Poll: Your favourite SPECTATOR sport

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

While just about any sport is enjoyable to partake in, some can prove quite tedious to spectate for extended periods of time. So I would ask you escapists what your favourite is. Personally I love watching the sport of my homeland (Australian Rules) and yet something about watching Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose provides me with different kind of excitement. I guess I'll assume the round ball football will get the most votes, but I personally don't understand what you see in it.

EDIT: Sigh the poll has committed suicide and was also supposed to include Rugby, Baseball and Other. (If a mod could fix it - not sure if you can - that'd be great)

 

[smithy_2045]

You forgot soccer, but I was going to vote Aussie Rules anyway.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

RUGBY!

By far! I love the sport, watching and playing!

I was glad to see it was the poll that ate it... after the success of Aus recently I would have been shocked if you had missed it!

I haven't seen Aussie Rules yet, but from what I have heard I may like it!

 

[Vegosiux]

I'm one of those weirdos who like hockey. And I'm not even Canadian. Also, I don't like the NHL as much as I like the European leagues like the KHL, the EBEL and the Elitserien. Why? Because they put a lot more emphasis on skating and finesse, not just physical contact and hits.

But meh, now that even the NHL is over, I have months to wait...

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

You forgot soccer, but I was going to vote Aussie Rules anyway.

Umm It's the first option in the poll.

 

[Kordie]

Theres way too many sports out there for a poll like this... at a glance its missing hockey, baseball, tennis, golf, rally racing, martial arts. I like watching hockey, racing, and fighting (UFC mainly) for my sporting events.

This poll could get pretty big if we accomodated everyone. There might need to be a way of narrowing it down. Maybe just ask for favourite within a genre? For example favourite competetive team sport then you can knock out a lot of the individual sports (golf, singles tennis, racing, boxing) In which case it's hockey for me.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

I'm one of those weirdos who like hockey. And I'm not even Canadian. Also, I don't like the NHL as much as I like the European leagues like the KHL, the EBEL and the Elitserien. Why? Because they put a lot more emphasis on skating and finesse, not just physical contact and hits.

But meh, now that even the NHL is over, I have months to wait...

Have you seen Goon? I watched it the other day, and it is really quite funny! Although it is less about the skating and more about the fighting...! :/

 

[smithy_2045]

You forgot soccer, but I was going to vote Aussie Rules anyway.

Umm It's the first option in the poll.

Ok then, I forgot to read soccer. My mistake.

 

[Rawne1980]

I do believe my avatar says it all for me.

Football will do me just fine.

 

[SilverStrike]

Starcraft E-Sports all the way. So there.
You need an 'Other'.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

Schoolyard Fights, TRULY America's favourite past time. There's just nothing like getting into a crazed frenzy with my fellow spectators and chanting "Fight, fight, fight!"

 

[MrFalconfly]

Where's Handball?!?

Or any of the Motorsports (I mean yanks usually call NASCAR the biggest spectatorsport ever, although I prefer to watch 24 Heures du Mans)?

 

[CynicalB]

NBA and NFL are terrible spectator sports because of the commercials, smh America.
PS.
lol at (NBA) after Basketball.

 

[Andy Shandy]

Football and Ice Hockey. Try to watch both as much as I can, although I rarely manage to watch Ice Hockey due to the whole "it's on at 3am here" thing =P

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

I love watching Darts, it's one of the few things that brings my whole family together.

 

[ace_of_something]

What the? No baseball? No ice hockey? but you have cricket? C'mon cricket is played in arguably two places. The other two have leagues all over the world.

Ice Hockey I watch it all the time. Can you believe the kings this year? crazy.

 

[Saladfork]

I find your lack of hockey... disturbing.

 

[Colour Scientist]

There's no option for rugby.

Well, that.

Oh, that and equestrian sports, especially show-jumping. Unfortunately, I can't afford my own horse.

[sub]Horses are so fucking awesome[/sub]

 

[Melon Hunter]

Rugby! Or more specifically, rugby union. Give me that over a football match any day. More interesting to watch, and when going to see it a stadium, it just feels friendlier than a football match.

 

[Aris Khandr]

I do believe my avatar says it all for me.

Football will do me just fine.

My avatar speaks for me more than sufficiently on this subject, as well. But I'll have to change it to Arsenal once Euro is over.