ larger than my shoe size there is no need to watch some hillbillies go round in a circle.
 
I can see pretty much anything mentioned on this thread, which is some sort of "sport," over the biggest waste of air time ever, televised poker on a sports channel. I don't like watching a lot of them, but at least they are included in the wide, wide world of sports.
How anyone can watch bowling is beyond me. Golf is better, but still a game to go play, not to watch on TV, for me.
All those ultimate fighting, karati, judo, waste of air time. They only belong in Jackie Chan movies or the latest James Bond thriller, not on a sports station.
Strongest man stuff? It does have some comedic value, like Mexican wrestling, but I really don't need it on a sports station.
Women's basketball is a real sport, like to watch some Lady Longhorns.
XGames are cool, you are missing some very athletic stunts.
NASCAR? Very popular in the United States, but I like F1 a lot more. At an oval track, spectators can see most or all of the track, but at a road course, you often can only see a turn or two, and the cars blast off and come back around again four minutes later-that may be one factor. I really don't know why more Americans don't appreciate F1 racing, but they don't.
Soccer can be good in the world cup or if some fans are ripping each others body parts off in the stands and tossing them on the field, that entertaining.
Fishing can go with bowling and golf, OK to pursue on your own, but why watch anyone do it?
What they need is more bird watching sporting shows, or maybe a whole channel.
 
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