# Where Do You Think Sports Threads Should Go? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 24, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516 "2007-04-24T21:37:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/1 "2007-04-24T21:37:24Z")
I don’t think there is a general board policy, but it seems that general sports threads (i.e. not Pits, GD or GQs) end up equally in Cafe Society and in MPSIMS. Where do you think they properly go? My opinion, Cafe Society, since sports seems to me to be primarily entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/2 "2007-04-24T21:55:51Z")
[QUOTE=Gangster Octopus] I don’t think there is a general board policy, but it seems that general sports threads (i.e. not Pits, GD or GQs) end up equally in Cafe Society and in MPSIMS. Where do you think they properly go? My opinion, Cafe Society, since sports seems to me to be primarily entertainment. [/QUOTE] I seem to recall this topic coming up once before, and I tend to agree with you that Cafe Society makes the most sense. In all honesty, I don’t really care exactly where it goes, except that I’d like it to be in one place. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/3 "2007-04-24T22:47:05Z")
I think they need their own category. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/4 "2007-04-24T23:01:21Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I think they need their own category. [/QUOTE] Like, another message board ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/5 "2007-04-24T23:04:52Z")
Cafe. It’s entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/6 "2007-04-25T00:44:23Z")
Mpsims ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/7 "2007-04-25T00:48:39Z")
Regardless of your feelings about any aspect of sports, it’s entertainment, and therefore belongs in Cafe Society. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/8 "2007-04-25T00:50:44Z")
Cafe Society by all means, unless we are talking about the Yankees. Then it’s The Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/9 "2007-04-25T00:56:46Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Cafe Society by all means, unless we are talking about the Yankees. Then it’s The Pit. [/QUOTE] I’m quickly beginning to feel this way about the Angels as well, my brother. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/10 "2007-04-25T01:21:53Z")
IMHO. Other than specific records nearly all sports related topics would be a matter of opinion. Who’s the best receiver in football? Who’s the best first base man? Could Michael Jordan beat Doctor J. The answers will be opinions all. Sports just doesn’t fit well with music, TV and books. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/11 "2007-04-25T01:27:44Z")
[QUOTE=Stuffy] IMHO. Other than specific records nearly all sports related topics would be a matter of opinion. Who’s the best receiver in football? Who’s the best first base man? Could Michael Jordan beat Doctor J. The answers will be opinions all. Sports just doesn’t fit well with music, TV and books. [/QUOTE] Eh… I don’t know… Who was the greatest author of the nineteenth century? What were the five greatest episodes of BUFFY of all time? Did Marisa Tomei deserve her Academy Award? Sascha Baron Cohen? As Pirelli? Really? How bad an idea is this? The answers to these questions will be opinions as well, but clearly belong in Cafe Society (else why _have_ a Cafe Society?). Although I’d be for distributing sports throughout the various forums as appropriate, too. I mean, when Roger Clemens does what Roger Clemens is inevitably going to do and rejoins the Pinstriped Armies of Hell, I’d like to be able to express my feelings about the situation in a way that isn’t really Cafe Society-friendly. But oh, well. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/12 "2007-04-25T01:41:18Z")
Great Debates. Seriously. I don’t go in there very often, so they won’t bug me. Put gun threads and American Idol threads in there too… and maybe make the whole forum invisible. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/13 "2007-04-25T02:09:52Z")
[QUOTE=essell] Like, another message board ? 😃 [/QUOTE] Why not have a Sports category here? We have a Cafe Society area for discussions of movies and books and such. I don’t recall anyone saying that should be on another message board. **There are no good sports message boards on the Internet.** Not that I’ve ever seen, anyway. What there are are just brutal, absolute cesspits of idiocy. A Sports category on the Dope would be immensely valuable to sports fans like yours truly. I’d pay more for that. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/14 "2007-04-25T04:41:10Z")
Don’t get me started. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/15 "2007-04-25T05:03:27Z")
Previous threads with free bonus replies from our overlords: > **[Should we have a sports-only forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=396701)** > > Mainly because sports don’t always seem to fit one particular forum because Cafe Society doesn’t quite fit. Is it even worth it, though? > **[Where do Sports threads belong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352251)** > > It seems there’s a pretty good breakdown fo where threads go around here. Food/TV/Books/Movies and such all end up in CS. Religion and Politics all find their way to GD. Questions in GQ, andom musings into MPSIMS and Polls in IMHO. Still, it seems... ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/16 "2007-04-25T11:54:53Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Why not have a Sports category here? We have a Cafe Society area for discussions of movies and books and such. I don’t recall anyone saying that should be on another message board. **There are no good sports message boards on the Internet.** Not that I’ve ever seen, anyway. What there are are just brutal, absolute cesspits of idiocy. A Sports category on the Dope would be immensely valuable to sports fans like yours truly. I’d pay more for that. [/QUOTE] I think [baseball-fever.com](http://www.baseball-fever.com/) is pretty decent. The stadium category has some great photos anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/17 "2007-04-25T12:58:00Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Why not have a Sports category here? We have a Cafe Society area for discussions of movies and books and such. I don’t recall anyone saying that should be on another message board. [/quote] The SDMB is aimed at an intellectual audience… whilst there are plenty of smart people who enjoy sports, the reality is that there are an infinite number of places you can discuss sports (most of the Western World, basically), and not many like the SDMB. Besides, it’d all be American sports stuff anyway, and of little interest to those of us outside the US. > [@](#): > > **There are no good sports message boards on the Internet.** Not that I’ve ever seen, anyway. What there are are just brutal, absolute cesspits of idiocy. Like most things sport related IMHO. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/18 "2007-04-25T14:12:42Z")
**RickJay:** > [@](#): > > A Sports category on the Dope would be immensely valuable to sports fans like yours truly. I’d pay more for that. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/19 "2007-04-25T14:53:03Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] **There are no good sports message boards on the Internet.** Not that I’ve ever seen, anyway. What there are are just brutal, absolute cesspits of idiocy. [/QUOTE] I’ll agree with this. I found a group of hockey fans that posted on IIRC, CNNSI. After a time they ditched all of us and we moved to a few diffent host severs for a while. At first everyone was okay but dickish behaviour started taking over. At one point moderators were used but the worst penalty they handed out was a 3 day suspension. Needless to say things got worse. I can’t remember what the final straw was, but I went back and deleted every post of mine that I could find and left without looking back. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516/20 "2007-04-25T14:56:13Z")
[QUOTE=Gadarene] **RickJay:** Me too. [/QUOTE] I would also vote for a separate Sports section! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-sports-threads-should-go/401516.md?page=2)