So like, I'm sitting here after work, at a bar, eating the best wings in the state and drinking a lager and they have Olympic  soccer on the TV and it hits me

Shrink the field by a third, maybe a half, reduce players on the field to five plus the goalie, and allow players to check each other (seriously, all these stops because some dude touched another dude's arm is ridiculous).
Bam, instant game worth watching.

A bunch of guys from my high school soccer team used to get together and play full contact soccer used to get together and play soccer where the whoever had possession of the ball could be tackled and the goalie could hit anyone inside the 18.

Shit was fun as fuck until one of our starting defenders broke their leg

See now that sounds like fucking fun.

You sound like you'd enjoy GAA

What is this and is it basically hockey without ice or sticks, because that sounds very enjoyable.

Quote from: Zizzy on August 20, 2016, 01:10:32 PM

You sound like you'd enjoy GAA

What is this and is it basically hockey without ice or sticks, because that sounds very enjoyable.

Gaelic football is like high contact, high scoring and much faster paced soccer and Hurling is like Gaelic with sticks and a smaller ball (and is also the fastest field sport in the world)

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on August 20, 2016, 01:13:38 PM

Quote from: Zizzy on August 20, 2016, 01:10:32 PM

You sound like you'd enjoy GAA

What is this and is it basically hockey without ice or sticks, because that sounds very enjoyable.

Gaelic football is like high contact, high scoring and much faster paced soccer and Hurling is like Gaelic with sticks and a smaller ball (and is also the fastest field sport in the world)

That sounds like a spot worth watching. Why is this not more popular?

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on August 20, 2016, 01:20:10 PM

Quote from: Zizzy on August 20, 2016, 01:18:23 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on August 20, 2016, 01:13:38 PM

Quote from: Zizzy on August 20, 2016, 01:10:32 PM

You sound like you'd enjoy GAA

What is this and is it basically hockey without ice or sticks, because that sounds very enjoyable.

Gaelic football is like high contact, high scoring and much faster paced soccer and Hurling is like Gaelic with sticks and a smaller ball (and is also the fastest field sport in the world)

That sounds like a spot worth watching. Why is this not more popular?

I have no idea, GAA sports are literally the most entertaining ones going. I mean, here's a good description I found online about Hurling

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An Irish sport which appears to be a hybrid of field hockey, soccer, football and unremitting, pants-wetting terror.

The game is played with axe-like sticks called hurleys or "camáns" and a small, hard ball. Two teams, each with 15 Irishmen of questionable mental stability attempt to score goals by smacking the ball as hard as possible, at head height and at terrifying speeds.

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Although a well-hit ball can travel at speeds of almost 100 miles per hour, hurling players wear no protective gear. Players can choose to wear a helmet, but many choose not to, figuring if God had wanted men to wear helmets, he wouldn't have given them those ball-deflecting skulls.

How does that not sound like the best thing ever?

That so goddamn badass, holy shit.

Sounds like best sport to me.

That's not a picture of a baseball player though.

Baseball is easily the worst team sport

Cause Derek Jeter is the only reason why the Yankees dominated the 90s and early 2000s

Quote from: TBlocks on August 20, 2016, 01:15:05 PM

Sounds like best sport to me.

That's not a picture of a baseball player though.

I honestly can't watch baseball if I'm not drinking.  Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring.

Quote from: Jono on August 20, 2016, 07:48:16 PM

Quote from: Luciana on August 20, 2016, 07:44:56 PM

Best thing to happen to baseball in the last century is when they made a rule to hurry it the fuck up with pitches

Like I've said before, its alright that you don't like baseball. Its a sport for smart people.

You mean gay people

Only Yankees fans

Quote from: Luciana on August 20, 2016, 08:15:03 PM

Quote from: Jono on August 20, 2016, 07:48:16 PM

Quote from: Luciana on August 20, 2016, 07:44:56 PM

Best thing to happen to baseball in the last century is when they made a rule to hurry it the fuck up with pitches

Like I've said before, its alright that you don't like baseball. Its a sport for smart people.

That's one of the most passive aggressive ways you could have implied I'm stupid.

btw, it's*

it is



And I was implying it was so slow paced that it's hard to watch an entire game. I'm saying it's a good thing they sped it up, because the time between plays added up to be painfully slow. The same shit happens with professional Football.

You are stupid though and the reason why its great is because the game isn't timed.

That's what makes it SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING

The only people who like baseball are Mexicans and old men way past their prime

David Ortiz is 40 years old and this is his last season and he's having one of the best seasons of his entire career.

Nolan Ryan was in his mid 40s and still was able to throw 95mph+ pitches

Alex Rodriguez was 39 years old last year and still hit 33 homeruns

Mariano Rivera saved 44 games in his last year at the age of 42

Ted Williams at the age of 41 batted over .310 in his last season