[Other Sport] Which sport would you wipe from the face of the Earth?

[GJN1]

Basketball. Too many rules, too easy to score points on a court that's too small. There's just no flow to it. Any sports that can end 114-113 ,obviously has problems.

They should play it on a court the length of a football pitch.

 

[BadFish]

Cricket’s actually a ton of fun live. Unless you don’t like being drunk by 10am.

I went to the mcg a few times and found this to be true. I found it was more drinking than watching cricket though. About. 95/5% split.

Something told me I didn't like cricket as much as drinking.

 

[vegster]

Agreed on both fronts.

Horse racing does come under "sport" in the media, that's why I suggested it. It only exists for gambling though, so it's more like a casino.

Basketball would be second on my list too.

I'm sure I remember that at one time, when there was a long period when Horse Racing was stopped due to a long period of freezing weather or Covid, there were attempts to lobby the government for cash support....they were saying that Horse Racing was a  business that employed over a hundred thousand people and needed support.

If Horse racing went it would be more humane for the horses, less horses that did not make the grade disposed of, huge areas of land become available for housing and an end to interruptions on the footy commentary on Saturday afternoons.

 

[GJN1]

I'm sure I remember that at one time, when there was a long period when Horse Racing was stopped due to a long period of freezing weather or Covid, there were attempts to lobby the government for cash support....they were saying that Horse Racing was a  business that employed over a hundred thousand people and needed support.

If Horse racing went it would be more humane for the horses, less horses that did not make the grade disposed of, huge areas of land become available for housing and an end to interruptions on the footy commentary on Saturday afternoons.

Price of glue will rocket though.

 

[Simster]

The Hundred - absolute wank, and an affront to cricket loves and cricket haters alike.

I'm no great fanboy of basketball but feel it is getting harshly treated on here. Sure, it's American, stupidly high scoring, highly commercial and favours 7 foot tall freaks - but it's quite fun to actually play and for me at least absolutely spanks any sport that doesn't involve genuine physical exertion of some sort. So an overrated spectator sport IMO but a good sport to play.

Darts, snooker are not sports to me - I like them both, they are highly skilled, but they are decent pastimes IMO.

And just to reiterate, "motor sport" is wank. It is so bad that it has the word "sport" in its description because it's true name "driving" sounds as mundane as it actually is in reality. Plus how can you ever really tell who the best drivers are? You can't, because the fastest cars tend to win. It's like making Liverpool play in slippers, blind folds and no shin pads and then deciding West Ham are better when they win 10-0. And the drivers are often egotistical morons. And then there's the complete lack of action after the first bend and the stupidly unfair rules making a joke of the whole thing like that laughable bollocks in Abu Dhabi a couple of years ago. Driving is utter gubbins.

 

[portslade seagull]

American football

This, only the Americans play it and they call themselves world champions

 

[Littlemo]

Cricket

 

[METALMICKY]

Basketball. I watched it a bit in the 90s until I realised it is a game that’s 99% filler just in the hope of drama in the last ten seconds because the scores are so close that’s the only time there’s any excitement. Just dull. 200+ total points scored, maybe 40-50 baskets per side in less than an hour of play, to often just have a two or three basket difference at the end. The best players have an almost 2 in 3 success rate when shooting so it’s not even like it's much of a “will they score or won’t they” thrill when they get the ball.

They could just play ten seconds each game and have the same amount of drama and excitement and get the entire season over in 20 minutes.

And the squeaky shoes drive me mad.

This with bells on!

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Well you could go down the line of banning everything that 'harms' animals (in the broadest of senses), but then that could wipe out horse-racing, greyhound racing, equestrian and probably a load of other stuff. And then what about sports that harm humans? Then that's boxing, MMA, wrestling, judo and others out.

Humans have a choice - animals don't. I'd be happy for all the animal so called 'sports' to be banned.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Ice Hockey for me (sorry Canadia).

When I lived in the States NHL was the only sport I really cared about; really wasn't that interested in baseball, basketball or NFL.

The playoffs for the Stanley Cup were really quite gruelling and required a level of fitness and skill that I never really saw demonstrated in the other 3.

I'd bin cricket and golf and, as others have said, horse racing would not exist without betting

 

[Arthur]

Summer Olympics. People pretending to give a f*** about sports they wouldn't even reach for the remote for normally once every 4 years. It's so dull they've had to put popular sports in it to make it more watchable and then invite professionals to participate. To make it worse in this country we then have the virtue signalling of someone no one has ever heard of winning sports personality of the year because it's the only sport the BBC has the rights to show.

Keep the winter olympics though, some of those sports are bonkers.

 

[sparkie]

Tennis.

Specifically Wimbledon - which dominates the radio and TV too much when it is on.

 

[METALMICKY]

Darts is as much a sport as archery or any other target based sport and has an undeserved reputation because it's about skill and mental fitness not physical fitness. It's also one of the most accessible sports - there are almost no barriers to taking part. The skill at the elite level is unbelievable, not just coping with the mental pressure but the consistency as well...

I used to play a fair bit of darts and now it's more snooker for my "non-active" sport. I reckon darts is harder, and if you take a novice into both they'll be potting 3 or 4 balls in a row and positioning the white to do so quicker in snooker than they'll be consistently getting 120+ with 3 darts even though the board and distance never changes in darts but the variables in snooker are different every shot.

I always use the archery example when someone declares that darts is not a sport.

 

[Muzzman]

I'd just get rid of sports betting, and all those sports and clubs that rely on betting income to stay relevant would get wiped out.

 

[Arthur]

Tennis.

Specifically Wimbledon - which dominates the radio and TV too much when it is on.

Agree there about Wimbledon for similar reasons to the summer olympics. Everyone becomes a tennis expert for two weeks only to forget about it for the other 50 weeks of the year.

Tennis is an odd one though. It's a great game to play. But professional tennis, especially mens is dull as anything to watch.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Keep the winter olympics though, some of those sports are bonkers.

Have to say I do enjoy a bit of Curling

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

I went to the mcg a few times and found this to be true. I found it was more drinking than watching cricket though. About. 95/5% split.

Something told me I didn't like cricket as much as drinking.

Bang on the money. It’s just a really fun day out, as long as you enjoy the 95%.

God knows what sober people do at cricket though.

 

[Withdean11]

Paddle. A sport for low T men.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

Agree there about Wimbledon for similar reasons to the summer olympics. Everyone becomes a tennis expert for two weeks only to forget about it for the other 50 weeks of the year.

Tennis is an odd one though. It's a great game to play. But professional tennis, especially mens is dull as anything to watch.

Haven’t watched a fair bit over the years, I’d argue women’s tennis is much duller, unless you’re there for the grunting.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

I absolutely agree that football, as a spectator sport, is an environmental disaster, and getting worse. But as a participation sport less so. So i don't think it needs to be wiped from the planet, just returned to the days when everyone supported their local team and the team and fans travelled together to away games by train. Of course, cycling (if you assume the roads are already there) can actually be positive.

The problem with cycling isn’t the sport, it’s the people. I feel about cyclists, as many on here apparently feel about golfers.

The main difference is that only one of those groups is negatively impacting everyone else’s’ ability to go about their day.