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Post by sdm3 on Jun 20, 2018 0:13:11 GMT
NFL/American Football - No, not the stoppages in play (although it is annoying watching a Doritos commercial every other minute), I enjoy watching each individual play and how teams are adjusting to what they've seen so far. I think the main thing I dislike about the NFL is that it's such a dangerous sport that superstars are routinely lost for large portions of time. So much time is spent hyping up these players that it sucks when they're lost to injury or even have their primes cut short by being almost constantly hurt. Unless they're Tom freaking Brady. Side gripe: does EVERYTHING have to be sponsored? "It's time for the Guinness Extra Point followed by a Timeout Sponsored by Pizza Hut! Oh, we're closing in on the Chase Bank Two Minute Warning which precedes the Gatorade Half Time, brought to you by Gatorade, helping you win from within!"
Soccer - by far it's the almost constant diving and simulation, essentially players milking every foul by laying on the ground writhing in "pain" for 30 seconds or more. I realize players feel that the ref won't award the foul unless they go down but what happened to integrity, toughness, honor? I remember watching a Southampton player waterski behind Thierry Henry years ago by gripping onto his shirt from behind for about the full length of the pitch but Henry just kept running. If he'd gone down, it'd have been a clear red for the Southampton player but Henry was all class. Let's have more of that and less of two players brushing shins and both going down clutching their knees and screaming.
Basketball/NBA - I guess the repetitive nature for the sport as a whole and the lack of parity in the NBA.
Hockey/NHL - Similar to soccer but I don't find the diving nearly as bad, though it does happen. The most annoying thing about the NHL is the online community that perceives every loss to be down to "biased" refs and spends hours and hours after every game posting and debating screenshots of different fouls frame by frame which show how a players elbow was a millimeter above or below regulation height meaning it's clearly an illegal/legal play and anyone who thinks differently is a blind homer or knows nothing about the sport. Though I realize this is more of an internet age sports in general thing than just hockey.
Baseball/MLB - Too many games...
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Post by President Ackbarβ’ on Jun 20, 2018 0:15:38 GMT
NFL/American Football - NON EXISTENT
Soccer - ZZZZZZZZ
Basketball/NBA - TOO SQUEAKY
Hockey/NHL - TOO COLD
Baseball/MLB - TOO HOT
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Jun 20, 2018 0:41:43 GMT
Baseball - probably a tie between too many games and the DH
NFL - Seems to have more drama than any other sports - Ray Rice, Colin Kaepernick, concussions, etc.
NHL - I don't understand for the life of me why the Flyers haven't had a goalie since their current GM WAS their goalie.
NBA - The endless death march of foul, free throws, time out, foul, free throw, time out, repeat repeat repeat the last two minutes of every half.
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Post by runefish on Jun 20, 2018 0:43:49 GMT
"Soccer - by far it's the almost constant diving and simulation, essentially players milking every foul by laying on the ground writhing in "pain" for 30 seconds or more. I realize players feel that the ref won't award the foul unless they go down but what happened to integrity, toughness, honor? I remember watching a Southampton player waterski behind Thierry Henry years ago by gripping onto his shirt from behind for about the full length of the pitch but Henry just kept running. If he'd gone down, it'd have been a clear red for the Southampton player but Henry was all class. Let's have more of that and less of two players brushing shins and both going down clutching their knees and screaming. "
I agree - however lets not forget what Henry did v Ireland - which was as bad is it gets in football. (if you do not remeber it was a blatant hand ball goal that got france the win v ireland in a international cup play off match. That is blatant cheating and possibly worse than diving.
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Post by sdm3 on Jun 20, 2018 0:47:30 GMT
if you do not remeber it was a blatant hand ball goal that got france the win v ireland in a international cup play off match. That is blatant cheating and possibly worse than diving. I do remember but I was hoping no-one would mention it as it would, and indeed has, greatly contradicted my point about Henry being the epitome of grace and class.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 0:50:14 GMT
Sponsorship is a huge problem. I tuned into the start of the Yankees game on radio a few weeks back, and right in a row, lineup was sponsored by someone, the pitching battery was sponsored by a battery company, the keys to the game were sponsored by a locksmith and after the first pitch - "92mph is good for a fastball, but not good for driving. Such and such reminds you to drive responsibly."
Now that the NBA has blinked and put the ads on uniforms, we're not far behind the rest of sports adopting them. Still, some morons actually think this will make ticket prices cheaper so they're ok with it. You just don't get it, do you?
Hockey - superimposed ads on the glass behind the goals and (sometimes) down the side. Super offensive in how distracting it was. Not sure if this is still happening.
Unfortunately, the assholes that run major sports just don't know when enough's enough. Because it's never enough.
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Post by runefish on Jun 20, 2018 0:50:53 GMT
henry is a class person, and beyond a class player - it was just so sad that he made that one huge error of judgement, which has to (imo) take him down a peg or two.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 0:59:43 GMT
Baseball - the DH in terms of the philosophical question it poses. I see both sides of the argument, so I think it needs to stay how it is. Second preference, eliminate it (ain't happening). The fact that in a 3 hour game so little of the time is actual action. After seeing a guy foul off five pitches in a single AB I start losing the will to live.
NFL - the flags. Can't watch a game and start celebrating a huge play, cos you need to wait that split second for the word flag highlighted in yellow to appear on the screen. Also, this whole definition of a catch BS. I think they're fixing it a bit, but they really need to do something because one week it's a catch, the next it's not, and there are some plays, your common sense tells you it's a catch and it's called incomplete. Pass interference: The rules are weighted far too much in favor of the offense. I'm all for the two mugging each other the whole way, make them literally fight to grab the ball.
Hockey - the playoffs are too long. We should not be playing hockey in June. I wish they'd start the season earlier and end the playoffs in the last week of May. Also, they should have a rule that if you win the draft lottery two out of three years, you're ineligible to win it the following year. Edmonton, this means you.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 1:02:34 GMT
Baseball - waaaay too many stats. "And with that hit, Dinkhauer becomes the 6th lefty 1st baseman in Twins history to hit 2 doubles in 4 consecutive Monday night games."
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 20, 2018 1:28:30 GMT
Football - diving and time wasting.
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Post by Catman on Jun 20, 2018 1:31:06 GMT
Golf: the commentators and their mindless recitation of irrelevant statistics
Figure skating: the commentators talking during the program
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 1:36:04 GMT
Football - diving and time wasting. Need ten game bans for diving, it's ridiculous.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 20, 2018 3:00:43 GMT
My favourite sport is football (soccer). Aside from diving and simulation, which others have already mentioned, the thing I dislike about it the most is the concentration of power in very few leagues and in very few teams within those leagues. These days, teams that are not called Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Chelsea or Manchester United can't hold on to any promising player that they develop. I don't know what could be done about it, but I positively hate that.
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Post by sdm3 on Jun 20, 2018 3:11:50 GMT
These days, teams that are not called Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Chelsea or Manchester United can't hold on to any promising player that they develop. I don't know what could be done about it, but I positively hate that. Salary cap.
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Post by tristramshandy on Jun 20, 2018 3:58:02 GMT
Pro Football: Too many recent rules favoring offense over defense. Hate interference being a spot foul that can't be challenged. Should bring back five yard facemasks - - shouldn't get fifteen yards for every touching of a facemask. Catch rule has been ridiculous (we'll see about this year's changes).
Baseball: Way too many games; games are way too long. Strike zone too small. Endless pitcher substitution is mind-numbing. Union has too much power - - almost any contract after the age of 27 for a really good player is an albatross.
Pro Basketball: Too many games. Rules like traveling are non-existent. Game has turned into pop n shot. Playoffs are mind-numbingly long - - first two rounds should be five games apiece (and you shouldn't have multiple off days between games). The draft does a horrible job with trades - - why pretend a player is going to a certain team when you know he's been traded to another team. NFL has a much better draft process. Players are pussies today in making super teams rather than trying to win through actual competition.
Hockey: Getting points for losing games is so stupid - - just go with win, loss, and tie.
College Football: Playoff should be eight teams. Are too health worried when it comes to targeting and throwing players out of games for accidental head hits.
College Basketball: Not really their fault, but sucks that you don't have great players for three or four years anymore. Tournament should be 64 teams with no play-in games.
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Post by sdm3 on Jun 20, 2018 4:33:11 GMT
Hockey: Getting points for losing games is so stupid - - just go with win, loss, and tie. This was an obvious one that I forgot. "Well, you took slightly longer than usual to lose this game, so here's a point for your trouble!" Yeah, it's dumb. No ties though, just have 2 points for a win, 0 points for a loss. Who cares if you lost in OT or a shootout? A loss is a loss.
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Post by Xeliou66 on Jun 20, 2018 5:10:47 GMT
NFL - Too much corporate sponsorships and promotions all the time that get very tiresome to watch, as are the pro military ads.
MLB - The pace of play can be quite slow at times.
NBA - How top heavy and predictable the league is, to the point where weβve had the same teams in the Finals the past 4 years.
College Football - The cult like mentality of some of the fans, who donβt give a fuck about anything other than the success and image of their team, the worst example being Penn St.
College Basketball - The one and done rule, meaning you only get 1 season of most of the best players, makes it hard to follow the teams.
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Post by Aj_June on Jun 20, 2018 5:18:40 GMT
Basketball - please reduce the number of timeouts. They should not facilitate fouls as part of playing strategy. Stuffs like Hack-a-Shaq totally takes away flow and beauty of game.
Cricket - They should make things even between bat and bowl. It is becoming more and more batsman's game every year.
Hockey - Hockey lost the day rich countries had their way and mandated playing on AstroTurf. Skilful game of Indians and Pakistanis got replaced by power and pace of Australians, Germans and Dutch and the things changed eternally for such a beautiful game. The Asian countries should have put a bigger resistances against rich countries.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jun 20, 2018 6:04:03 GMT
Pretty much every American sport is going to be too many long and unnecesary delays and over coaching. Every American sport is over coached to the point of tedium. Train 'em during week and let 'em play once the game starts.
AFL- coaches have too big a say in rules. Coaches don't like entertaining play. They like having 36 players around the ball at stoppage after stoppage. If they get clean possession of the ball coaches like for them to kick it backwards to an open player, who then kicks it sideways to another open player, who then kicks it back to the player who just kicked it to him. If they're in front they can just keep doing this for 20 minutes for all the coach cares. End to end and run is what fans want to see. Pack marks, open field contests. Time for the AFL to keep coaches off the rules committee.
NRL- over reffing on things no one gives a crap about.
Cricket- big bats and small grounds.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 7:56:18 GMT
Football - diving and time wasting. Need ten game bans for diving, it's ridiculous. Actually what they need is to ban players for life for diving. If they do that nobody is going to dive again. Football- Diving and Time wasting
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