# Sports competition ideas that were so unpopular they were dropped almost immediately **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 21, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425 "2021-04-21T05:20:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425/42 "2021-04-27T03:59:14Z")
It’s actually pretty tough (close to impossible) for away fans to get tickets let alone anywhere other than in their designated sections for football games. As an aside the quickest to get kicked off the grounds is to wear away colors anywhere other than the designated section. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425/43 "2021-04-27T05:19:03Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Good news, everyone! [43-Man Squamish survives](https://43-mansquamish.weebly.com/) Holy crap I haven’t even thought of that “sport” in many years. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425/44 "2021-04-27T15:14:22Z")
I heard is was especially popular in SW BC. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425/45 "2021-04-28T01:00:02Z")
lol sounds like bill Watterson’s “aroundball” ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425/46 "2021-04-28T02:31:37Z")
Well, there was Contact Cricket, where they had both teams on the field together and they could only handle the ball with lacrosse sticks and … and … and I think I have to stop eating that extra sharp cheddar before bed because that stuff gives me strange dreams. ---
**Author:** ![stuccosuperstar2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425/47 "2021-04-30T22:56:26Z")
One would be WCW in 1992 when old-timey promoter/wrestler Bill Watts took over. He banned top rope moves despite having two of the most popular flying wrestlers in the country, Brian Pillman and Jushin Liger on the roster. I think he was gone by the end of the year or soon after that and the rule was immediately reversed. ---
**Author:** ![stuccosuperstar2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425/48 "2021-04-30T23:00:10Z")
A lot of promotions most notably Memphis banned the piledriver. Not just because, regardless of cooperation between the two wrestlers, its still a dangerous move, but to sell to the fans as such and got so much heat when it was given while the ref was down. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425/49 "2021-04-30T23:21:34Z")
How long did “international objects” survive? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425/50 "2021-05-01T19:31:01Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > The Formula One qualifying format in 2016 didn’t last long That’s what I came to say, too. It was so obtuse, I never understood what they were trying to do. Also, F1 banned ‘Ground Effects’ after it started killing people. I wish they would get rid of this stupid and somewhat unfair DRS system of today. I don’t and have never liked it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-competition-ideas-that-were-so-unpopular-they-were-dropped-almost-immediately/940425.md?page=2)