London Olympic

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

I agree the sports you mentioned are less subjective; on the other hand, can you say you've never heard basketball fans complain a ref determined the outcome of a game due to a subjective foul being called? Those complaints are fewer in football, but they happen.

Oh absolutely. Cheating/flubs/subjectivity can enter any referreed sport, but to be honest, I think they're less prevelant in some sports than others, just through the nature of the game. And ultimately, the game is still decided by goals scored, not by points awarded by a judge.

And to be honest, I really don't care about Olympic basketball or tennis either. I think I'm old school and miss the days when Olympic athlete meant not professional -- if I want to watch an NBA game or a pro tennis match, I can. (Though I'll take college basketball over NBA any day of the week.) I mainly watch the Summer Olympics for swimming and track and field, though I can also get into things like volleyball or water polo. Other stuff I'll watch if it's on, but only because it's on.

[AXOmom]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Oh absolutely. Cheating/flubs/subjectivity can enter any referreed sport, but to be honest, I think they're less prevelant in some sports than others, just through the nature of the game. And ultimately, the game is still decided by goals scored, not by points awarded by a judge.

And to be honest, I really don't care about Olympic basketball or tennis either. I think I'm old school and miss the days when Olympic athlete meant not professional -- if I want to watch an NBA game or a pro tennis match, I can. (Though I'll take college basketball over NBA any day of the week.) I mainly watch the Summer Olympics for swimming and track and field, though I can also get into things like volleyball or water polo. Other stuff I'll watch if it's on, but only because it's on.

Agreed. I'm on the fence about Olympic basketball. I get what you're saying, but at the same time, I remember how frustrating it was to go into the Olympics and know that the players we sent weren't our best, and our best would mop up the floor with their best. Of course, now that they are, in fact, mopping up the floor with them, it's all pretty anti-climatic and boring. I'm down to kind of keeping track of how our local NBA players ( Blazers) are doing in the Olympics....and that's pretty depressing, so I've avoided Olympic basketball.

I didn't use to care all that much about basketball - NBA or college, but hubby is a March Madness college basketball addict (he needs a 12 step program for it or something), and we lived in Spokane for 11 years and became HUGE Gonzaga fans in that time, so now I follow it more and yeah, I also prefer it to the NBA.

Now that the gymnastics is almost over, we'll be quickly moving on to track which is the other major focus for our family, since hubby ran track in college and coaches it now.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AXOmom

I didn't use to care all that much about basketball - NBA or college, but hubby is a March Madness college basketball addict (he needs a 12 step program for it or something) . . . .

But the first step of the 12-step program is to admit you have a problem, and it doesn't sound to me like there's a problem for him to admit to having.

[AXOmom]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

But the first step of the 12-step program is to admit you have a problem, and it doesn't sound to me like there's a problem for him to admit to having.

Spoken like a true North Carolinian....what DO they put in your Bar-b-que sauce?.

As addictions go - I don't mind that one so much. When we had a tv in the kitchen, he'd volunteer to do dishes all through March Madness, so he could watch the games in peace, free from all of our distractions. We, in turn, didn't have to hear as many sudden outbursts from him....which usually had to do with his conviction, contrary to TonyB06's sentiments, that the refs lacked....um...training...or competence...or a high degree of intelligence...we'll leave it at that. .