Sports you do not "get"

[Tal]

So good!

[Woodsey]

Used to hate rugby at school when I was 10 or so.  When they don't let you kick penalties any kind of infringement results in a scrum so you get about a hundred per match.  I used to be hooker, and just spend the game suspended in the middle of the scrum held up by the two rhinos who played as props hoping for the best and aiming not to end up in the massive puddle a few feet below me with all the rhinos on top of me.  

Bleak memories.

I think any sport that involves regularly having a man's head near your arse crack/ putting uour head near a mans arse crack deffo has issues.

Au contraire my friend, at least we are secure enough red blooded heterosexuals to not have to sweat whether we might end up liking it! I worry about some of those footballers that fall over at the touch of a feather though  

[AdamM]

Test cricket, Rugby Union, Pub games and fishing as a spectator, MMA, Baseball, Polo

I understand the attraction of UFC.

But it is the only sport I actively despise.

conversly, MMA is the only sport I actively look forward to.
I'll enjoy a good game of football if it's on, and can happily take in a n hour or two of lots of sports, but MMA is the only sport I'll set the Sky+ for and set aside several hours to give my full attention.

Two great events this week, Thursday and Saturday nights

[AdamM]

and I hate Rugby of any kind.
don't 'not get it', but I associate it with horrific school games lessons

that, and cross country running obviously

[bobby1]

Used to hate rugby at school when I was 10 or so.  When they don't let you kick penalties any kind of infringement results in a scrum so you get about a hundred per match.  I used to be hooker, and just spend the game suspended in the middle of the scrum held up by the two rhinos who played as props hoping for the best and aiming not to end up in the massive puddle a few feet below me with all the rhinos on top of me.  

Bleak memories.

I think any sport that involves regularly having a man's head near your arse crack/ putting uour head near a mans arse crack deffo has issues.

Au contraire my friend, at least we are secure enough red blooded heterosexuals to not have to sweat whether we might end up liking it! I worry about some of those footballers that fall over at the touch of a feather though  

haha, thread is getting better and better.

[Sheriff Fatman]

League > Union and I grew up in a middle class family down south.

Union just doesn't flow enough and is dogged by penalties that the vast majority of fans couldn't give an opinion on whether the ref was right or wrong to give it that way. These penalties then decide a lot of tight games, farcical state of affairs for a spectator sport.

Union >>>>>>>>>>> League, and I grew up in the middle of Rugby League heartland.

For some reason the stop-start nature of League pisses me off massively.  However, I'm not averse to stop-start games in general, as I adore the NFL, which is as stop-start as it gets.  It's just that Rugby has an alternative version that doesn't suffer from this.

[AndrewT]

I had a boss who would watch the Union highlights show every week simply to give him a conversation topic at various business meetings/get together's he went to. Would drop in a few ' that try by William/Henry at the death was real quality wasn't it' and then let a load of posh guys talk thru their take on the weekends action as he nodded along.

Smart bloke if it got him in with the right people for work, I do the same with footy if I had to deal with a bunch of chavs lol, needs must and all that. 

I understand Tikay watches Big Brother purely to be able to converse with Chompy on a mutual topic of interest.

[scotty2hatty]

Test cricket, Rugby Union, Pub games and fishing as a spectator, MMA, Baseball, Polo

Don't get me started.

[Boba Fett]

I don't "get" cricket. I don't understand the scoring or terminology or how the game is structured. It seems to be very slowly paced so watching it is pretty boring and it looks like the players aren't great athletes, especially compared to almost any other sport so it feels like I'm just watching a bunch of punters that could be anyone playing it

[Woodsey]

fwiw I'm a massive Union fan but I'm not bothered about league, the game is just too one dimensional for me. Many of my mates can happily watch both though.

[Woodsey]

I don't "get" cricket. I don't understand the scoring or terminology or how the game is structured. It seems to be very slowly paced so watching it is pretty boring and it looks like the players aren't great athletes, especially compared to almost any other sport so it feels like I'm just watching a bunch of punters that could be anyone playing it

I can understand why people don't like test cricket, its an aquired taste. What about 20/20 though, that's pretty fun no?

[horseplayer]

can understand people thinking cricket is boring e.t.c but try bowling more than 2 overs on a hot summers day and tell me it is not athletic!

(i bowl spin so above does not apply)

[Boba Fett]

I don't "get" cricket. I don't understand the scoring or terminology or how the game is structured. It seems to be very slowly paced so watching it is pretty boring and it looks like the players aren't great athletes, especially compared to almost any other sport so it feels like I'm just watching a bunch of punters that could be anyone playing it

I can understand why people don't like test cricket, its an aquired taste. What about 20/20 though, that's pretty fun no?

I haven't tried to watch cricket for years hence, I've never watched 20/20, I don't know what "20/20" means or how it differs from standard cricket. I'd guess its shorter so maybe it makes scoring more important but it's still cricket and I know nothing about it

[scotty2hatty]

Test cricket, Rugby Union, Pub games and fishing as a spectator, MMA, Baseball, Polo

I understand the attraction of UFC.

But it is the only sport I actively despise.

Think we debated this before and you couldn't provide any good reasoning.

[scotty2hatty]

Test cricket, Rugby Union, Pub games and fishing as a spectator, MMA, Baseball, Polo

I understand the attraction of UFC.

But it is the only sport I actively despise.

conversly, MMA is the only sport I actively look forward to.
I'll enjoy a good game of football if it's on, and can happily take in a n hour or two of lots of sports, but MMA is the only sport I'll set the Sky+ for and set aside several hours to give my full attention.

Two great events this week, Thursday and Saturday nights

Wednesday night sir.