# Your favorite team sport (as a spectator)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-team-sport-as-a-spectator/513465>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 12, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-team-sport-as-a-spectator/513465 "2009-10-12T00:06:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![FrWindyShephardHenderson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FrWindyShephardHenderson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrWindyShephardHenderson)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-team-sport-as-a-spectator/513465/21 "2009-10-13T14:21:51Z")

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Rugby\* for me followed closely by American Football. I’ll watch cricket, mainly the highlights though. I’ve watched Canadian Football and don’t mind it, bit too pass pass pass for my liking though. As a European I can shock ye all by saying I hate soccer. And as an Irishman I’m required to say, what about Hurling and Gaelic Football? Not that I would have voted for either.  
\*Rugby Union btw

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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-team-sport-as-a-spectator/513465/22 "2009-10-14T02:43:30Z")

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I simply can’t understand why anyone would say they “like” watching American football. All I see during the few times I flip over to catch the score is beer ads, car ads, insurance ads, shots of the cheerleaders, shots of the crowd, shots of the blimp, shots **from** the blimp, and shots of the sidelines. Sometimes I actually see a replay. Not once while channel surfing have I ever accidentally come across a football game.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-team-sport-as-a-spectator/513465/23 "2009-10-14T03:18:09Z")

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I like golf too, but baseball is number one.

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**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-team-sport-as-a-spectator/513465/24 "2009-10-14T11:47:02Z")

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Another vote for rugby (union).

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**Author:** ![JoseArcadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@JoseArcadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseArcadio)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-team-sport-as-a-spectator/513465/25 "2009-10-14T12:48:48Z")

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> [@FrWindyShephardHenderson](#):
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> And as an Irishman I’m required to say, what about Hurling and Gaelic Football? Not that I would have voted for either.

I was going to mention the noble sport of shinty, but probably wouldn’t have voted for it either! 😃

Football (soccer) is number one for me both on television and live.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-team-sport-as-a-spectator/513465/26 "2009-10-14T13:34:36Z")

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Dodgeball on The Ocho.

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