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Speaking of sports most people look down upon. I'm happy that the Olympics with its Womens Figure Skating will soon be here. -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Jan 5 '10, 12:52

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Curling! - Callisto Jan 5, 12:55 6
- What happened to him? -- nm - David Jan 5, 13:04 4
  - Looks like the gang split up. One of them is the skipper for the 2010 US team. - Callisto Jan 5, 13:07 3
    - I'm surprised you haven't twitter-stalked him. -- nm - David Jan 5, 13:11 2
      - He's not out there. -- nm - Callisto Jan 5, 13:15 1
        
        Not even the pizza place? -- nm - David Jan 5, 13:21
- I hope to see some more of that. I'd started to like it in Torino -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 12:58
*prepares for the "it's not a sport" discusssion* (nm) - Happy mu Year! Jan 5, 12:54
Don't you mean Men's? -- nm - Katarina Witt Jan 5, 12:53 1
- don't make me hurt you (again) -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 12:55
I prefer pairs. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 12:53 5
- tangentially, I'll admit, i never cared for ice dancing until Belbin/Agosto came along -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 12:54 4
  - I'm not really an ice dancing fan, but the old Torvill and Dean routines are still great. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 13:01 3
    - I like Davis & White a lot - even more than Belbin/Agosto at this point. - Diva Jan 5, 13:08 2
      - you're probably a bit more objective on this than I :) -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 13:10 1
        
        I hope those 3 couples make it up there. Either American couple could place first and I'd be pleased. -- nm - Diva Jan 5, 13:11
What is the sport that most people look down on? -- nm - psilotum Jan 5, 12:53 15
- Anything that is determined by judges alone. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 5, 13:00 13
  - like beating a throw to a base, travelling, or ball placement for first downs? -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 13:01 6
    - Don't listen to Will. Argue with my good point below about "artisitc merit". (nm) - Happy mu Year! Jan 5, 13:03 2
      - Then gymnastics is a sport now. -- nm - Dano Jan 5, 13:08 1
        
        Yes. You convinced me of that a long time ago. (nm) - Happy mu Year! Jan 5, 13:10
    - See...judges alone. You fail reading comprehension. - Will Hunting Jan 5, 13:03 2
      - I don't know about your example, but if Sasha Cohen had landed that one jump (an atheletic endeavor) she wins. - crash davis Jan 5, 13:06 1
        
        she already won in my book -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 5, 13:07
  - with figure skating it's more cut and dry. execute your program completely, don't fall, and you get the points -- nm - fatsquatch Jan 5, 13:00 5
    - The new gymnastics scoring system is also more objective than in the past. - Dano Jan 5, 13:06
    - I'd modify Will's definition to say whenever the winner can be determined by something like "artistic merit". (nm) - Happy mu Year! Jan 5, 13:02 3
      - calling a fake punt on 4th and 9 on your own 33 has artistic merit -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 13:08 2
        
        Lady in the Water has artistic merit, doesn't make it a sport. (nm) - Happy mu Year! Jan 5, 13:11 1
        
        I won't argue the second part, but some may argue the first. And yup, - crash davis Jan 5, 13:14
- I'd say that at least here, soccer and NASCAR have its detractors, but as far as the least favorite, I'm not sure -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 12:57

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