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OT: What is the best sport to watch in person?

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MichiCANE said:
College football is also great in person, but I believe the tailgating is the best part... better than the in-game experience when you're in the stadium. If you don't have the best seats in the house, a lot of times you can't really tell what is happening.
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This is true. I agree with what Larry Merchant once said about football: it is made for television. The way the game is played and how the camera is able to reset for each snap and give the viewer a direct angle is what makes watching it on TV better than being in-person, from a pure "I see everything I need to see going on" perspective.

Don't get me wrong, I love going to games. But I'm oftentimes unsure who made/missed a play and I'd rather watch on TV unless I have great seats.
 
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MichiCANE said:
This is peak off-season time. Just curious what everybody thinks is the best sport to watch in person?

Personally, I think hockey is the best. If you ever have a chance to go to a playoff game in a city that cares about hockey, it's insane.

College football is also great in person, but I believe the tailgating is the best part... better than the in-game experience when you're in the stadium. If you don't have the best seats in the house, a lot of times you can't really tell what is happening.
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BEST (in order): college football, lacrosse, (Tie): hockey, tennis

WORST (in order): golf, NBA, soccer, NBA
 
My favorites.

1. College football rivalry games.
2. Ringside boxing
3. Ringside Muay Thai (in thailand, not the tourist stadium)

Events i need to see before i die.

1. Duke vs UNC BB
2. UFC
3. Premier League soccer
4. World cup soccer.
 
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The NBA Finals courtside hands down.

Anything else IMO you can get the same feel watching it on TV
 
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Poptimus said:
This is true. I agree with what Larry Merchant once said about football: it is made for television. The way the game is played and how the camera is able to reset for each snap and give the viewer a direct angle is what makes watching it on TV better than being in-person, from a pure "I see everything I need to see going on" perspective.

Don't get me wrong, I love going to games. But I'm oftentimes unsure who made/missed a play and I'd rather watch on TV unless I have great seats.
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Agree 100%
 
d--1 said:
Having been to a Stanley Cup Final Game 7, I'm a little biased, but hockey is pretty amazing. That experience legitimately made a hockey fan out of me, and I haven't looked back since.
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Which game?
 
When boxing is hitting on all cylinders it’s really exciting to be around a big fight. I say around it as I spent a good amount of my younger days around fight people. I may have even met @k9cane.

The boxing teams start showing up to the Vegas hotel on a Tuesday and then each day more and more fight people arrive. There’s a level of excitement in the air that builds that is indescribable. You have the press conference on Wednesday or Thursday (I can’t remember) and of course the weigh in, if I recall, on Friday. By the time the event starts on Saturday night, the atmosphere is just pumped up and powerful.
 
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