# Sporting Goods Thunderdome

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sporting-goods-thunderdome/755188>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 19, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sporting-goods-thunderdome/755188 "2016-05-19T21:50:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Dante\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sporting-goods-thunderdome/755188/1 "2016-05-19T21:50:56Z")

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Inspired by the Home Depot Thunderdome …  
The Sporting Goods Thunderdome!

Again, even though most sporting goods stores sell guns and bows/cross bows - they are excluded from the competition.

No armor. No guns. No bows.

One weapon of choice. FIGHT!

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sporting-goods-thunderdome/755188/2 "2016-05-19T22:31:55Z")

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I’ll take a metal baseball bat.

(I’m not very creative.)

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**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sporting-goods-thunderdome/755188/3 "2016-05-19T22:37:11Z")

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Knives. Most sporting good stores I have ever been to were treasure troves of knives.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sporting-goods-thunderdome/755188/4 "2016-05-19T22:49:08Z")

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Do martial arts pads count as armor?  
I would pick any martial art weapon they sold, but if that doesn’t count, the either a bat or a hockey stick…or a small golf bag full of irons.

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**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sporting-goods-thunderdome/755188/5 "2016-05-22T15:32:32Z")

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Weed whacker

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**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sporting-goods-thunderdome/755188/6 "2016-05-22T15:33:38Z")

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Lol I guess that’s for the Home Depot thread