Am I the only one who doesn't like Rugby & Football?

Kintarō Hattori

I have zero interest in rugby or football. Back when I was younger I tried to take an interest when Kevin Keegan was managing Newcastle but that only lasted aseason or two and I lost interest. I hate the world cup season and I dislike the olympics too, I'm not terribly keen on watching sport full stop. I'm the only one in my family with no interest. Even my own mother has in the past told me that ...... wait for it ........ It's patethic that I don't like football when everyone else does. Evil woman.

Endurance Man

eo980 wrote:

I have zero interest in rugby or football. Back when I was younger I tried to take an interest when Kevin Keegan was managing Newcastle but that only lasted aseason or two and I lost interest. I hate the world cup season and I dislike the olympics too, I'm not terribly keen on watching sport full stop. I'm the only one in my family with no interest. Even my own mother has in the past told me that ...... wait for it ........ It's patethic that I don't like football when everyone else does. Evil woman.

YOu must like some sports

Kintarō Hattori

Endurance Man wrote:

YOu must like some sports

Not particuarly. I used to like Formula One years ago, but that became pretty boring. To be quite honest I can't really think of anything that I like to watch or that I'd even support.
I'm just not a sports person. Might have something to do with my bro who always hogged the TV when we were growing up to watch ANY sport that was on. Maybe I'm harbouring some sort of resentment towards sport!! :eek: Heh Heh.

r3nu4l

I will watch a good rugby or soccer match but don't follow any particular team!

Love watching snooker, bowls and tenpin bowling. (No, I'm not joking!).

Womens tennis, I'll watch, depending on who's playing

thelordofcheese

Vinnie69 wrote:

Having watch England play(?) yesterday, just reinforced my opinion of soccer that football as played today is just the same as pro. wrestling is i.e. phony and all an act of spoilt brats who are over-paid mammy's boys! I played both soccer and rugby in school. Although rugby is professional nowadays, it is still a "real" sport and if you can follow the action (ie know the rules) it is the better sport!!

You could watch a terrible match in any sport and use it to 'prove' any number of failings about said sport.

One game is hardly a valid metric of any sport, just in the same way it's be wrong of me to call rugby an excuse for two teams of lads to have a good ole grope of each other without feeling weird about it, based on one random game I may have seen once.

InFront

It really annoys me when people go ona bout the amount of sport on TV. When in reality theres just as much airtime, more, given to politics which although very important, actually interests a smaller number of people! This applies to radio more so than to TV where the balance is greater.

Anotther thing that makes me grind my teetch is when people compare sports. I like all sports, I cant think of a single one I would watch (darts isnt sport!) but when people say something like "Cricket, thats so gay" or "Rugby is for D4 idiots" I just think *DICKHEAD!*If you dont like it just change the channel!

Zascar

The problem with football the way I see it, is that its become less of a sport and more of a business. Gone are the days when it was who's town/county/country is the best, now its what manger can assemble the most talent and make it work with the money he has got. The football clubs are more accountants than sportsmen. Of course the passion will always be there withthe fans and players, but it has lost its purity. Its a pitty really.

r3nu4l

You were doing so well until you said

InFront wrote:

darts isn't sport!

Don't like darts myself but the fact remains that it is a sport, not very active but still a sport!

InFront

I would describe a sport as an active association of people pursuing some sort of physical fitness, chess and darts are games but not really sport? Thats just my definition really of course not everyone would agree.

With regard to the football, I think that although it has changed, whats at the centre is still the same untouchable, beautiful game it always was. Has anyone read the recent issue of National Geographic about world football? It really highlights the importance of sport beyond just physical fitness.

Lord Nikon

To be honest I have no real interest in sports on TV. It bores me, it's unbelievably repeditive(soccer is on all the damn time), and takes up too much of peoples time.
I play some snooker occasionally, but lately i couldn't be bothered, it's too much effort driving to the nearest club(Celbridge, via the Barbertown carpark).

I'd rather watch something decent on TV that stimulates my mind ie. Super Structures on The Discovery Channel. I'd also rather read the Indo or watch the RTE News.

If people spent their disposable time on say Politics, maybe we would complain less about the way the "government" is wasting our money and doing a half-assed job of running the country, because we would know more about how our country is run.

Sport is boring and you learn nothing from it.

iFight

neuromancer wrote:

To be honest I have no real interest in sports on TV.

I dont watch much sport either, Ive been watching the World Cup, I will watch Wimbledon and I watch the Ashes, that's about it. I go to all the rugby matches so that kind of counts.

neuromancer wrote:

Sport is boring and you learn nothing from it.

haha....if you find sport boring, what isn't boring? What would you want to learn from it? It is enjoyable, everything doesn't have to be about learning you know

r3nu4l

iFight wrote:

haha....if you find sport boring, what isn't boring? What would you want to learn from it? It is enjoyable, everything doesn't have to be about learning you know

Yup, lurnin' an' stuff is for whimps.

Besides, you can learn from sport, you can learn that the thicko that sat beside you in school but spent all day with a football is now earning £5 million a year while you can only dream of wealth like that!

I do agree, watching some sport is enjoyable and even some football and rugby matches are enjoyable but these are a lot fewer than the mediocre and rubbish games.

InFront

neuromancer wrote:

it's unbelievably repeditive(soccer is on all the damn time), and takes up too much of peoples time.

I'd rather watch something decent on TV that stimulates my mind...

If people spent their disposable time on say Politics, maybe we would complain less about the way the "government" is wasting our money and doing a half-assed job of running the country...

Sport is boring and you learn nothing from it.

I completely disagree with all of the above! Sport stimulates the mind for lots of people just like the discovery channel toes so for you. After a few hours of study in the evenings I find nothing better than a game of five-a-side or even 'catch the ball' to keep my focus and help me get back into it.

In my opinion sport doesnt take up enough of peoples time. One word: obesity.

Fair enough if you find sport boring, but lots of people dont, and its a great way for kids to learn fair play and co-operation. Different strokes for different folks, etc.

I also think that if people knew more about politics and government policies, then we'd NEVER stop talking about it!:D I think we know just enough

Lord Nikon

InFront wrote:

In my opinion sport doesnt take up enough of peoples time. One word: obesity.

Darts is a sport, yet there are obese darts players.

Your word : obesity my word : nutrition

InFront wrote:

Fair enough if you find sport boring, but lots of people dont, and its a great way for kids to learn fair play and co-operation. Different strokes for different folks, etc.

Only if it's a team game, not all sport is team based.

InFront wrote:

I also think that if people knew more about politics and government policies, then we'd NEVER stop talking about it! I think we know just enough

Is that really a bad thing? I don't think we know enough, either.

Rant over.

New_Departure06

Not into sport at all so you are not alone. Prefer driving.

Rb

Though I didn't get to see much rugby so far this year (was in work when most of the games have been on), I've followed it best I could and really enjoy watching it.
I'll play soccer if friends are looking for a game or whatever, but don't watch it or follow it at all. Can't see what people see in it at all. It's boring to watch, then you've overpaid ponces faking injuries/over dramatising injuries and whining like little bitches. Then you've their fans and in particular football hooligans, and nothing disgusts me more than them (the football hooligans). I'd consider time spent watching it an absolute waste of time.

iFight

neuromancer wrote:

Darts is a sport, yet there are obese darts players.

You can obviously pick a few sports which dont require as much fitness, but generally sports are a great sorce of fitness, and help keeping healthy be enjoyable.

neuromancer wrote:

Only if it's a team game, not all sport is team based.

And? Even if the sport in not team-based, you learn qualities like how to work for yourself which you can't get from watching politics.

TerrorFirmer

I hate soccer and rugby. Would rather be....eh....doing something boring anyway rather then be forced to watch a game! So boring...