"Contrary To Popular Belief".....thread

Football>Basketball> Baseball> Soccer. The World Cup is lit though.
 
I'm not saying baseball doesn't require skill.
I'm just saying it's not a low barrier of entry in professional soccer.

IN MY OPINION


i actually think hitting a baseball requires some of the most skill in all of pro sports

we gone agree to disagree on this one - and on eating those baby birds too
 
I'm not saying baseball doesn't require skill.
I'm just saying it's not a low barrier of entry in professional soccer.

IN MY OPINION
It easier to kick and dribble a soccer ball than hit a 100 mph fastball or a curveball.
 
i actually think hitting a baseball requires some of the most skill in all of pro sports

Yup. Hitting a round ball thats coming at 90+ mph from 60ft away with a round bat.

Think its like 0.4seconds reaction time to hit a 95mph fastball
 
I agree hitting a ball coming at you 100 miles an hour is extremely impressive

But soccer is not just kicking a ball like baseball is not just hitting a ball
juking defenders 1 on 1 then kicking the ball precisely past a goal keeper is just as impressive as a home run to me.
Messi goals are amazing feats of athleticism
 
I agree hitting a ball coming at you 100 miles an hour is extremely impressive

But I also think juking defenders 1 on 1 then kicking the ball precisely past a goal keeper is just as impressive. Messi goals are amazing feats of athleticism
True,
 
"i never sleep cause sleep is the cousin of death" - Nasty Nas

ya, actually no sleep will indirectly cause death :lol: get yall sleep game on point :nthat:

seriously....living to work, omg yay you. sit your *** down somewhere sometimes.

he didn't, he dry snitched...its different.

Hours after his sexual encounter with a hotel employee in Colorado, Kobe Bryant told investigators that Shaquille O'Neal, his Laker teammate at the time, had paid up to $1 million to women to keep them quiet about "situations like this," according to a police report.

http://articles.latimes.com/2004/sep/29/sports/sp-bryant29

idk man, seems like some pretty moist *** tale tattling to me.




hitting a major league baseball is probably the hardest single task in sports, but you can't ignore that players literally spend half the game standing in place.

underrated difficulty levels: covering an NFL receiver, stopping 40 shots in an NHL game.
 
But thats the thing... You might be standing around in say right field for three innings with no action. Then all of a sudden you gotta react to to a line drive in the gap and make a throw to third base (farthest throw on the diamond).
 
Nah, Kobe a snitch.

Dry snitching a whole other thing.

Kobe talked to the police. Probably was panicking like a ***** and thought maybe if he mentioned Shaq's name and that he did it that would get him out of his rape charge.
 
To be honest, you cant really compare Football to any of the other major sports since

  1. Guys dont play both ways (Pause)
  2. Its WAY more violent, and that can be a positive or negative depending on the viewer
The Super Bowl and the BCS National championship game are normally the most exciting ones to watch though. Also Soccer doesn't help itself with tie's
 
But thats the thing... You might be standing around in say right field for three innings with no action. Then all of a sudden you gotta react to to a line drive in the gap and make a throw to third base (farthest throw on the diamond).

I'm not totally downplaying the skill involved, just contrasting it with soccer, which DEMANDS 90 minutes of active competition. no line changes, no timeouts, RUN.


still, I think being an NFL QB is the hardest overall job in sports.

"all right kid, here's an entire book full of complicated 11-man attack formations. memorize them all so you can evaluate game situations and make a decision in under 3 seconds while freakishly athletic 300lb men try to kill you specifically.

be sure to know where all 22 players on the field are at all times and understand their roles and intentions before you do anything at all, and for the love of God don't throw the ball even slightly off-target or we will lose and everyone will blame you. no, it doesn't matter if the guy you threw it to can't catch.

wait, you can throw a ball into a mailbox from across the street 10 times out of 10, can't you?"
 
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I'm not totally downplaying the skill involved, just contrasting it with soccer, which DEMANDS 60 minutes of active competition. no line changes, no timeouts, RUN.


still, I think being an NFL QB is the hardest overall job in sports.

"all right kid, here's an entire book full of complicated 11-man attack formations. memorize them all so you can evaluate game situations and make a decision in under 3 seconds while freakishly athletic 300lb men try to kill you specifically.

be sure to know where all 22 players on the field are at all times and understand their roles and intentions before you do anything at all, and for the love of God don't throw the ball even slightly off-target or we will lose and everyone will blame you. no, it doesn't matter if the guy you threw it to can't catch.

wait, you can throw a ball into a mailbox from across the street 10 times out of 10, can't you?"
2 Minute drill:pimp:
Audible's:pimp:
Roughing the passer :smh:
Defenseless Receiver :smh:
 
Football is composed of the best athletes on the planet earth regardless of sport.
 
Used to love football until this type of **** started becoming so blatant

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what IS the best athlete? the biggest? the fastest? the strongest?

track stars are actually the fastest humans on the planet.

rugby players do a lot of the same things football players do without pads.

you might be surprised by the actual physical abilities of an ice skater, power, speed, force.

sumo wrestlers are INSANE athletes, the strength it takes to move a body that size explosively is staggering.

championship MMA fighters beat each other up for almost half an hour at a time...you ever fight even for 3 minutes at once?


it's about applying skill sets to a pursuit...there's some kid in a dirt village who would make an amazing gymnast and an NFL LB who could be a world champion boxer.
 
Missionary is better than hitting from the back.

Don C was more influential to pop culture fashion wise than Kanye.

Kevin Hart was never funny.
 
what IS the best athlete? the biggest? the fastest? the strongest?

track stars are actually the fastest humans on the planet.

rugby players do a lot of the same things football players do without pads.

you might be surprised by the actual physical abilities of an ice skater, power, speed, force.

sumo wrestlers are INSANE athletes, the strength it takes to move a body that size explosively is staggering.

championship MMA fighters beat each other up for almost half an hour at a time...you ever fight even for 3 minutes at once?


it's about applying skill sets to a pursuit...there's some kid in a dirt village who would make an amazing gymnast and an NFL LB who could be a world champion boxer.
Combination of all 3. Strength speed and size. Football players at multiple positions can be 80% the speed of sprinters while being 220+ and still strong. I just don’t think we can find combinations like that in sports other than Rugby.
 
Footballs boring man. 4hr game with 11min of actual game play.
 
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