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04-01-2013, 10:24 PM | Topic Starter |
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Late night bullshit: A "smart guy's" sport.
I had a big conversation with a baseball fan about smart guy sports.
There was really a whole table of us. I am a believer that football is a smart guy's sport. There are 22 different positions, and most of them have different variations and techniques. There was a baseball guy at the table, and another dude argued soccer, but didn't really have a good argument for it. Someone else mentioned golf, but I think that's pretty damn simple, too. What's the smart guy sport, to you? I say football. Others say baseball. Thoughts? |
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04-01-2013, 10:25 PM | #2 |
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04-01-2013, 10:26 PM | #3 |
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04-01-2013, 10:27 PM | #6 |
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Football IMO.
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04-01-2013, 10:28 PM | #7 |
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Soccer and football are about equal to me in terms of tactical understanding. Football has an edge on different body types as it relates to different positions.
Baseball is third to me. It's a mathematician's sport, but not all smart guys are mathematically inclined. |
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04-01-2013, 10:29 PM | #8 |
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Baseball is a smart guy's sport, but its smart guys behind the scenes and coaches, the ones doing the scouting reports, crunching the numbers, determining the right play in the right situations. When you see a player come up to bat they haven't seen before and the manager goes to a binder, that tells you what you need to know about baseball. The players can be dumb as bricks.
Cricket players mebe? |
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04-01-2013, 10:29 PM | #9 |
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I would say Football, but I don't really have much experience with sports like Baseball, Basketball, Hockey. I've played soccer and you can't be a complete dumbass, but I'd definitely say Football, especially for the QB. A Quarterback probably has the most mentally challenging position of any sport.
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04-01-2013, 10:30 PM | #10 |
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Why the hell would a really smart guy follow sports at all?
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04-01-2013, 10:35 PM | #11 |
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Well given you asked this on a football forum, I can guess what the answers are going to be. Hard to say though. You can win a football game through brute force. Winning a game by physically dominating your opponent is more common in football. There are lots of little nuances in both football and baseball the average fan never picks up on.
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04-01-2013, 10:38 PM | #12 |
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I would too. How has that not taken off? |
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04-01-2013, 10:44 PM | #15 |
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