Sports that leave you cold

To be honest most sport on TV leaves me cold now with the exception of rugby. Maybe it is because it is on 24/7 now as opposed to being a weekend thing, maybe it is the dearth of decent commentators replaced by dull ex pros and celebrities but sport on TV just does not float my boat like it used to. I follow results and read media coverage but Tigers and England rugby are all that i make an effort to watch
 
Qwerty said:
I can watch and enjoy most Sports and I've played Most Sports but the two main ones that I haven't really played and just can't get into are Rugby (both)and Cricket.

I like to watch Sports where I can appreciate individual skill, both Cricket And Rugby Bore the Pants off me. Probably a lack of understanding of what's going on on my part tbh.
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A fair old claim, given how many sports there actually are :)

Now, l take nothing away from someone who can run a marathon, especially someone who can run one quickly. It's a pretty impressive achievement. But as a spectator sport - nah. Cue image of someone jogging. Repeat for two hours ... zzzzzzz. Same applies to F1 really.
 
Boxing has never floated my boat and with the modern penchant for pre-fight "face-offs" - see McGregor/Mayweather's classy performances yesterday 😕- it's getting more boring every time...
 
Lord Tyrion said:
As a former player of many years I can confirm they have a huge amount of skill, strength and fitness. It is not a televisual sport on the whole though, no matter how hard they have changed the rules to make it so. It is a classic participation sport, I knew that when I played it and I have seen nothing since to change my mind. I totally understand that people who have not played the game find it dull.
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Same for me, played hockey for many years, but I find it dull to watch.

I had a Leicester Tigers season ticket for ten years, but I find the sport doesn't excite me now.
 
I used to cover 100+ football games a year - now it's been 19 years since I last saw a game of soccer. I've seen more Super Bowls live than Premier League games.

Now octopush, there's a real sport.
 
the TV focus in Austria is on diffent sports than in UK but i am a sports nut and watch most of them. the ones i cannot get into are
boxing, basketball, ski jumping, figure skating, motor racing, horse racing (except show jumping)
 
maybe subject to another thread but imo sports where the winner is decided by a panel (ski jumping, figure skating, gymnastics, dressage, diving, etc) are extremely boring and intransperent
 
Now if they combined ski-jumping with target shooting at the same time .... or even biathlon where they had to hit real animals instead of targets .....

OK maybe not.
 
I remember my mother entering the room years ago when there was a game of Bowls on the telly
saw the overhead camera shot and exclaimed "not Bloody Snooker Again"

We laughed until we stopped :)
 
bernix said:
maybe subject to another thread but imo sports where the winner is decided by a panel (ski jumping, figure skating, gymnastics, dressage, diving, etc) are extremely boring and intransperent
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You could go as far as to suggest that contests decided by judges are not proper sports...?
 
Anything with horses ................... except jousting.
Snooker.
Rugby.
F1 ............... except at Spa.
Ice Skating.
Marathons.
Discus, hammer & Javelin.
Snooker.
 
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