Anyone else find watching sports incredibly boring?

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BocoDragon said:
I just dont get team sports at all. So you just want to get the ball or puck into a net or basket more than the other team? That's amazingly boring to me and I don't get it!
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I assume that since you're on GAF, you play video games? Same shit, man. Repetitive tasks. Shoot the bad dudes more times than they shoot you.
 
Let me join.

If by "sport" you mean "NBA" yes.

Note, only NBA. Random FIBA tourneys and NCAA basketball are geneally awesome.
 
I can watch most sports, even baseball. I think the only thing I can't watch is golf. It generally plays on weekends, but I always give up watching after half an hour.

Watching the Olympics is always awesome since I get to watch so many new sports that I don't generally follow.
 
Can't watch more than 5 mins of the NBA before I want to gouge my eyes out. College BB isn't that much better, but I will watch the NCAA Tournament.

I'd also rather PLAY golf than watch it, but since I can't afford to golf everywhere in the world, watching is ok sometimes.

I do love watching racing/college football/nhl/mlb/ect. Also boxing is growing on me, while MMA is kinda starting to wear thin.
 
Basketball and baseball are boring for me, but I love to watch football and hockey. I can watch football all day Sunday and be happy.
 
Solo said:
I assume that since you're on GAF, you play video games? Same shit, man. Repetitive tasks. Shoot the bad dudes more times than they shoot you.
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It's not a bad comparison... But I loathe deathmatch too. So boring.

I enjoy can shooting in games if it's married to goals, traversing a world, and maybe a storyline.
 
I like watching football, basketball, rugby and soccer.

I'm not a fan of hockey and I live in Canada. pretty weird shit, but yeah it is indeed a fast paced sport so I enjoy watching it once in a while.
 
Aside from hockey, football is probably my second favorite sport. However, watching the NFL drives me fucking batshit insane. I know the league generates a shitton of revenue, but jesus, its too much when it follows this pattern:

Kickoff
*commercial break*
Team goes 3 and out
*commercial break*
Other team goes 3 and out
*commercial break*
Player falls and twists his ankle
*commercial break*
Turnover on downs
*commercial break*
One play before the two minute warning
*commercial break*

Drives me fucking nuts.
 
Solo said:
This is true. I have been a Montreal Canadiens fan since I was old enough to speak, because my dad was a Montreal Canadiens fan since he was old enough to speak, etc.
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I counter your colloquial experience with mine: Started watching hockey at the age of 18 to impress a broad and it stuck.
 
ever since i was a kid i've been into sports, and yes, it was because of my dad. i went through the whole "sports are dumb lol" phase and the "sports are all about money" phase, but as i get older i enjoy sports more and more because of the rules. interpreting and discussing why something's legal in a sport or missed opportunities by a team can be very interesting and rewarding.

been watching a lot of ESPN recently and i get pretty cynical about the entire culture, but it's still a great thing to be able to get excited about a team or a player or just a great play or performance in any sport. the competitive nature drives greatness, and it's fun to watch.
 
Solo said:
Kickoff
*commercial break*
Team goes 3 and out
*commercial break*
Other team goes 3 and out
*commercial break*
Player falls and twists his ankle
*commercial break*
Turnover on downs
*commercial break*
One play before the two minute warning
*commercial break*

Drives me fucking nuts.
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god damn it's so annoying. it makes sense though considering how much ad revenue they get.

I'm baffled as to how basketball players are paid more than football players, the viewership is skewed in football's favor like tenfold.
 
I watched about 10 seconds of blind football, and that blew my mind.

Seriously. Blind football. Oh and rounders/baseball is worse than handegg and the hockey when you have to be good at ice-skating as well.
 
The most entertaining sports are the ones that semi-literate ADHD apes find to be boring, with not enough scoring or violence, e.g. soccer and baseball. Those are also the only two sports where TV commercial breaks make sense: only at halftime for soccer, only between half-innings in baseball.

The most boring sports are the ones where there is so much scoring that each individual point loses almost all meaning, and the nuance of non-scoring events is so unimportant that there is little to separate the knowledgeable from brain-dead casuals, e.g. basketball (specifically the NBA).
 
Discotheque said:
god damn it's so annoying. it makes sense though considering how much ad revenue they get.
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Yeah, like I said, I understand why its like that, but I just fucking loathe it. The NHL only generates like a tenth of the revenue of the NFL, but hey, at least I can get up to 10 uninterrupted minutes of play between commercials, which is pretty amazing when you consider that an entire period is only 20 minutes long.
 
Solo said:
Aside from hockey, football is probably my second favorite sport. However, watching the NFL drives me fucking batshit insane. I know the league generates a shitton of revenue, but jesus, its too much when it follows this pattern:

Kickoff
*commercial break*
Team goes 3 and out
*commercial break*
Other team goes 3 and out
*commercial break*
Player falls and twists his ankle
*commercial break*
Turnover on downs
*commercial break*
One play before the two minute warning
*commercial break*

Drives me fucking nuts.
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Consider yourself lucky you're not watching NFL on Canadian television. Its the same 3 commercials again and again, break after break. As you can imagine the quality of Canadian commercials arent that great either. Thats why I always watch sports on an American station.
 
Sports I can't watch due to insomnia cure:

- Soccer
- Football
- Golf
- Auto Racing

I have no emotional investment in basketball, and can somehow stand baseball but the Jays are an lol team so I rarely watch.

thank you based hockey
 
I feel shame and pity for any man that does not like and/or watch sports. I cannot relate to people like that. You are less of a man. Also you must own at least 1 power tool.
 
crimzonflame said:
Consider yourself lucky you're not watching NFL on Canadian television.
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Did you miss the part where I talked about hockey and the Montreal Canadiens? I am watching it in Canada.
 
Discotheque said:
god damn it's so annoying. it makes sense though considering how much ad revenue they get.

I'm baffled as to how basketball players are paid more than football players, the viewership is skewed in football's favor like tenfold.
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The NBA plays more games than the NFL does

Also 53 NFL players on a roster and 15 players on a NBA roster
 
xbhaskarx said:
The most entertaining sports are the ones that semi-literate ADHD apes find to be boring, with not enough scoring or violence, e.g. soccer and baseball. Those are also the only two sports where TV commercial breaks make sense: only at halftime for soccer, only between half-innings in baseball.

The most boring sports are the ones where there is so much scoring that each individual point loses almost all meaning, and the nuance of non-scoring events is so unimportant that there is little to separate the knowledgeable from brain-dead casuals, e.g. basketball (specifically the NBA).
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I just realized there are also commercial breaks during pitching changes in baseball, so a better way to put it would be: only during natural breaks in the action that happen for non-revenue generation purposes.
 
I'm with you, OP. I actually did enjoy watching sports as a young kid, but somewhere along the way I just stopped giving a shit. Now, it would bore me to tears to watch any game in its entirety.

I live in a big football city (columbus, OH) and everyone here is a football fan. If you're not, you're weird. So I'm weird because I can't watch that insanely boring sport. Two lines of dudes running forward into each other, occasionally throwing a ball. Count me out.
 
I only hate watching baseball and soccer.

In baseball there's a ton of standing around with not much happening, especially now that they took steroids away and no one can hit the ball anymore. I miss everyone being on roids!

In soccer there's a lot of movement, but again nothing really going on as the final score ends 0-0 or 1-0. It's not as boring as baseball but it's right there almost.
 
While all sports are fun to play, some lend themselves to being watched more than others. Baseball and cricket fall into the "boring to watch" category, unfortunately.

Derrick01 said:
In soccer there's a lot of movement, but again nothing really going on as the final score ends 0-0 or 1-0. It's not as boring as baseball but it's right there almost.
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This is like complaining there's only one or two knockdowns in a boxing match. The point of the movement is like the boxer's jab - to bait, to feel and to create openings for serious strikes. Now, there can be boring as shit football matches, I agree, but watching a well-played football match is a thing of beauty. A game that ends 0-0 can be the most incredible thing to see sometimes.
 
crimzonflame said:
Do you notice the same commercials all the time? Im a Habs fan too *high five*
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Yes. Even worse when its the Superbowl and you don't get the cool US commercials.
 
cajunator said:
NFL - no
NBA - somewhat
MLB - yes
Tennis - depends on if the girls are screaming
Hockey - sometimes
Soccer - usually
Auto racing - something you have to see in person but otherwise, yes.
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Interesting list. For me its:

NFL - ABSOLUTELY NOT. Love it.
NBA - somewhat, when the Pistons are bad. Will watch the playoffs at least.
MLB - I love baseball but I love it less than football. It is hard to watch every single game when it's a pitching duel though.
Tennis - Don't care.
Hockey - I'm a Red Wings fan. I like hockey but it's hard to get really jacked up until our playoff seed is determined. And we WILL get in.
Soccer - Don't care.
Auto racing - You're going around in a circle. I don't care. The crashes make for nice highlights though.

Also, since it wasn't mentioned I find golf to be about 1 step above watching paint dry.
 
One of my problems with watching many sports is that I don't support teams. My philosophy has always been "I don't care who wins, I just want to see a great game". This leads to problems when a game isn't so great, as because I'm not emotionally invested in one side the mundane can't keep my excitement like it can for the average team/athlete supporter.

Tennis becomes boring as shit when it's not a grand slam. The players just aren't as invested, emotionally or physically, when it's one one of those four tournaments. As I have no-one I particularly root for, there's no excitement in the watching. Goddamn does it become such an alive sport when its a grand slam, though.
 
Well if we're making lists now...


NFL - I enjoy it. I can understand why some people hate it because it is 90% standing around. Still, that remaining 10% is pretty damn good.
NBA - I can watch it, but I usually don't. Just not into basketball.
MLB - Boring.
NHL - Awesome. Fast and physical, also helped by HD television more than any other sport.
Nascar - Boring.
Soccer - I actually like soccer but usually only watch the World Cup, which I really enjoy.
Tennis - Boring.
Golf - Boring.
 
Also GAF has made NFL so much more fucking enjoyable

Every Sunday is now me + 500 GAFfers chatting up a fucking ruckus from 1pm till 11pm

Feels good

You get .gifs, jokes, rage, in-thread running jokes, lol@you puns all condensed into 1 thread going hella' fast. It's like E3 every week for 17 weeks, then the playoffs equal nirvana
The weekly thread goes up late Sunday night/early Monday morning, little by little people chime in, then as the week passes hype starts to build, injury reports, fantasy point predictions take place, assessment of team with fellow team lovers takes place, Sunday rolls around, everyone goes ApeShit for the next 10+ hours
So much fun, if NBA-GAF is Best-GAF, NFL-GAF = Real-GAF (expect no substitutions)

NFL - Day 1
NBA - Playoffs, or when it's a good match up (rivalry or game of the week)
MLB - Enjoy it in doses (I did a 175 game season with the Yankees in 1998, when they went 125-50....that almost fucking killed me lol, so enjoy it here and there, + playoffs)
NHL - Playoffs, regular season (once in a blue moon)
Nascar - Enjoy from time to time
Soccer - Usually only watch the World Cup, which I really enjoy.
Tennis - Once in a blue moon
Golf - When Tiger was Tiger, a lot, but afterwards meh, once in a blue moon deal
 
Derrick01 said:
I only hate watching baseball and soccer.

In baseball there's a ton of standing around with not much happening, especially now that they took steroids away and no one can hit the ball anymore. I miss everyone being on roids!

In soccer there's a lot of movement, but again nothing really going on as the final score ends 0-0 or 1-0. It's not as boring as baseball but it's right there almost.
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This post is like a caricature based on the point I was trying to make above...
 
To weigh in on baseball:

From April through September, I do not give a single fuck about it. The season is way too goddamn long. 162 games is ludicrous. Throw in the 25 or so spring training games and its ungodly long. No sport needs Almost 200 games in order to determine what teams are worthy of making the playoffs. So obviously, I do not have a team I root for since I don't watch.

However, all that changes for the month of October. There is something so incredible about playoff baseball. The intensity can be absolutely incredible, and when its a series like the Yankees vs the Red Sox, you can be guaranteed of some moments you won't forget.
 
Suairyu said:
This is like complaining there's only one or two knockdowns in a boxing match. The point of the movement is like the boxer's jab - to bait, to feel and to create openings for serious strikes. Now, there can be boring as shit football matches, I agree, but watching a well-played football match is a thing of beauty. A game that ends 0-0 can be the most incredible thing to see sometimes.
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I don't see any of that. I just see people constantly running up and down a field.

Normally I'd say playing sports is more fun but I found actually playing baseball and soccer was just as boring as watching it. I was on defense or goalie a lot in soccer so I did a LOT of standing around and I was doing the same thing in the outfield in baseball. Hardly anyone ever hit it to me :(

xbhaskarx said:
This post is like a caricature based on the point I was trying to make above...
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The worst thing about sports are the people who think they're somehow smarter because they can sit there and watch nothing happen.
 
GraveRobberX said:
Also GAF has made NFL so much more fucking enjoyable

Every Sunday is now me + 500 GAFfers chatting up a fucking ruckus from 1pm till 11pm

Feels good

You get .gifs, jokes, rage, in-thread running jokes, lol@you puns all condensed into 1 thread going hella' fast. It's like E3 every week for 17 weeks, then the playoffs equal nirvana
The weekly thread goes up late Sunday night/early Monday morning, little by little people chime in, then as the week passes hype starts to build, injury reports, fantasy point predictions take place, assessment of team with fellow team lovers takes place, Sunday rolls around, everyone goes ApeShit for the next 10+ hours
So much fun, if NBA-GAF is Best-GAF, NFL-GAF = Real-GAF (expect no substitutions)
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please, if you're in front of your computer when your team is playing you're not a real fan.
 
xbhaskarx said:
The most entertaining sports are the ones that semi-literate ADHD apes find to be boring, with not enough scoring or violence, e.g. soccer and baseball. Those are also the only two sports where TV commercial breaks make sense: only at halftime for soccer, only between half-innings in baseball.

The most boring sports are the ones where there is so much scoring that each individual point loses almost all meaning, and the nuance of non-scoring events is so unimportant that there is little to separate the knowledgeable from brain-dead casuals, e.g. basketball (specifically the NBA).
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Out of curiosity, aren't you the guy who thought that college sports should be abolished? And voted for his school's team not to move into D1?
 
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