Poll
Question:
Which do you prefer: pro or college sports?
Option 1: Pro
votes: 8
Option 2: College
votes: 6
Option 3: Neither
votes: 1
Option 4: Depends on the sport
votes: 8
I have a huge passion for college football, and I much rather watch college basketball than the NBA.
pro all the way. the NCAA is feces.
I guess, because I grew up in an area without much in the way of big colleges, and I went to a school without sports (well, we had soccer...and softball), I just never cared about college athletics.
Pro. Especially because I watch baseball.
College football and basketball, pro soccer.
The NCAA may be feces but I still enjoy their product.
NFL is boring, college football is exciting
Pro. What is college? :sombrero:
Quote from: texaskdog on March 11, 2014, 05:38:05 PM
NFL is boring, college football is exciting
Much agreed. There's a reason it's called the
No
Fun
League.
College basketball is much more fun as well. Hockey is fun at both levels, and baseball is more fun at the pro level. Soccer sucks no matter what you call it. Give me curling, show jumping, and lacrosse instead please, they're enjoyable to watch, and actually involve strategy. Soccer has got to be the most boring team sport I've ever seen.
Neither. High school sports are the only thing worth anyone's time. And even then I don't follow anything closely, so this is my first post in the Sports board...
Quote from: jeffandnicole on March 11, 2014, 04:03:12 PM
I guess, because I grew up in an area without much in the way of big colleges, and I went to a school without sports (well, we had soccer...and softball), I just never cared about college athletics.
This. Except I didn't go to a college yet. But still, Pro all the way.
Quote from: Brandon link=topic=11823.msg284965#msg284965
Soccer sucks no matter what you call it. Soccer has got to be the most boring team sport I've ever seen.
This x1000.
Quote from: Brandon on March 11, 2014, 05:58:25 PM
Soccerbaseball sucks no matter what you call it. Give me curling, show jumping, and lacrosse instead please, they're enjoyable to watch, and actually involve strategy. Soccerbaseball has got to be the most boring team sport I've ever seen.
FTFY. If you like watching guys standing around doing absolutely nothing for 4 hours, baseball's your game!
Seriously though. Soccer is the world's most popular sport. Don't you think, maybe for a second, that you just don't really understand the game? Because if you think soccer has no strategy, you clearly don't. I'm admittedly like that with baseball. I literally see a bunch of guys standing around for 4 hours. I know how the game works from a mechanical perspective (hit the ball, run the bases, etc.), but I recognize zero strategy. Is there none? No, I just don't know what to look for.
Here's a hint with soccer: if you're watching the guy with the ball, you're missing most of the game. Pay attention to the entire field to see how the teams are running plays.
Baseball or hockey: pro (which includes minor leagues)
Football: Both, equally
Basketball or lacrosse: college
Soccer: neither
Added "Depends on the sport" option to poll
Sorry, realjd, soccer is dull. Baseball has real strategy. You're just not watching the game right. Soccer is slow, hockey and lacrosse are lightning fast. If you want strategy on the fly, watch those two.
Baseball and football both have times where a team is likely to score. The others don't have that "getting close to scoring" part to them.
Quote from: Brandon on March 11, 2014, 08:04:50 PM
Sorry, realjd, soccer is dull. Baseball has real strategy. You're just not watching the game right. Soccer is slow, hockey and lacrosse are lightning fast. If you want strategy on the fly, watch those two.
And you're not watching soccer right. That was exactly my point. I have absolutely no idea what goes on during a baseball game other than throwing the ball, hitting the ball (or not), rinse, repeat for 9 innings. Just like you clearly have no idea what goes on during a soccer game other than kicking the ball back and forth for 90 minutes.
Baseball is boring and getting worse with instant replay. They need pitch clocks like football has play clocks. Soccer needs more offense in whatever way it takes to get there.
Quote from: texaskdog on March 11, 2014, 08:58:13 PM
Baseball is boring and getting worse with instant replay. They need pitch clocks like football has play clocks. Soccer needs more offense in whatever way it takes to get there.
I can see that. Some of these pitchers are ridiculous with as long as they take. Then we get the morons who walk into and out of batter's box constantly. Call strikes on these twits.
Quote from: Brandon on March 11, 2014, 09:34:00 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on March 11, 2014, 08:58:13 PM
Baseball is boring and getting worse with instant replay. They need pitch clocks like football has play clocks. Soccer needs more offense in whatever way it takes to get there.
I can see that. Some of these pitchers are ridiculous with as long as they take. Then we get the morons who walk into and out of batter's box constantly. Call strikes on these twits.
No one was as bad as Steve Trachsel with that though. If you could handle watching him pitch, you could probably handle anybody.
For me:
NFL > NCAAFB (opinion would probably change if SEC fan)
NCAABB > NBA
Basketball: Both college and pro
Baseball: Pro
Football: College
Hockey: college and pro
Soccer (Football for you Euros): Pro
No interest in college sports since my alma mater is joining the execrable Big Ten.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on March 13, 2014, 11:24:08 PM
No interest in college sports since my alma mater is joining the execrable Big Ten.
What's wrong with the Big Ten? It may not be the power conference it used to be, but it's always competitive and makes for entertaining competitions.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on March 13, 2014, 11:24:08 PM
No interest in college sports since my alma mater is joining the execrable Big Ten.
People need to stop believing everything the
Equine-ass
SEC
Promotion
Network tells them. They're still pissy that the B1G chose to make their own network.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on March 13, 2014, 11:24:08 PM
No interest in college sports since my alma mater is joining the execrable Big Ten.
The feeling is mutual.
To actually contribute to this thread, I prefer college sports over pro. Growing up in the Quad Cities, I never really had a geographic pro team to be loyal to, but it was easy for me to jump on the local Hawkeye bandwagon (I have since become a Michigan State fan, but that's another story).
Some college sports can be fun to watch but I will always prefer watching athletes who are fairly compensated for their labor in a multi-billion dollar industry.
There is a certain appeal to college hoops, though, because smaller schools can compete more readily with big schools. Look at Wichita State this year.
Before I moved to Nebraska, I would have definitely said pro sports are better. But having lived here since 1996, I can appreciate what college sports are about much better, since Nebraska has no real pro teams to speak of. (While it's fun to go to an Omaha Storm Chasers baseball game, the fact remains they are a farm team of the Kansas City Royals, so they can't count for anything.) OTOH, the only college sport I can say that is truly better than its pro counterpart is basketball, because the NBA is fixed, as far as I am concerned. Football is equal and so is hockey. (I personally believe every team ever in hockey has the same goal celebration, FWIW.) I'm never seen pro volleyball to see if it compares to college volleyball, so I can't fairly say on that one, and everything else seems to favor the pros. I can definitely say pro soccer is better than college soccer for sure.
Quote from: realjd on March 14, 2014, 03:23:01 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on March 13, 2014, 11:24:08 PM
No interest in college sports since my alma mater is joining the execrable Big Ten.
What's wrong with the Big Ten? It may not be the power conference it used to be, but it's always competitive and makes for entertaining competitions.
Nothing wrong with the Big Ten - except for my school joining it - it's a midwestern league, and always will be.
Quote from: Brandon on March 14, 2014, 04:07:17 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on March 13, 2014, 11:24:08 PM
No interest in college sports since my alma mater is joining the execrable Big Ten.
People need to stop believing everything the Equine-ass SEC Promotion Network tells them. They're still pissy that the B1G chose to make their own network.
I don't really care about the Big Ten Network, as I will not be watching it (though I do admit to an intense dislike of Delany's "partner" in that venture, Murdoch's FoX).