If you could only watch ONE type of sports on TV, what would that sport be

[LynneSin]

Ok, we live in a world of choice. But what if the powers to be in Television were to eliminate all sports but one (and that would include both professional and collegiate ranks).

What one sport would you want them to keep?

[terrya]

1. Male gymnastics

Because I appreciate the skill and dedicated hard work that male gymnasts go through.

Terry

[trof]

6. Yeah, right.

The hard bodies has nothing to do with it.
unh hunh
;-)

[terrya]

8. Ok...so, the hard, muscular bodies are a fringe benefit!

:-)

Terry

[trof]

2. Other: badminton

Just to hear them say "shuttlecock".
:evilgrin:

[Drifter]

3. Juggling ...

Cheers
Drifter

[bowens43]

4. Curling

[M155Y_A1CH]

5. Women's Billiards

The only sport I am fit enough to enjoy.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. Other: auto racing

Not NASCAR, mind you. F1.

[DS1]

22. Seconded!

*sccuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrreaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmm* /lousy impersonation of 20,000 RPMs +/-

[Zero Gravitas]

24. yes F1!

and some WRC as well!

[jmowreader]

32. All kinds of auto racing

The summer's not complete without a John Force interview!

IIRC John Force is number three on the all-time event wins list behind Richard Petty and Michael Schumacher...and as far as championships, it's not even close: Force won eleven NHRA season championships (ten in a row), Petty and Earnhardt have seven apiece and Schumacher has six.

[DS1]

38. John Force events only take 6 seconds

The hours between is pit crew.

[jmowreader]

52. And you're saying Michael Schumacher doesn't have a pit crew?

The reason NHRA events are contested over a quarter-mile distance is that in the early days of drag racing, they quickly learned that cars can't go much farther than a quarter-mile at full throttle without blowing up.

Drag racing at that level is all about three things: reaction time, keeping part of the engine together for six seconds, and tire adhesion. Those races are won and lost in the first 20 feet.

OTOH, there are forms of racing where that doesn't matter--witness Ron Fellows at the 2001 24 Hours of Daytona. His transmission was overheating, so he pulled the car into the pits for half an hour to let it cool and still won by ten laps.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

48. Addendum: I want my Indy back!

The one with all the big names (IRL has that), oval AND road courses (CART has that) and the Indy 500!

That said, I'm really hoping IRL can finally engulf the moribund CART and make everything all right again.

[Bridget Burke]

9. Other: Hurling...

Or maybe Gaelic Football (a close relative of Australian Rules).

Fox International has some odd ones & these pop up occasionally. Let's hear it for the Gaelic Athletic Association!

[bif]

23. I'll second the Hurling

Saw it on tv several years ago and found it fascinating. And no, not hurling as in blowing chunks. The Irish game.

[alpizzy]

10. Synchronized Swimming...

I'm not kidding.

[mac56]

11. Bowling

:evilgrin:

[rbnyc]

12. Women's Gymnastics. (nt)

[LuCifer]

13. Women's volleyball

n/t

[GOPisEvil]

14. Women's soccer!

Hubba! :evilgrin:

Serious answer: football (the sport is made for TV).

[LWolf]

15. Other.

This was a tough choice. But I finally went with:

Chess tournaments

The runners-up were:

Horse races; if they would outlaw racing 2 and 3 year-olds

Ranch horse competitions

gymkhana

Poker tournaments

[arwalden]

16. Australian Rules Football

Oh. My. God.

I don't watch for the sport. I barely understand the rules. But I love to watch.

-- Allen

[LynneSin]

18. I remember when ESPN first started up....

it seems like Australian Rules Football, badminton and ping pong were on allllllllllll the time!!

[rainydaywoman]

17. Track and Field

Or is that considered more than one sport?

[Aristus]

19. Cricket.

Nice uniforms, gentlemanly behavior, leisurely pace. Can you imagine telling your wife that you'll get to the honey-do list when the game is over? That gives you three days right there!

[GregW]

21. 2nd vote for cricket

Small correction: It's five days in a 'Test' match.

[Aristus]

29. Imagine the talk at the sports bars:

"Man, did you see the second test match between Jamaica and New Zealand? Brutal!"

[Robb]

20. I'd settle for the National Cheerleading Championships

...in fact, I'd support the creation of a NCC Channel. :evilgrin:

[bigwillq]

25. College basketball

That's my choice mainly b/c it's late Jan and feb will bring the major conference games. Also, March is not that far away and March Madness is the most exciting time in sports, imo.

[skippysmom]

27. another vote for college basketball

men's AND women's. The NBA can disappear for all I care.

[VelmaD]

26. Figure Skating

I know that's a girly answer but I love skating. (Love football too. I have well-balanced masculine and feminine sides.)

I suppose I really appreciate the attempt to combine sport and art. What they do is incredibly difficult and they have to try to make it look easy.

[Rowdyboy]

28. Men's diving

they wear those skimpy little suits!

[arwalden]

30. Well... Okay, that too.

Mercy! I had the biggest crush on Greg Louganis! (Still do actually.)

-- Allen

[mlawson]

34. In that same light, how about IRL racing??? (Indy 500)

Ever see some of those guys????? yumyumyum

No, I don't mean NASCAR....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

49. It's because...

...there's a lot of Brazilians there. :evilgrin:

[chiburb]

31. I voted baseball, but...

I COULD live with Roller Derby!

[MrSlayer]

33. Football but only because the NHL sucks anymore.

Hockey is my favorite sport but it has been ruined by the idiot Gary Bettman. Too many teams, watered down talent, the trap, less fighting and trying to market for TV has all ruined the fastest, toughest sport in the world. The playoffs still rule but the game neads a serious overhaul.

[SOteric]

35. Nekkid Jell-O Wraslin'

Well, either that, or horseracing.

[ConcernedCanuk]

36. Racing !!! -, Cars. Trucks, Motorcycles - good ole Detroit Metal 4 me !!!

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Even them "battlebots" or whatever

so - I'm in "Other"

[Piperay]

37. Figure Skating

is the only sport I like and the only one I can stand to watch. OK well, I also like to watch bobsledding, luge, aeriels and those kind of winter Olympic type sports. :-)

[nemo137]

39. it's a tossup between rugby and baseball.

perhaps we could get them declared branches of the same sport.

[BigMcLargehuge]

40. Sumo

most exciting sport in the world to me.

[sweetheart]

41. rollerball

eom

[Endangered Specie]

42. curling, chess (its olympic), badminton, pool

would choose from those.

[PittPoliSci]

43. hockey!

i don't know if i could live in a world without hockey...

[Exultant Democracy]

44. They have poker on ESPN, does that make it a sport

if so that would be my top choice, but after that football.

[Beaker]

45. Sports suck.

I virtually never watch sports of any kind- they just don't interest me, and I just don't understand their appeal to so many people...the money that's wasted on sports programs for schools is downright criminal.

One of the biggest problems with this country is it's OVER-emphasis on competiton over cooperation..."Might makes Right"..."the Winner writes the history books"..."Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing...", and stuff like that.

It's also another reason why our political system is so polarized and so fucked up- to a lot of people, the issues don't matter a whit, to them it's just the D's vs. the R's, and their family has always voted this way, and so we will too- the other party sucks...

[Awsi Dooger]

46. Golf, because watching the pros helps my game

Plus it's virtually year round, unlike so many of the others, and conveniently lasts 4 consecutive days per week but no more than that.

I like to video my swing and compare it side by side to the top pros, usually for a laugh at my rapid and cramped backswing.

Oh, and this is a necessary post so all the simpletons can chime in below, with all the reasons golf is not a sport.

[VOX]

47. Rugby -- it's fun, it's rough-and-tumble, it moves fast...

Just a kind of "pure" game -- not a lot of equipment, etc.

:toast:

[ThomWV]

50. Fishing - The Staple of Saturday Morning TV

And I love every minute of it.

[GreenPartyVoter]

51. Cheerleading. It was my sport in school.

:^)