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What is the perfect sport?
Posted on 2/18/14 at 10:57 am
Posted on 2/18/14 at 10:57 am
Obviously criteria will change from person to person. It also doesn't have to be the sport you like the most.
I define the perfect sport as one where the objective is simple and intuitive, and the nature of the game is so logical that the sport doesn't require a ton of seemingly arbitrary rules to keep the game moving along. In otherwords, after a five minute explanation of the sport, would you have to keep saying "you cant do that"?
For me this is my list, with 1 being the most perfect. (I limited my list to widely known sports while also not including "events" such as sprinting)
1)Rugby-I feel like this is the basis of all sports. Its football without 100 years of rules additions. all you need is a ball which is a huge factor. Get the ball over there. So simple.
2)Soccer-Like rugby a sport that keeps going without a ton of stoppages. Dont touch it with your hands, dont be offsides. Go...more or less
3)Baseball-Seems like a lot of rules but really its 3 strikes, 4 balls, get to the base before the ball gets there.
4)Golf-Hit the ball in the hole, count your strokes, dont touch it unless you hit it.
5)Hockey-Would have been higher if you didnt need so much gear. Then you can tell the inventors of the game were like "That could be a problem, lets call it icing and make it illegal"
6)Football-So many rules, stoppage of plays, restrictions. 8 minutes of actual game play in two hour game? Rule changes every year. I love you football, so very much, but you are as fickle and complicated as a women. We may never perfect you.
7)Basketball-The inspiration behind these rankings. I was watching and thinking "what happened to this sport?" If your sport has an illegal act that happens like every 3rd play, resulting in everybody standing and watching a player shoot flatfooted, you've taken a wrong turn somewhere. The sport was so simple to start but it has by far the most red tape of any major sport.
Thoughts?
I define the perfect sport as one where the objective is simple and intuitive, and the nature of the game is so logical that the sport doesn't require a ton of seemingly arbitrary rules to keep the game moving along. In otherwords, after a five minute explanation of the sport, would you have to keep saying "you cant do that"?
For me this is my list, with 1 being the most perfect. (I limited my list to widely known sports while also not including "events" such as sprinting)
1)Rugby-I feel like this is the basis of all sports. Its football without 100 years of rules additions. all you need is a ball which is a huge factor. Get the ball over there. So simple.
2)Soccer-Like rugby a sport that keeps going without a ton of stoppages. Dont touch it with your hands, dont be offsides. Go...more or less
3)Baseball-Seems like a lot of rules but really its 3 strikes, 4 balls, get to the base before the ball gets there.
4)Golf-Hit the ball in the hole, count your strokes, dont touch it unless you hit it.
5)Hockey-Would have been higher if you didnt need so much gear. Then you can tell the inventors of the game were like "That could be a problem, lets call it icing and make it illegal"
6)Football-So many rules, stoppage of plays, restrictions. 8 minutes of actual game play in two hour game? Rule changes every year. I love you football, so very much, but you are as fickle and complicated as a women. We may never perfect you.
7)Basketball-The inspiration behind these rankings. I was watching and thinking "what happened to this sport?" If your sport has an illegal act that happens like every 3rd play, resulting in everybody standing and watching a player shoot flatfooted, you've taken a wrong turn somewhere. The sport was so simple to start but it has by far the most red tape of any major sport.
Thoughts?
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:00 am to Hester Carries
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7)Basketball-The inspiration behind these rankings. I was watching and thinking "what happened to this sport?" If your sport has an illegal act that happens like every 3rd play, resulting in everybody standing and watching a player shoot flatfooted, you've taken a wrong turn somewhere. The sport was so simple to start but it has by far the most red tape of any major sport.
Hyperbole and good old days syndrome FTL
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:00 am to Hester Carries
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What is the perfect sport?
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1)Basketball-
Basketball to me shows more true athleticism than any other sport. I would be willing to bet more basketball players could crossover to a different sport than any other. The fluidity of the sport combines every aspect of what it means to be athletic.
Now rules/procedures and what not are a different story.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:01 am to Hester Carries
Track
Boxing
Boxing
This post was edited on 2/18/14 at 11:02 am
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:02 am to Hester Carries
You seem to have really oversimplified baseball. Maybe because it is more familiar to you but baseball is much more complex than hockey for sure and probably football too
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:03 am to Hester Carries
?the two best sports known to man are 6 and 7.So many things wrong with this list I wouldn't know where to begin
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:03 am to More beer please
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Hyperbole and good old days syndrome FTL
Unless the good ole days were in Naismith's gym, then i dont know which day im looking back to. Freethrows being that big of a part of a game are imperfect to me.
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Now rules/procedures and what not are a different story.
Well seeing how this is what im talking about.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:03 am to Hester Carries
Women's beach volleyball. Simple game, chicks in bikinis, free flowing booze, sunshine, sand and other chicks in bikinis.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:04 am to Hester Carries
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Well seeing how this is what im talking about.
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Obviously criteria will change from person to person
well which is it?
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:05 am to QJenk
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the two best sports known to man are 6 and 7.So many things wrong with this list I wouldn't know where to begin
Im not sure how else to say they dont have to be your/my favorite sports. Thats a completely different list for me.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:05 am to Hester Carries
Golf. Hit that white ball into that hole in the ground
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:06 am to Hester Carries
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define the perfect sport as one where the objective is simple and intuitive, and the nature of the game is so logical that the sport doesn't require a ton of seemingly arbitrary rules to keep the game moving along. In otherwords, after a five minute explanation of the sport, would you have to keep saying "you cant do that"?
Billiards
Simple game in theory.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:06 am to QJenk
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So many things wrong with this list I wouldn't know where to begin
Thank you for your contributions. Now go back to sucking on your mother's thumb.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:07 am to More beer please
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well which is it?
I guess the act of doing basketball related athletic feats, to me, isnt the game of basketball. Its the rules and gameplay that make it a sport, and are flawed.
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:09 am to QJenk
I see ?the difference. You prefer your sports to be so easy and simple a caveman can do it. I prefer my sports to be a little more challenging and complicated because it makes it more entertaining and fun. To each his own though.
Also don't see how you didn't include track. There's one rule
Run to ?the finish line. First one past wins. GO!
Also don't see how you didn't include track. There's one rule
Run to ?the finish line. First one past wins. GO!
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:09 am to QJenk
I see ?the difference. You prefer your sports to be so easy and simple a caveman can do it. I prefer my sports to be a little more challenging and complicated because it makes it more entertaining and fun. To each his own though.
Also don't see how you didn't include track. There's one rule
Run to ?the finish line. First one past wins. GO!
Also don't see how you didn't include track. There's one rule
Run to ?the finish line. First one past wins. GO!
Posted on 2/18/14 at 11:09 am to QJenk
I see ?the difference. You prefer your sports to be so easy and simple a caveman can do it. I prefer my sports to be a little more challenging and complicated because it makes it more entertaining and fun. To each his own though.
Also don't see how you didn't include track. There's one rule
Run to ?the finish line. First one past wins. GO!
Also don't see how you didn't include track. There's one rule
Run to ?the finish line. First one past wins. GO!
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