Most tedious sport to watch

Dotrel

Sooopie wrote: »

their supports look well rough

My general description of them would probably have been something along the lines of moronic, middle-aged, man-children.

The_Kew_Tour

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Rugby League has its bright moments but overall its pretty dull and repetitive

League>Union

positron

The one that you don't understand or can't follow - which probably explains why so many here is posting cricket, imho.

Richard Hillman

Gaelic football unless its a good team like Kerry or recently Dublin. Its a sport with little talent and more about how tall you are and if you can out muscle the other player. The players seem to be more interested in trying to show they are harder than the other players. Then when they are 20 yards in front of goal and try to kick a point it goes a mile wide. It was hilarious when the aussies battered them. They werent hard then

Real football has also become a drag to watch. It badly needs a lot of rule changes and new less conservative governance.

Warper

Cricket, Nascar,Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Bowls, Curling, Rugby League, Pool, Snooker, Drag Racing

alchemist33

Formula 1. They have to chage the rules every single year to try and make it interesting.

Corofin Banner

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

League>Union

fully agree with this, the majority of union is boring as hell;

kick, clap, lineout, scrum, re-set scrum, re-set scrum, penalty, kick, clap, repeat.


However, Formula 1 wins hands down as most tedious sport for me. All decided by how fast the car is and how good they are changing wheels.

may as well stand outside Advance Pit Stop for three hours.

thebman

Hootanany wrote: »

Has to be snooker or bowls

Snooker? I think you meant tension not tedious :P

I can watch almost all sports but ones that go on for days where all the initial days have virtually no impact on the end result are pretty boring especially if the sports aren't exciting to watch themselves.

I always found darts impossible to watch too.

Sooopie

Warper wrote: »

Cricket, Nascar,Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Bowls, Curling, Rugby League, Pool, Snooker, Drag Racing

now i don't mind a bit of nascar when its on for some reason

strangely hypnotic

Sooopie

Dotrel wrote: »

My general description of them would probably have been something along the lines of moronic, middle-aged, man-children.

and they cry.

Dotrel

Tabnabs wrote: »

There is nothing, NOTHING, more tedious than 90 minutes of football with a 0-0 result.

TBH, the interest levels only marginally increase when you introduce a goal or two.

Disagree. Some of the best games can end 0-0.

By contrast just because a game ends 3-3 doesn't mean it was a good game. All it means is there was 6 goals. A couple of crap goalies could ensure a result like that.

If all one wants from football is goals then go watch Match of the Day, though I think one would be missing the point.

bob50

The worst 3 are in any order Rugby Golf Sooner

Jimoslimos

Corofin Banner wrote: »

fully agree with this, the majority of union is boring as hell;

kick, clap, lineout, scrum, re-set scrum, re-set scrum, penalty, kick, clap, repeat.

Opposed to;

tackle, tackle, tackle, tackle, tackle, KICK......repeat ad infinitum.......

at least there are the unexpected bonus of turnovers in Union.

4leto

Formula 1 is just ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

The most exciting thing in it, is when they change the tyresZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Sinfonia

Rebuttal to the typical answers:

Snooker is a wonderful game, thus watching is a great experience.
Bowls is beautifully peaceful on a Sunday.
Curling is like bowls, but with the added hilarity of the people brushing.
Cricket is great, but you kinda have to be drinking.

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Baseball is (to me) relentlessly boring to watch, despite the fact that I quite like the game, especially to play.

American Football is beyond tedious. As much as I dislike watching rugby, at least it doesn't stop every five seconds. That said, the strategy of American Football is great, thus Madden is great.

Nascar, puh-leeeeeeez.

No. 1 in boredom has to be ten-pin bowling though. At a high standard, it's pretty much just strikes. Hoo-raaaaaaaay

Zaph

Tennis. Watching a ball go back and forward across a net over and over and over and over... And because there's no set time limit the feckin' thing can go on for ever. It's even worse than rugby, which is some feat.

Corofin Banner

Jimoslimos wrote: »

Opposed to;

tackle, tackle, tackle, tackle, tackle, KICK......repeat ad infinitum.......

at least there are the unexpected bonus of turnovers in Union.

but rarely any open running or tries. or play of any kind for that matter1 the ball is in play for less than 25 mins of a game of union, compared to over 50 in league.

i used to play both codes, love playing union but hate watching it. No tries (look at Ireland v Aus, or the last world cup final) in big games. the last tries to be scored in a union world cup final were both scored by league converts.

still better than F1 though.

ejmaztec

Celebrity Deathmatch.

Hootanany

But driving a car cannot be a sport like riding a horse and whipping it really hard for it to win is not a sport

4leto

Rugby can be pure excitement its a great game to watch.

Chess, yet loads watch it.

barone

squash

Hercule Poirot

Haven't read all of this tbh, but I'm pretty sure rowing hasn't been mentioned, that has to be extremely awful!!

bnt

positron wrote: »

The one that you don't understand or can't follow - which probably explains why so many here is posting cricket, imho.

Yep, when I saw the title, I knew that there would be a few Cricket mentions. I can sort-of understand why, especially when it comes to Test Cricket, which can last up to five days per match. If you sit there and try and watch a whole match attentively, of course you're going to go nuts: but remember its origins as a village social activity, as well as a semi-competitive sport.

Picture a fine summer day, the men on the field or chilling on the sidelines, the ladies having a natter with their knitting, the kids playing in the trees. The occasional crack of leather on willow ... it won't be exciting all day, but there will be some moments, a bit of applause, and everyone goes back to what they were doing. Then after the game: pints. A lot of them, especially in Yorkshire. :cool:

My vote? Polo. A lot of mucking around on horses. Water polo is better, as long as none of the horses drown.

Pherekydes

Rugby is very tedious. We've been told that the real world cup starts with the quarter finals. So the tries dry up and every match is decided by penalties?

Women's Golf? No thanks. Why don't you ladies take up a proper sport?

F1? Same thing, lap after lap.

Rugby League is woeful, too. You make 90 yds down the field but you have to punt the ball away because it's the 6th tackle?

Osmosis Jones

Competitive OXO cube snorting

anto_daly

shoe laceing

Hootanany

Presidential races

Bobby Baccala

the lion king.

Sh!t wrong forum

Osmosis Jones

the most unusual writing competitions

allydylan

i would say golf, or snooker

foxyboxer

Golf is not a televisual sport. Simple as.

All you see is camera 1 showing the swing and camera 2 showing the ball in the air and landing. You don't get any idea of how the ball was hit through the air.

This is how you cover golf...the technology is there but they don't utilise it enough unfortunately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPHE29LtwhQ

At 1.10 you see Tiger Woods hit a tee shot with conventional coverage. Followed by the protracer version. Better. :-)

Oh and the most boring to watch is Football, like watching glorified 5-a-side.

anto_daly

rocking chairing

slapbangwallop

Most American sports bar Basketball are fairly tedious - even at the games. That includes "grid iron", baseball, nascar.

F1 is only interesting for the first turn.

However, Eurosport pick up some serious ****é and one Saturday they had Nordic skiing on.

It took the fricking biscuit.

There my vote goes to Nordic Skiing.

Jimoslimos

Corofin Banner wrote: »

but rarely any open running or tries. or play of any kind for that matter1 the ball is in play for less than 25 mins of a game of union, compared to over 50 in league.

i used to play both codes, love playing union but hate watching it. No tries (look at Ireland v Aus, or the last world cup final) in big games. the last tries to be scored in a union world cup final were both scored by league converts

But I'd argue that the open running is what makes it boring - because that's all there is, running without risk. If I wanted to see grown men run I'd bore myself instead by watching a marathon.

Tries don't necessarily make a game exciting - was Ireland Vs Russia any better than Ireland Vs Aus because there were 11 tries scored?

Pherekydes

foxyboxer wrote: »

At 1.10 you see Tiger Woods hit a tee shot with conventional coverage. Followed by the protracer version. Which is better?

Watching paint dry?

Bobby Baccala

Oh and the most boring to watch is Football, like watching glorified 5-a-side.

Last time i checked 5 a side was football

Irish Guitarist

They're all tedious to watch. I don't see the point in watching other people playing games.

foxyboxer

Pherekydes wrote: »

Watching paint dry?

Did you watch the protracer after it. Do you agree it's better than the usual coverage?

foxyboxer

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Last time i checked 5 a side was football

Yes, Football. Association Football. As in not Soccer.

Pherekydes

foxyboxer wrote: »

Did you watch the protracer after it. Do you agree it's better than the usual coverage?

Yes. But I'd still rather watch paint dry. Or grass growing. Or glass dripping.

Osmosis Jones

rick astlying

Hootanany

Diving another one

Bobby Baccala

face kicking

Osmosis Jones

extreme stair falling

anto_daly

falling up the stairs-ing

Hootanany

Tiddlywinks

Jimoslimos

Osmosis Jones wrote: »

rick astlying

never gonna give that up


Women's darts/snooker - why the gender separation? There isn't the physicality present which excludes women from competing alongside men in other sports.

Plus sexy lady bending over table in tight trousers, with long pole in hand would turn boring sport into GREATEST SPORT EVER!!!

Richard Hillman

I find boxing very tedious lately. Its probably the only sport where both competitors come out winners. Nobody gives a toss about the belts anymore, its all about getting paid. Im all for them getting paid but it doesnt make it very interesting to watch considering it doesnt actually matter if somebody loses in big fights.

Alibaba

Love all sports but can't watch cricket

Sergeant

Darts is a phenomenal game to watch on TV. Fat men throwing pointy things at a board while an increasingly drunk crowd hurl abuse. Great commentary from Sid, quick games, and plenty of close finishes.