So, whats the most boring sports for you??

Curling? It's worse than watching grass grow.

Curling rules.

Bowls (not bowling) is boring if you ask me.

Golf. Only exciting to me in one instance, when Tiger Woods sinks a putt in a major to beat down one of his numerous weaker "rivals". That's kinda exciting, only because Woods is the man.

Chess, when played, can be quite intense :mischief:

you forgot nascar! clearly the most boring of the mainstream specatator (on tv that is) sports imo.

as for the rest....all of them i think.

Formula 1 motor racing. Like, the main way of passing is to take less time over your pit stop than your rival when he makes his stop on a different lap. Yawn...

Such a desperate waste of money IMHO.

I'm with Lambert.

do they even have forumla 1 in the States? i've never seen it...

Golf and curling are fun to play, but are incredibly boring to watch.

Cricket. What the hell is going on in that sport?

Cricket is exciting, especially with Australia winning. I would say the most boring game would be Golf.

Nah... I find Cricket a little boring... though there are most certainly other more boring sports out there...

Either American Football, Basketball, Golf, Baseball or Cricket.

ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

@EJ - There is one F1 race in the States; it's at Indy.

My most boring (no particular order) :

Baseball
Golf
Auto Racing (If there was such a thing as passing in F1,
it would actually be watchable).

Golf is boring. Baseball is awesome, and Nascar is watchable.

I enjoy watching auto racing.

Most boring sport to watch is golf. I just can't get into it.

Bowling! :thumbdown

Watching golf live on the field is not that bad, at least you're outside. Watching golf on tv is one of the stupidest thing to do ever.

American football i once tried watching it got bored by the constant stoppages and add breaks

Cars and motorcycles.

I've a few on my list, some of the worst being golf, motor racing (especially that oval track rubbish and drag racing), horse racing, rhythmic gymnastics and yachting, but the clear winner's got to be equestrian dressage. No-one should have to sit through that, not even Guantanamo inmates.

Cricket. What the hell is going on in that sport?

Whatever your personal opinion is, Test Cricket is the most TV-watched sport over the world. IIRC, only the World Cup Football and the Olympics get more TV attention all over the word. But since these events are only there every 4 years, Cricket wins.

Cricket is exciting, especially with Australia winning.

Actually, with Aussies winning cricket, it gets less exciting.

I will say...I'm used to the stoppages in American Football by now, but I can imagine after watching soccer for years how one would notice it alot. There is almost NO stoppage in soccer at all, which was cool.

In American Football, you get stretches of 30 to 40 minutes without it, but if there is an injury, timeout, punt, your likely to see one, and almost always at a kickoff. Then there's between quarters, halftime, sometimes it is ridiculous.

Sometimes it goes:

Team A scores touchdown - Commercial break - Team A kicks extra point, kicks off - Commercial break - Team B fumbles on the first play, Team A recovers - Commercial break - Team A has the ball.

:shake:

Yea, that commercial break is just enough time for you to cool off from being po'ed at what just happened. Those nice guys at CBS, FOX, and ESPN, always thinking about us :lol:

Chess isn't a sport. Neither is NASCAR.

Euro football is boring, but I think golf is the worst. I can only stand the end of basketball games and baseball during the playoffs (if the Yankees are still in).

As for American football commercials, sometimes they help. Sometimes, they are a pain.

i've always wanted to try to get into cricket since baseball is sort of a derivative of it. however, it's on tv so rarely that i never really get a chance to see it.

what is it like to actually go to the matches? i know some can last for days. but is cricket a 'spectator sport'? w/ beer etc?

horseracing, otoh, is perhaps the most exciting imo, especially if you're a betting man. there ain't a feeling like it in the world when your pony wins a race.

I voted chess. I can't imagine watching a game of chess. Play yes, but watching...

Sports that I don't understand the rules of are a bit boring to watch, but it's probably just me not getting what is happening (e.g. cricket)

what is it like to actually go to cricket matches? i know some can last for days. but is cricket a 'spectator sport'? w/ beer etc?

Sure!
Either in a stadium or in a pub. Watching cricket in the sun while having a beer is simply brilliant!

First and foremost, soccer. Followed at an appropriate distance by American football, golf, basketball, tennis, car racing and motorcycle racing.

i've always wanted to try to get into cricket since baseball is sort of a derivative of it. however, it's on tv so rarely that i never really get a chance to see it.

what is it like to actually go to the matches? i know some can last for days. but is cricket a 'spectator sport'? w/ beer etc?


You'd like it, ElJ. The pacing is pretty similar to baseball, and the fan appreciation is pretty decent in both sports. The to and fros over a test match or a series of test matches are pretty comparable to those over a 7 game baseball series - there aren't a lot of hiding places, and the best team will almost always win. I don't think you'll find any English cricket fan still claiming that their team is anywhere near as good as the Aussies, for example, just as you wouldn't get, say, Tigers fans claiming that their team shold have won the World Series.

Ahem, I still don't know how the Tigers lost that thing ;)

I forgot those "outdoor games" ESPN likes to broadcast every year, boooring. To me at least.

Golf is extremely fun for me

I think cricket is most boring

football is extremely boring, why would i want to see a bunch of extremely overpaid men kick a leather ball around?

I forgot those "outdoor games" ESPN likes to broadcast every year, boooring. To me at least.

Does that include a quad riding/composite bow shooting combination sport? I saw that at Eurosport a few weeks ago, I was truly amazed that such stupid things were played, watched and aired on television!:crazyeye:

Ahem, I still don't know how the Tigers lost that thing ;)


Something to do with not being able to throw the ball straight...

It was probably a bad example tho', to an extent. White Sox - Astros, or Red Sox - Cards from previous years, it would be hard to get anyone on the losing team to do other than perhaps feel frustrated that they didn't perform as they ought to have done. (That's probably how Tigers fans feel too...) But it's not often in a 7 game baseball series that you can really say that the wrong team won (obviously the '85 World Series is a notable exception here...;))

The other great feature that baseball and cricket share is the intense microcosm of the battle between an individual bowler/pitcher and the particular batter. Each pitch or ball is in the context of the previous ABs / overs, and so much of the game is a mental battle, trying to understand what the other is thinking and expecting.

If you're prepared to work at it, then cricket and baseball at their best offer a much more intellectual challenge for a spectator than any other sports, whilst still retaining tension, power, speed and (perhaps occasionally :)) raw excitement.

and also american football is like a watered down version of rugby except they wear armor while rugby players don't.

Cricket because I don't know the rules. :p

The same thing with American football, rugby and baseball.

I think the most boring sport is baseball i really dont see what you guys see in it, test cricket and snooker arent far behind though.

Car racing.

What's so fun about watching people turn left all day?

call me a fool, but I'd rather watch a game of golf, or practically anything than a game of chess... Watching chess would be 95% watching two people watching a board...

Fishing. I can't think of a more mind-numbing activity ever.

You'd like it, ElJ. The pacing is pretty similar to baseball, and the fan appreciation is pretty decent in both sports. The to and fros over a test match or a series of test matches are pretty comparable to those over a 7 game baseball series - there aren't a lot of hiding places, and the best team will almost always win. I don't think you'll find any English cricket fan still claiming that their team is anywhere near as good as the Aussies, for example, just as you wouldn't get, say, Tigers fans claiming that their team shold have won the World Series.
hey! thanks Lambert :) i missed this post :goodjob:

someday i'll go and watch a cricket match...

I personally can't stand watching golf. But I imagine if you don't understand cricket, it must seem mind-numbing.

I've been to see Warwickshire. Good fun.

Golf hands down. Baseball (Except when the World Series are on), cricket.

Lambert, how do you think the various forms of cricket (i.e. test match through to twenty20) are likely to be received by a baseball fan?

Depends why they're a baseball fan. Whether they like strategy, whether they get excited at really good pitching, or a 1-0 game, whether they're mainly there to see balls hit over the fence, or whether they're there because they like lots of beer and lots of heckling the participants.

Car racing.

What's so fun about watching people turn left all day?

Bingo. At least with golf I can look at the nice scenery. There's nothing pretty about NASCAR.

That's a good question, Phoenix. Unfortunately, I'm so slow, I think Sanabas has answered it perfectly already. I think the strategy type baseball fans (like ElJ) will enjoy test cricket more - simply because it is deeper, has more to it, and as long as you have the patience, there's simply more to enjoy than in a one day game.

Much as Sanabas says, if you're there just for beer and big booming home runs, and a pitching duel bores you, then one day cricket is the right level.

There's even a silly sort of "home run derby" challenge which is kind of analogous to 20-20 cricket, and for the life of me I can't see why people bother with either.

NASCAR is quite possibly the most idiotic and dull waste of fuel ever conceived by man.

In Auburn, watching football games in the stadium can vary based on who is broadcasting the game. ESPN isn't as bad as CBS when it comes to frequent commercial breaks. CBS cuts in and has much longer commercial breaks, and the games usually end up lasting 30 minutes more assuming OT isn't an issue.

Car racing.

What's so fun about watching people turn left all day?
Nascar is not the only form of car racing. Watch a F! GP and see what things can go on in those races. They turn in both directions and go at various speeds, which Nascar does not do.

Depends why they're a baseball fan. Whether they like strategy, whether they get excited at really good pitching, or a 1-0 game, whether they're mainly there to see balls hit over the fence, or whether they're there because they like lots of beer and lots of heckling the participants.
Doesn't that happen in all forms of cricket? There is strategy, good bowling, low scores, big hitting, beer drinking and heckling in all forms of cricket, and that is not just the players.

What- No Curling on the Poll?

BTW Whats the name of the sport (indoors) that is done with a oval ball that does strange curved trajectories when rolled, has 2 opponents, one counting aera with one yellow ball in the center and similar counting/rules as in Curling. Thats definitely the most boring-Zapped once over it (was Eurosport) and is only played in GB.

I think this is the most boring besides Curling

Formula 1 motor racing. Like, the main way of passing is to take less time over your pit stop than your rival when he makes his stop on a different lap. Yawn...

Such a desperate waste of money IMHO.


^^^Ignorance post.


Nascar? What's so interesting about watching cars run in circles for hours and hours? That's for kids.

Just like Michael Schumacher said: ''‘’Personally, I wouldn’t do it [on Montoya's move to NASCAR]. What do you do in NASCAR? What is exciting there? I can’t see that, running around on ovals.''

What- No Curling on the Poll?

BTW Whats the name of the sport (indoors) that is done with a oval ball that does strange curved trajectories when rolled, has 2 opponents, one counting aera with one yellow ball in the center and similar counting/rules as in Curling. Thats definitely the most boring-Zapped once over it (was Eurosport) and is only played in GB.

I think this is the most boring besides Curling

That would be bowls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls).

^^^Ignorance post.


Nascar? What's so interesting about watching cars run in circles for hours and hours? That's for kids.

Just like Michael Schumacher said: ''‘’Personally, I wouldn’t do it [on Montoya's move to NASCAR]. What do you do in NASCAR? What is exciting there? I can’t see that, running around on ovals.''

"Ignorance post" ? What kind of troll response is that, Inter ? Do forgive me for not liking a sport you're keen on, but, from the perspective of someone who now follows F1 just through reading newspaper reports on each race, the race appears to be decided between the best drivers and the best cars on the basis of reliability and pitstop timings. I grew up watching F1 when drivers actually passed each other just by being a better driver - that happens much less often now, and sufficiently rarely between the top drivers as not to affect the destination of the championship, in most years.

If you disagree, feel free to argue with what I've written, or hell, just state that you like/love it and let's leave it at that. But "ignorance post" ? That really is just unnecessary and plain rude.

Frankly, NASCAR is as dull as ditchwater as well. Happy now ?

Soccer/football. Snooze. 1 goal per game? Maybe if it was a contact sport, but otherwise? No thanks.

Soccer/football and racing. They both equally suck.

However playing soccer/football is fun.

sprint cycling wins hands down. this 'sprint' involves two people not actually moving during the race!

I'm undecided, but I think that Formula 1 hit a new low during Schumacher's reign

Soccer/football. Snooze. 1 goal per game? Maybe if it was a contact sport, but otherwise? No thanks.

You're probably ignorant about football, you should know that
number of goals != fun
There can be fun games with no goals.
A basketball game with its routine score-score-score-score-score-miss-score for 80+ times can sometimes be boring - that's the same. Both sports can't be called boring (except by girls)

"Ignorance post" ? What kind of troll response is that, Inter ? Do forgive me for not liking a sport you're keen on, but, from the perspective of someone who now follows F1 just through reading newspaper reports on each race, the race appears to be decided between the best drivers and the best cars on the basis of reliability and pitstop timings. I grew up watching F1 when drivers actually passed each other just by being a better driver - that happens much less often now, and sufficiently rarely between the top drivers as not to affect the destination of the championship, in most years.

If you disagree, feel free to argue with what I've written, or hell, just state that you like/love it and let's leave it at that. But "ignorance post" ? That really is just unnecessary and plain rude.

Frankly, NASCAR is as dull as ditchwater as well. Happy now ?
I mostly agree. F1 has lot a lot since refueling is mandatory. Now they wait to the pit stops instead of try passing in the track. OTOH i always will prefer few but important passings like in F1 over lots of meaningless passing as NASCAR.

Loads of sports are boring to watch. I voted golf tho. Fishing is incredibly boring too.
Soccer is at close second.
Formula 1 and all other non-rally racing sports are not far behind either.
Baseball, cricket ...

And lots of others probably. :D

"Ignorance post" ? What kind of troll response is that, Inter ?
Hey, give me a break, that's exactly what it seemed to me, since I don't know absolutely anything about you. SO my apologies.

Anyways, everything's relative. U.S. people think soccer is freakin boring. Europeans think Football is freakin boring. It is what it is.

Probably diving for me. All those dives look exactly the same to me.

Cricket is great. I could watch it all day.

Football! :thumbdown:
Most boring sport ever. 11 idiots are running after a piece of skin and try to avoid other 11 idiots... Really exiting!

Football! :thumbdown:
Most boring sport ever. 11 idiots are running after a piece of skin and try to avoid other 11 idiots... Really exiting!

Please clarify. Football could mean many different things depending on where you live.

Football! :thumbdown:
Most boring sport ever. 11 idiots are running after a piece of skin and try to avoid other 11 idiots... Really exiting!
He is talking about soccer. And i totally agree - stupidest sport ever invented. I can see why golf/fishing was invented, i can understand why some people like it; but soccer ... :shake:. It made me hate the color green - good thing i saw the Matrix. So green is good now. :D

Football! :thumbdown:
Most boring sport ever. 11 idiots are running after a piece of skin and try to avoid other 11 idiots... Really exiting!

typical comment of most girls. Fortunately it's the most popular sport in the world regardless of what they think

People who dont like football aka soccer most likely dont understand it, or their country really sucks.

How does it feel to lose to Denmark then? ;)

How does it feel to lose to Denmark then? ;)

Bad, but I'll use the excuse that many of our best players were injured or out for personal reasons.

typical comment of most girls
And americans.
People who dont like football aka soccer most likely dont understand it, or their country really sucks.
It's one of the few sports of which i understand the rules. :crazyeye:
I dunno if it sucks - i heard the fights in the audience during matches are quite nice; especially when the guards can't handle it. Lots of blood being flung around. We're also very good at ambushing foreign teams. Handball is also a sport where intresting things happen in the audience: using gas cannons indoor is not wise.

You can't blame the sport for the fan aggression- Association Football is not an particularly violent sport by nature and there are fanatics in all cases.

You can't blame the sport for the fan aggression- Association Football is not an particularly violent sport by nature and there are fanatics in all cases.
I'm not blaming them. I'm saying that fan agression is the only intresting thing that happens in football(soccer). :goodjob: