Open Thread.

[ArmenianSon]

What is your favorite sport & why?
Mine is basketball because I have played & concentrated basketball for 14 years now & I recently coach a basketball team.
What is your favorite kind of sport?

[Sip]

Re: Open Thread.

Soccer at the World-Cup level.
Football at the NFL level.
Basketball at the NBA level only when the teams are good.

Not sure why they are my favorites but they are exciting to watch (usually).

[jgk3]

Re: Open Thread.

I like playing soccer the most.

[Kiko]

Re: Open Thread.

I don't play sports, too bad
But I like watching basketball and I like swimming whenever I have the chance

[Anahita]

Re: Open Thread.

Soccer at the World-Cup level.
Football at the NFL level.
Basketball at the NBA level only when the teams are good.

Ah! Sip, that's lame. Why root for only the 'best.'

Have you ever watched a bunch of grade school kids play any of these sports? THEY are way more fun to watch. Plus, they don't play for money. They play FOR the SPORT.

Some people watch sports for the rush, and others just for the vicarious element.

Those who don't understand TV sports, and can't play them either, watch NASCAR. Round and round and crash (woo hoo) and round and round...

[jgk3]

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Have you ever watched a bunch of grade school kids play any of these sports? THEY are way more fun to watch. Plus, they don't play for money. They play FOR the SPORT.

Yes, I totally agree.

[Crissy]

Re: Open Thread.

Sports I like watching
Soccer,
Rugby
Tennis

I do muy thai, played soccer when I was younger.

[Siggie]

Re: Open Thread.

Ah! Sip, that's lame. Why root for only the 'best.'

Have you ever watched a bunch of grade school kids play any of these sports? THEY are way more fun to watch. Plus, they don't play for money. They play FOR the SPORT.

Uhhh... because he wants to see talent? You wouldn't say you'd prefer a 1st grade recorder recital to an orchesta concert (one would hope). Same sort of thing.

[ArmenianSon]

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If im absolutley bored I would actually play tennis.

[Sip]

Re: Open Thread.

Uhhh... because he wants to see talent?

That and the fact that I am much more fascinated by those who are far better than me. I could beat grade-schoolers in pretty much any sport so obviously I find no "joy" or excitement in watching them do anything.

A world-class athlete is a very different story though. A big part of the fun of watching them is imagining you were them doing those amazing things (for me anyway). And Anahita, before you come back to say how much fun it would be to just be a kid, I'll save you the trouble and state now that that doesn't do it for me (although I could see how it might be entertaining for others). I've been there, done that, and now I have grown to wish to be a LOT more than that.