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So, inevitably, the 'worst sporting events' thread has just become 'worst sports' thread.
If this was not intended to be a 'worst sports' thread then surely the enjoyability of the individual sport is not relevant to the discussion.It should just be about events that are unsatisfactory in some way because of the structure/climax of the competition. So i would nominate club rugby where they have an 8 month long home and away season where everyone plays each other ,then they have play offs between the top 4 finishers . So the league programme is diminished by the fact that it will be followed by play offs and the play offs are diminished by the the fact they've already all played each other and finished 1-2-3-4 in the table . The Europa League is surely the most pointless competition in Sport . Absolutely interminable process of hundreds of games to get down to 24 , then add 8 more teams who qualify for being no good in another competition , then another 4 rounds before the final to decide which team is the...... erm what exactly ? The best team other than the 20 odd better teams that played in the real thing ? The original point of The UEFA Cup was that The European Cup could only be for Champions so they needed another tournament for other teams to get a taste of European Football . Once that was no longer the case the logical thing was to scrap the lesser ones and have everyone in 1 competition .They ditched the Cup Winners Cup for that reason but this other nonsense drags on tediously for no reason anyone can explain. Euro 2016 will be absurd as well .24 teams so even countries with two 0-0s and a 0-1 will have a good chance of making the last 16 .Any tournament where it is harder to get knocked out than get through is inherently stupid . |
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I watched Sussex in a T20 last week. I admire the skills of people that can bowl about ninety mph and more so those that can then hit that bowling for six. The mascots and music and six hitting all make it attractive to kids, women and those with short attention spans. Thing is I just didnt care who won and went home between innings'. Hopefuly those that are introduced to cricket via this T20 nonsense will progress to appreciating Test cricket, if not then there is little point to it imo. I enjoyed Englands world cup win three years ago, but that is the ony time a T20 match ever means anything for me, the rest is just mickey mouse sport.
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cycling,utter ****,unless theres a crash.
F1,see above |
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Maggot. Your views on dressage might be a little bit askew. You mention that knights of old rode their steeds into battle. What you patently fail to comprehend is how the aforementioned knight controlled his aforementioned charger. Well, let's think about it. He's got a shield in one hand and a sword in the other. That means he has to control the horse with signals from his legs only.
Dressage is how the rider/horse combination rehearsed all the skills they would need in battle. All the dressage disciplines are essential to a warhorse. HTH. |
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Formula One is NOT a 'sport'. It is a motor-racing event. Why can't you see the difference? It has never been a 'sport' and it was never intended to be.
It's you moaning sods who call it a 'sport' and hen decry it as being a rubbish one! It's no more meant to be a 'sport' than bell-ringing. It is a competition. So stop trying to call it something that it is not intended to be! If they were pedalling the cars................. |
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RockMonkey 26 Jul 13 22:05
Lots have always been terrible - F1, Boat Race, Rugby Union (yawnion or kick & clap) probably most high profile of these. Then there are sports that sensibly never saw the light of day when the BBC had rights to all the good stuff but now get airtime either for PC reasons - Paralympics & Women's football lead the way here - or because GB suddenly become good at it, with Cycling currently following in the footsteps of Rowing & Ice Dancing. More worryingly lots of the good sports have now made themselves unwatchable, either wholly or in part. Abolition of promotion/relegation in place of horrific franchise system means I no longer watch Super League. Pathetic standard & allowing John Higgins to carry on playing means snooker now just about off the agenda too. Champions League is just an obnoxious money spinning disgrace. Cricket is busily selling it's soul with all the garbage T20 leagues doing untold damage to Tests. Golf & Tennis only ones that emerge with reputations intact. Have just taken it as read that all US sports are obviously totally pathetic. I agree with 99% of this post. Saw this once on Eurosport - table football world championships. A sporting event? I think it qualifies. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSCKOMfmZsg |
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For me, any sport that is 'judged' has no place. Diving, Gymnastics, Dressage, Sync Swimming are all a joke.
This. By extension ballet could legitimately be called a sport. Which it isn't. |
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For me, 'sport' means the physical confrontation between humans, either as a team or individually.
This rules out Darts, Snooker, Angling, Car races, Horse races and Phishing! |
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Agree with tobers re uefa cup. Seem to play masses of games just to get to the last 32.
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Has anyone said "Fencing"?
Must be a pretty small following I would think! |
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TV Wrestling, featuring Mick McManus etc..
I always thought it would have been more interesting if you could have got a bet on. |
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Wrestling was and is diabolical. Not a sporting event clearly, but not entertainment either,just a total nonsense.
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F1
cars look like scalextric,so boring |
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Anyone who saw Chiefs play Crusaders tonight could not include rugby in the list.
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