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That has nothing to do with the competition and everything to do with "your" bizarre culture and the BBC's interpretation/promotion of same.
As someone who has done it, I can assure you that a four mile race in eights on a river course is bloody difficult.
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Oh, I'm never disappointed by it. It's a marvellous occasion. But it is completely and utterly pointless. It's like the country stopped every year to watch the fucking Eton Wall Game.Last edited by Rogin the Armchair fan; 12-06-2019, 14:16.
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Oh, add doubles tennis to the list for endless unnecessary fist bumps and high fives.
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Collecting a football from the top of a plinth before a football match - whoever put it there in the first place should simply give it to the referee in his dressing room instead.
Also, this act being shown between 6 and 8 times per episode of Match of the Day.
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1) Football players who are seemingly unable to remember that removing their shirts after scoring a goal gets you a yellow card.
2) The very fact that a booking exists for this at all.
3) Goalkeepers who try to stop the their opponents from picking the ball out of the net after the latter have pulled a goal back, If you need to delay the kick off then simply walk back more slowly to the halfway line.
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One wonders if batsmen would consciously become more aggressive in overs 20-25,/which wouldn't be a bad thing.
Would be worth trialing, rather unlike The Hundred.
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Originally posted by Rogin the Armchair fan View PostIn 50-over one day games, what about splitting the innings? 25 overs each side then start again where they were (ie at 120 for 3, same batsmen come out and carry on?). Would that be fairer re conditions and would it work?
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In 50-over one day games, what about splitting the innings? 25 overs each side then start again where they were (ie at 120 for 3, same batsmen come out and carry on?). Would that be fairer re conditions and would it work?
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Originally posted by tee rex View PostAnyway, the toss in sport is a particular event with a great range from vital to irrelevant. It could decide the winner (literally, back in the day, and theoretically still), it could give a huge advantage (first use of the pitch in cricket), or it could seem entirely pointless. I don't know enough about tennis to know how much serving/receiving first really matters, but certainly in football the pre-match toss has become like one of those ceremonies that open Parliament or give mayors something to do, a tradition kept on long after its original importance has faded.
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Same with free-throws in the NBA. Score one point, finger tap everyone within a ten foot radius. Score second point, repeat. Drives me nuts.
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Originally posted by Sporting View PostHigh fives between all or most of the players after just about every point won in volleyball matches.
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But it seems like the shift is happening naturally anyway
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...=.aeaa5f055db0
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High fives between all or most of the players after just about every point won in volleyball matches.
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Originally posted by Sporting View PostOne point conversion in American Football. Hardly ever misses (anyone know the, er. percentage conversion rate)?
They increased the distance for one-point coversions a few seasons ago and it did drop the rate down to around 93%. What's curious is that the success rate when going for two extra points has crept over 50%; so the expected points is greater for that option.Last edited by Kevin S; 12-06-2019, 10:44.
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Organisations' rankings in professional boxing. In fact professional boxing organisations full stop.
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One point conversion in American Football. Hardly ever misses (anyone know the, er. percentage conversion rate)?
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Originally posted by ooh aah View Post
Or just rugby league
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Football has a whole theatre of pointlessness. The manager's assistant getting out the tabletty thing and explaining at length to the 3rd sub exactly what is required, in the 93rd minute of a 3-0 win. And ... oh never mind, it'll just be another rant about the modern game, at least in the upper echelons.
Anyway, the toss in sport is a particular event with a great range from vital to irrelevant. It could decide the winner (literally, back in the day, and theoretically still), it could give a huge advantage (first use of the pitch in cricket), or it could seem entirely pointless. I don't know enough about tennis to know how much serving/receiving first really matters, but certainly in football the pre-match toss has become like one of those ceremonies that open Parliament or give mayors something to do, a tradition kept on long after its original importance has faded.
Occasionally the captain will almost look surprised when they win, and have to make a decision. Everything else was meticulously prepared, but not this. I think they should choose to change ends every time, as used to happen a lot (and still does at lower levels with slopes and wind etc). They rarely do now.
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