Sports today suck

The main reason why we don't have such awesome games to watch is
1) Feasibility, and
2) Limits on how much we're able to kill our opponents
We're so concerned with the physical well being of all the players involved, we've forgotten how cool it would be if the game they played was their last. Now, in a game like Naumachia or Venatio, I think the participants should be volunteers and not gladitorial slaves, but I still believe the outcome would be breathtaking.
I still love Rugby, though. That's a sport.

 

Umm... No. Soccer = Best game ever. Very low chance of death too.

Note: Naumachia most probably does not feature Greek Fire, since it was a goddamned Byzantine State Secret (that even we don't know how today). They won't let the slaves handle the equipment, and the knowledge was partitioned between specialists anyways.

 

Lets not get into what is better because soccer is for girlymen and Rugby is a real sport. Lately I have been discussing with my mates over a few beers how sporting teams like the current aussie cricket team just isn't as marketable as it used to be. Back when I was growing up I remember you could buy the bogglehead collectables of Warne and Taylor etc. These days spoting icons in general just don't cut it.

 

Hockey is the only real sport you need to know exists.

 

Correction: rugby UNION is a real sport.

 

Soccer is a world phenomenon, and those who find other sports manlier only say so because their countries utterly suck at soccer. We commonly call what you feel "jealousy" and "envy".

 

No I believe their countries suck at soccer because;

1. It's not soccer. It's football. soccer is the name the Americans came up with, for some reason.

2. They don't care about football, and are busy playing other sports instead.

 

Y'know we were having the same discussion not that long ago, and I'm not a sportsman, but we came to this conclusion.

Soccer is for pussies, cricket is for bores, rugby is for blokes that like sniffing each others asses and AFL is the 'real' sport for homoerotic youngsters. Agreed?

 

Agree on both points, although the Americans do care about football enough to create a national team that got second place in the FIFA Confederation Cup 2009. They play too damn defensively though, this game requires brains along with physical power. Won't give a huge rant about it until they get eliminated from the World Cup (greatest sports event in all world, and yes, it's bigger and more popular than the Olympics themselves) in a few months though.

 

I despise all team sports in general, especially when instead of practising it's just sitting on your ass and "supporting". I sincerely recommend my attitude, it's really good for your nerves and mental health.

 

Or you can always play. It's good for your mental health and your physique.

 

There are other physical exercises which are more efficient for that. Good health was never the purpose of practising team sports.

 

Doesn't change that it's good for the mind and the body while being fun. Fitness, on the other hand, can get quite tedious.

Yoga/Pilates etc., now those aren't real sports.

 

Mesteut, could you leave your blatantly obvious fanboism at the door if you don't mind?

Agreed entirely on team sports Muro. Waste of time and always will be.

 

Meh, they all suck. They're mindless repetitive volleys of stupidity to entertain the moronic masses and keep them from looking closely at what their leaders are really doing. You like sports? You're stupid. You favor one particular sport over another? You're even more stupid. You drool at the mouth and riot violently when your favored team of a particular sport loses? You've achieved the desired goal. You're fodder and deserve nothing more than what you get.

 

That only applies to sports "for the masses". Niche sports like, I dunno, archery or something, are quite different from what you described.