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Twelve Pro Sports - You Rank 'em

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by user I am a cpcp

Everyone involved with this site loves sports (some better than others) but almost all of us also have some sports we don't like as well. Now's the time to show your loyalty. Rank these 12 professional sports in order of your favorites from 1 (your true favorite) to 12 (a last resort effort to see a game). Feel free to add a sport if I missed something you really love, but try to keep to the original 12. (No college sports, please.)

Here's my list.
1) MLB - Too much to love about baseball
2) NBA - I just realized during the playoffs how much I do "love this game"
3) NFL - The Super Bowl and playoff conspiracies dropped it down to third
4) Arena Football - I just got into this since moving to Columbus, it's a great sport to watch.
5) Sand Volleyball - My favorite to play, so I like watching it too
6) Tennis - I rarely watch it, but I enjoy it when I do
7) Soccer - I keep trying to watch it, I really do
8) Golf - Interesting to watch for the first hour, great for a nap the next three
9) Boxing - Something I don't mind seeing every now and then
10) Auto Racing - I've heard you feel differently if you've actually been to a race, even so, I think people get WAY to into people driving in 200 ovals.
11) NHL - Yeah... I don't like hockey... at all really
12) Horse Racing - I just don't get the facination with horses in any regard, and I don't gamble, so I don't have that angle either


Date

Sat 07/01/06, 2:29 pm EST


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ASwaffAll-American
1246 days ago
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I understand this is just your list, but the popularity of NASCAR has to count for something. You have them WAY behind Arena Football, which is struggling badly for viewership right now. People aren't watching their games, and a big part of that is the fact that their televised games are on at the same time as NASCAR races.
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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer
1246 days ago
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I don't care, I still don't like NASCAR. And I still like Arena Football. I guess I'm lucky in the fact that I think for myself and don't base my life on what everyone else is doing. :-) How 'bout you make you're own list? That's the point of the post.
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ASwaffAll-American
1246 days ago
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I would, but my list wouldn't have 12 sports, it would have 7. There's no way I'm going to include sports I never, ever, ever watch.
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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer
1246 days ago
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I'm sorry I don't take sports as seriously as you wish. Here I thought this site was about the fun site of sports.
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ASwaffAll-American
1246 days ago
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What? I think you missed my point entirely. I was saying that I don't watch that many sports. Of all the pro sports, the only ones I watch at all are NHL, NBA, MLB, NFL, NASCAR, Arena Football and Boxing. But, since you asked, my favorites in order would be: 1)MLB (you're right, too much to love), 2)NFL (not as fun as college, but more fun than arena), 3)NBA (the championships remind me of why I love the game, but the playoffs that last like 6 months remind me of why I hate the game), 4)NASACAR (if you really take the time to learn the nuances of racing, it's really fun), 5)Arena Football (a great time if you actually go to the game), 6)NHL (not enough scoring, not enough fights), 7)Boxing (would be higher if there were actually talent worth watching anymore).


If you added another pro sports to the list, minor league baseball, I'd put that at number three. Going to an event where you get to see the future of the game at a price that's reasonable can't be beat.
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DemonboyDraft Pick
1246 days ago
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MLB, NFL, NBA In that order. Everything else I could care less about... but as a 4th & 5th, I would include College Football & College Basketball respectively...
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XinophDraft Pick
1246 days ago
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My twelve sports? MLB, NFL, college hockey, college basketball, NHL, NBA, college football, lacrosse (college and pro), F1, Indycar, tennis. I only ever watch horse racing at Derby time, and I rapidly give up on it if there's no hope for a Triple Crown that year. Other than that, I don't gamble, so I don't care. Same with boxing. Oh, and it wasn't done in the article per se, but a pet peeve: don't equate all of auto racing with NASCAR, people, there are better forms out there. To lump all of racing into one category is a little crazy.
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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer
1246 days ago
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I can see what you're saying with NASCAR, but it's all the same to me
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XinophDraft Pick
1246 days ago
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Perhaps, but it's not. NASCAR is really the lowest common denominator of auto racing, IMO.
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FriskysmanVarsity Captain
1246 days ago
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MLB, college football, NFL, NBA...with NBA not even close to NFL. I keep it pretty simple.
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FriskysmanVarsity Captain
1246 days ago
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Just now saw the note about not including college sports. Oops. Oh well. My list would be really bare without them.
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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer
1246 days ago
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1. NHL (great game to watch), 2. Auto Racing (particularly F1/Moto GP), 3. NFL (not too much of it), 4. Soccer, 5. MLB, 6. Golf (not that boring), 7. Tennis (same as golf, but Britain are useless at it), 8. NBA (never really got into it), 9. Boxing (The fights start at about midnight over here), 10. Sand Volleyball (Beach Volleyball as we call it. It strikes me no-one really cares about who wins...), 11. Arena Football (I don't know what it is, but it must be better than no.12...) 12. Horse Racing (only decent if you actually gamble (I imagine)).
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DrpatriotAll-American
1246 days ago
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Anyone else ever watch lacrosse? They show it every once and a while on ESPN2 or OLN, and it's pretty cool.
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ShrubberyVarsity Captain
1246 days ago
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Bwahahahahaha...MLB AND NBA over the NFL?! It is to laugh. What a crock.
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ChachiOSUDraft Pick
1246 days ago
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1. MLB, 2. NFL, 3. Soccer, 4. NBA, 5. NHL and then honestly my interest wanes greatly. I like Arena football live, but not on tv. I like women's beach volleyball for obvious reasons not involving sports. I like to flip by the golf on tv just to check the leaderboard. Tennis and boxing have been really dying the last 5-10 years for me, but I still might tune in for a really big match. Horse racing is always fun to gamble on at the bar, even when you have no idea what race from where you are watching and I don't find auto racing that interesting at all really.
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BigPPupMajor Leaguer
1246 days ago
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NFL,NBA,MLB, but Id take college football and/or basketball over NBA or MLB, as far as the rest of the sports go Ill watch and follow them through highlights but not going out of my way to view them.
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Jgov05All-American
1245 days ago
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1. NFL

2. NCAA Football 3. MLB 4. March Madness 5. NBA

6. Golf
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