OK, never mind about what your FAVORITE sport is, this poll is all about what the BEST sport to WATCH is...

I'll include the major sports and an "other" choice. If you pick "other", please specify what sport. The "other" category will also supply the comedy option.

I was the first vote.



I'm a Red Sox fan.


I don't think I need to explain further.

I think basketball is almost always fun to watch. Football is a close second. Baseball is something I watch while I'm doing something else, just like golf and spelling bees.

Monty

Better on TV:

Golf
Pro Football
Outdoor Lacrosse

Better Live:

Hockey
Indoor Lacrosse
College Football
Soccer
Baseball

Pretty much sucks either way:

Basketball



Obviously my vote was for Hockey, there's nothing like being at an NHL game to get your adrenaline running.

Football is by far my favorite sport but I have to put hockey as the best sport to watch live (sucks on TV)

Also auto racing is great live.

Lacrosse. NOBODY is sober, including the players. Music playing the whole time, which would normally be distracting, but in this case it just enhances the party atmosphere in the building. Hockey a close second (live of course).

Yeah, gotta love a sport where the players are *encouraged* to hit each other with their sticks.

Knighthawks games are just an insane party, so much fun...

"Goalie....Goalie...GOALIE...YOU SUCK!!!"

Can't forget the fights. Lacrosse fights are way too much fun.

Only problem with Lacrosse fights is that the equipment is too hard to get off, so they just end up punching each other in the helmet.

Hockey Fights are simple, drop the gloves, throw your head forward so your helmet goes flying, good to go.

Basketball easy.

The reason is simple, you can see the players and the ball along with everything else thats important as plain as day. It's pure athleticism, skill and teamwork.

Football is a good spectator sport, but there is to much time between plays sometimes.

Hockey sucks because its a pain to see where the puck is all the time. I would rather watch Lacrosse, exspecially the Duke team (bad joke of the day). I don't watch sports to see fights, if that was the case i'd be a boxing fan.

Hockey becomes much easier to follow the more you watch it. I've been watching hockey live and on TV for 15+ years (plus I played for a few years), and my eyes can track that puck better than the camera operators sometimes. They'll pan away from the action thinking that they know where the puck is, and I'll start yelling at the TV because they're cutting away from the action.

If you watch the players movements, not the puck, it's much easier to track the action.

I don't watch hockey or lacrosse for the fights either, but every now and then I like to see a couple of guys throw down out there.

I had to pick "other" and go with MMA events, such as UFC. Fights in the crowds, and if someone has a hometown advantage, the opposing fighters gets absolutely abused. It's like going to hockey to see the players fight or going to NASCAR to see the wrecks, only you're assured of it happening non-stop.

I like going to baseball and basketball games a lot, but I think the experience of going to a big league baseball stadium is second to none. There's something seriously magical about it. The grass, the smells, sounds, warm summer days... Ahh...

Hockey is the best live, American football for TV.

Please specify college basketball, NBA is terrible live or on TV.


I'm a soccer fan so I find soccer games live or on TV most interesting, but in general you have to give it up to the NFL...and hockey being a close 2nd. Having a good seat at a live NFL game is just as dope as watching one on TV.

nothing beats college basketball

Rugby's my favourite sport to watch on tv by far. Live it depends how big the ground is because in a large stadium it's hard to see what's going on in the forwards.

Water Polo.

Greatest sport ever to watch and play.

They no longer play it but i imagine gladiators VS lions must have been the bomb in the roman coliseum.

Give Blood...Play Rugby


--edit: shoot, I didn't see your post there filesharer...thought I would be first for rugby :slow face:

Gotta go with Hockey on this one

Best game to watch in person is definitely hockey. Football is better seen on televsion. Baseball is the best to listen to on the radio.

Indoor Soccer pwns.

Outdoor soccer also pwns.

Because there is no indoor soccer choice, I put Eurpean futbol.

While I said that hockey is the best to be seen in person, I would take World Series tickets over Stanley Cup tickets anyday...but that's just me.

Drag Racing.

Going to a football (soccer) match in Europe is an experience like no other. I've been to the World Series, NBA playoff games, etc. and have to say that the environment and sheer excitement level/energy at the game make it by far the most exciting sport for me.

Indoor Soccer, AINEC.

Outdoor soccer and futsal (indoor) both rule..

Football (soccer) as proved by the vast majority of the world.

Fighting: Boxing and MMA
Hockey

Cricket (Live)

Aussie Rules Football (Television)

Surprised I haven't seen Tractor Pulling......