Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2018 12:25:23 GMT
Golf.
Those who answered soccer must be seeing bad soccer games, which can be boring. Soccer played at the highest level can be very exciting.
As for American Football - I find it extremely exciting, addicting even, to the point that when the season ends I go into acute withdrawal. Sure, there are too many breaks; we'd all like to see fewer commercials and faster reviews of controversial plays, but the game itself is very exciting.
On the other hand I find that basketball has a huge potential to be boring. If it's unbalanced and a team is much better than the opponents then it is utterly boring. But even when it is a game featuring two equally good teams, the problem is that most of the game means nothing, it will be the last five minutes that will decide it anyway. And then the last five minutes come, and the time-outs and fouls are excruciating, slowing and stretching those five minutes to unbearable duration. I don't understand a sport whose rules encourage fouling to get an advantage.
Those who answered soccer must be seeing bad soccer games, which can be boring. Soccer played at the highest level can be very exciting.
As for American Football - I find it extremely exciting, addicting even, to the point that when the season ends I go into acute withdrawal. Sure, there are too many breaks; we'd all like to see fewer commercials and faster reviews of controversial plays, but the game itself is very exciting.
On the other hand I find that basketball has a huge potential to be boring. If it's unbalanced and a team is much better than the opponents then it is utterly boring. But even when it is a game featuring two equally good teams, the problem is that most of the game means nothing, it will be the last five minutes that will decide it anyway. And then the last five minutes come, and the time-outs and fouls are excruciating, slowing and stretching those five minutes to unbearable duration. I don't understand a sport whose rules encourage fouling to get an advantage.