# Stupidest "sport" you've seen televised **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 20, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656 "2018-09-20T22:16:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/121 "2018-09-28T10:21:57Z")
I saw Competition Checkers on ESPN once. Sadly it was nothing like it is on sitcoms where one player is able to somehow jump 10 checkers at once in a single move. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/122 "2018-09-28T13:10:24Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > - And that if you want to become a top pro, it helps to be named “Phil”. Hell, you didn’t even mention Phil Gordon or Phil Galfond. The hell is it with Phils? I’m convinced if I change by name to Phil my poker skills will be twice as good. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/123 "2018-09-28T13:26:30Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Sorry, guys–you’re all wrong. There’s only one answer to this thread: > The stupidest sport is the [TWO-man luge](https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=5vqpW4OmJ83bwALqhLfABg&q=2+man+luge&oq=2+man+luge&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l3j0i22i30k1l7.1681.4127.0.5071.12.11.1.0.0.0.223.1303.0j7j1.8.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..3.9.1307...0i131k1.0.518Toy2qDjs) > > Now , okay, the luge is understandable as a sport. Go sledding like a kid, but even faster. Fine, I get the idea. Looks like fun, actually. > But the frickin’ TWO-MAN luge? > > HUH? Who thought up that idea? > "Hey, Joe, I’ve got a great idea!Lets tell two grown men in skin-tight suits to _lay down on top of each other in public, with one guy’s junk pressed against the other guys butt crack_. > But we’ll call it a sport, so that makes it okay. Sounds like a sport to me. Possibly not a spectator sport. ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/124 "2018-09-29T01:06:38Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Sorry, guys–you’re all wrong. There’s only one answer to this thread: > The stupidest sport is the [TWO-man luge](https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=5vqpW4OmJ83bwALqhLfABg&q=2+man+luge&oq=2+man+luge&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l3j0i22i30k1l7.1681.4127.0.5071.12.11.1.0.0.0.223.1303.0j7j1.8.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..3.9.1307...0i131k1.0.518Toy2qDjs) > > Now , okay, the luge is understandable as a sport. Go sledding like a kid, but even faster. Fine, I get the idea. Looks like fun, actually. > But the frickin’ TWO-MAN luge? > > HUH? Who thought up that idea? > "Hey, Joe, I’ve got a great idea!Lets tell two grown men in skin-tight suits to _lay down on top of each other in public, with one guy’s junk pressed against the other guys butt crack_. > But we’ll call it a sport, so that makes it okay. The great thing about Luge - it’s possibly the only sport you could do involuntarily - and still win. ‘No! No! Noooooooooooooooo!’ ‘Whattya mean - I won?’ Or it could be won by someone who was already dead. ‘Today, George Kalas won his 76th straight world championship in Luge when teammates strapped his limp corpse onto the sled and sent him down the track’. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/125 "2018-09-29T02:16:27Z")
> [@Plumpudding](#): > > I was gonna say rock paper scissors… > > So instead I’ll mention [World Sauna Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Sauna_Championships)! Rather than continue killing off Russians, the Finns give the world [kukkamekkokorkokenkäsuohiihto](https://youtu.be/95mZVC9PEfw). ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/126 "2018-09-29T22:50:53Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [I watched miniature golf on ESPN back in the day.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4s-3DCB9s) I have played (real) golf with [this guy](http://www.proputters.com/NewFebPlayers/pros/vance_randall.htm) before. 1960’s Putter of the Decade! Do youtube count? [How about this then](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH6Oba774sA)? (Ping Pong using a large ball, and your head as a paddle) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/127 "2018-09-29T23:33:20Z")
Football. Any form. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/128 "2018-09-30T20:54:58Z")
[Face slapping.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nUiC5RrI_A) Impressive how they can remain balanced and coherent after a few rounds of that. Not to mention resist the undoubtedly powerful temptation to escalate. Real professionals. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/129 "2018-10-10T16:51:21Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Wow - never guessed I’d insult a fan so quickly! Apologies. Didn’t mean to suggest it was not difficult. Only that it impressed me as silly - as I said most sports do. > > But using your criteria, let’s see what common athletic endeavors can be made “more dangerous and thrilling” by adding in an animal? Well, besides the obvious of water polo! Rhino golf? Moose diving? Hey, start off with the animal and add some wheels - Roller Bullfighting! j ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/130 "2018-10-10T16:58:11Z")
Sorry, got distracted. What I really meant to say was, back in the day Fred Trueman, who really was one of cricket’s greats, hosted an appalling TV show called Indoor League ([The Indoor League - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Indoor_League)). This was a veritable compendium of (televised) stupid sports. "\*The Indoor League was a pub games competition series that was produced by Yorkshire Television and aired from 1972 until 1977. The programme was hosted by England cricketer Fred Trueman. The first series (1972) competition was first transmitted by ITV on Thursday 5 April 1973 at 1 pm and ran for the following 6 weeks… Trueman often wore a cardigan whilst smoking a pipe throughout his links. He always ended the show with the phrase, “ah’ll see thee”. The show featured many indoor games, the majority of which were pub games, each of which had a prize of £100 for the competition winners. The sports included darts, pool, bar billiards, bar skittles, table football (a.k.a. foosball), arm wrestling and shove ha’penny amongst others.\* " Whew. j ---
**Author:** ![DB\_Coopa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DB\_Coopa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DB_Coopa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/131 "2018-10-31T10:53:20Z")
Drone Flying ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/132 "2018-10-31T12:34:03Z")
Pigeon wrestling. Okay, that’s not a sport - I made that up. But perhaps it should be a sport? I can assure you: it would be pretty stupid. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/133 "2018-10-31T13:04:28Z")
> [@DB\_Coopa](#): > > Drone Flying They just need to make the courses harder so that we get spectacular crashes. Now that I think about it, they need to make a kind of Rollerball-type drone sport. There are already robot fight. Or teams of drones fighting each other with airsoft/paintball guns (in an enclosed area). ---
**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:** [October 31, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/134 "2018-10-31T13:50:07Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Pigeon wrestling. > > Okay, that’s not a sport - I made that up. But perhaps it should be a sport? I can assure you: it would be pretty stupid. Two pigeons wrestling each other or a man wrestling a pigeon? Or maybe two men in pigeon costumes trying to wrestle but their arms are inside big fake wings so no grappling is possible. (I’d probably at least want to see that once if it existed.) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656/135 "2018-11-01T23:16:19Z")
> [@divemaster](#): > > 20-30 years ago I saw some weird sport on TV where people on bicycles were trying to play soccer or something. If I recall, they had to use the wheels of the bike to “kick” the soccer ball. Sounds ridiculous? It looked ridiculous. I think it might have been something Ted Turner came up with. Sounds like [motoball](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motoball), which was featured in the Turner-created Goodwill Games, but dates back to the 1930’s. I’ll add [sport stacking](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32rFIYq88MU) to the list of nominations. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-sport-youve-seen-televised/821656.md?page=6)