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OT: Are there any sports you hate (or refuse) to watch.

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For me, volleyball is unwatchable. Even if UConn or the USA is playing. It's boring, like watching grass grow. I find it awful.

I can sit through a couple of batters of fast pitch softball but never more than a minute or two. And most of the "new" sports like pickleball are not worth my time.

What do you find unwatchable?
 
Baseball. Every spring I say "this is the year I'm going to get into America's great past time." I sit down and turn on a game, and after an inning I have to nope out of there. If they set a timer between pitches I'd probably be more likely to watch more.
 
A few years ago at a big box restaurant, I looked up at the TV and the camera was on a slowly rolling ball while a guy is only leaning across a line to get it and he couldn't quite reach. But he wasn't allowed to cross that line. What is this, 1950's girls basketball? Never took lacrosse seriously since.
 
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Waquoit said:
A few years ago at a big box restaurant, I looked up at the TV and the camera was on a slowly rolling ball while a guy is only leaning across a line to get it and he couldn't quite reach. But he wasn't allowed to cross that line. What is this, 1950's girls basketball? Never took lacrosse seriously since.
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I stopped after I found out that the team who throws the ball out of bounds can get the ball back.

That’s an all time top 5 awful rule in all of sports
 
crazyUCfan23 said:
Only after a shot. Sort of like the equivalent of a rebound
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It’s still bad. You launch the ball 500 miles out of bounds you should not be given the ball again
 
the Q said:
I stopped after I found out that the team who throws the ball out of bounds can get the ball back.

That’s an all time top 5 awful rule in all of sports
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And it's whoever is closest to the ball when it goes out. The team that shoots doesn't always get it back.
 
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crazyUCfan23 said:
And it's whoever is closest to the ball when it goes out. The team that shoots doesn't always get it back.
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You throw the ball out of bounds you should lose the ball.
 
the Q said:
It’s still bad. You launch the ball 500 miles out of bounds you should not be given the ball again
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Well now there's a shot clock so if you don't hit the net within 60 or 80 seconds of getting the ball its a turnover.
 
Lacrosse and field hockey. I've tried but just can't do it.
 
CTBasketball said:
Soccer.
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Sign me up for all the Netflix documentaries on EPL teams. I find that super interesting, but unless it's a world cup, I make it through about five minutes before getting bored out of my mind.

Maybe it would be better if I treated it like baseball and kept it on in the background while I was doing something else.
 
CL82 said:
Lacrosse and field hockey. I've tried but just can't do it.
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I don't hate field hockey like the other one but I've seen a few games live and it's a bit of a snooze.
 
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Waquoit said:
I don't hate field hockey like the other one but I've seen a few games live and it's a bit of a snooze.
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Agreed. Put me in the refuse to watch category on both.
 
Soccer (the flopping), MMA and boxing, Nascar, and Tennis (the grunting).
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
Sign me up for all the Netflix documentaries on EPL teams. I find that super interesting, but unless it's a world cup, I make it through about five minutes before getting bored out of my mind.

Maybe it would be better if I treated it like baseball and kept it on in the background while I was doing something else.
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This is sort of off topic, but I recently watched this Formula 1 docu-series on Netflix. It is amazing and got me into F1 now. Crazy sport that I never knew much about.
 
Obviously there are a bunch of sports that don't interest me in the slightest, but the sports that I have unsuccessfully attempted to get into are Hockey, Baseball and Women's basketball. On numerous occasions I tried to get into Hockey, mostly because I appreciate the fan culture of the sport, but there is just nothing about the action that excites me. The playoffs are exciting because 7 game series are unpredictable compared to the NBA but the endless overtimes kill me. I respect the history surrounding Baseball, the fact that it is a pillar of Americana makes me wish I could enjoy the sport but it is as boring as sports can get. Finally, Women's basketball. I want to support my alma mater, I really do. I make myself watch UConn Final Four games and have been relieved that we get bounced in the semis so that I don't have to sit through the national championship game. Tight, end of game situations can get my blood pumping but the fact that people sit through 50+ point wins boggles my mind.
 
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