[quote]deapee wrote:
What a borring game to watch though huh? No offense to anyone who plays…it’s probably just my ignorance that makes it borring.[/quote]
Dominoes are fun to play and boring to watch. I caught last year’s world championship. For a match of that caliber, the commentary was incredibly boring. It might be better to just mute the TV.
[quote]chrismcl wrote:
And when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, it does…
…while once again watching a quick ESPN during my mid-day snack, an advertisement for the upcoming “World Series of Darts.”
I only wish I was shittin you.[/quote]
Darts is big-time TV entertainment in England (at least it was back in the mid-80’s). “ONE HUNDRED AND EEEEEIGHTYYYYYY!!!” Eric Bristow “the Crafty Cockney” is Da’ MAN! The cool thing about English darts TV is that the competitors are always smoking and drinking beer.
[quote]canabal wrote:
Dominoes is a big thing in the caribbean. Living here i spend almost every night playing it with friends and limeing (chilling, “hanging out”).
Dominoes goes very well with Rum and can get very intense when you know what you’re doing.[/quote]
Wow, intensity and rum drinking. I guess it really is a sport!
[quote]BIGRAGOO wrote:
jtrinsey wrote:
How has dodgeball not made it on ESPN yet?
Just put it like this, if you were flicking the channels and happened to see dodgeball on and it was down to two guys going 1 on 1, would you dare change the channel before seeing who won? Didn’t think so.
They’ll play it on “The Ocho”[/quote]
I can’t wait till they start that network…
This makes me think of Peggy Hill and the State Boggle Championship.
“Its in Dallas Hank”
“Nothing but drug dealers and debutantes in Dallas, and most of them play for the cowboys”
[quote]tveddy wrote:
We used to go to the bar every night to play dominoes in college. But I’ve said it many times, anything that a fat man can do drunk is not a sport.[/quote]
hhmmm, I have played rugby many a time with drunk props, bastards.
I hate the spelling bee, I hate the darts, poker, and dominoes ESPN shows. Show some real fucking sports.
[quote]Drecappa wrote:
It’s a reflection of America’s general attitudes towards sports and fitness. As our country gets lazier and more obese, we’ve began to include events such as poker and darts as “sports.” Perhaps the appeal is that the common man can play these sports and excel without being in anywhere remotely near good shape. Just look at bowling.[/quote]
not really, more like it’s the other way around. there’s a tiny sub-set who’ve mistaken the word to mean something exclusively athletic. when in fact "sport " for hundreds of years has been used to describe all kinds of recreational activities, athletic and otherwise. this is why “sporting goods” stores are full of stuff like fishing tackle, shotguns, and sleeping bags.
[quote]florin wrote:
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Already been televised:
http://www.aetv.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=168044
I’m not into dominoes, probably because I don’t play, but I like some of the non-athletic sports ESPN televises. I love the spelling bee and lately I’ve enjoyed watching poker more, probably because I have started playing it more.
ESPN needs other things to show. They have four main channels and not enough activities to fill the airwaves, especially during the summer months.
In a related story:
http://www.jsonline.com/watch/index.aspx?watch=2
ESPN to cover Johnsonville brat contest
Elevating a Wisconsin cliche to a spectator sport, ESPN is covering the Johnsonville Brat-Eating World Championship Aug. 5, according to Johnsonville Sausage and the Sheboygan Jaycees.
The 3 p.m. eat-off, sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating, will include top-ranked gobblers and the return of Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas, who won the inaugural event last year by downing a world-record 35 brats in 10 minutes. Also competing is Japan’s Takeru “The Tsunami” Kobayashi, who won the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest recently.
Professional eaters will compete for more than $23,000 in prizes in the wurst race, which is part of the 53rd annual Johnsonville Brat Days, the chief fundraiser for the local Jaycees.
Sheboygan County-based privately held Johnsonville considers itself the top national brand of brats, Italian sausage, smoked cooked links and fresh breakfast sausage links. The company employs 1,000 workers and distributes its meats in 39 countries.
[quote]chrismcl wrote:
And when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, it does…
…while once again watching a quick ESPN during my mid-day snack, an advertisement for the upcoming “World Series of Darts.”
I only wish I was shittin you.[/quote]
It’s true. I play darts in leagues and tournaments, but that shit definitely doesn’t belong on ESPN. Along with billiards and poker. I love them all, but they’re not sports.
[quote]malonetd wrote:
florin wrote:
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Already been televised:
http://www.aetv.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=168044 [/quote]
Yea, but at least it’s on A&E, not ESPN. I almost forgot in my last post - The National Spelling Bee Championships!!!
Actually I will give the spelling bee a hall pass too.One because of that kid who passed out then got up and spelled the word correctly. Two because I like to watch sportscenter that night because they always do something with the kids spelling the words having something to do with the highlights of the day.
Darts, dominoes, poker are all games. They should remain games not sports. Even golf. Golf is a game of skill. I dont consider it a sport really even though it does take some althletic ability to swing a club, the rest is just luck. When you hit a hole in one that is luck. In baseball when you hit a homerun it is not so lucky. Lucky for some playrers, but overall because of ability.
I don’t even understand what the big deal is. ESPN started out by showing unorthodox and lesser known events in its early days(including World’s Strongest Man competitions). All they are doing is continuing down that path. Besides ESPN used to stand for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network. That’s “Entertainment and Sports” not exclusively sports (regardless of how you define sports).
It’s hard enough to see a damn track and field meets on TV as it is, yet poker, dominos, and everything else is always getting TV play! This is ridiculous.
All these bullshit so called sports without giving MMA not even a minute of coverage.
The pussification of America!
[quote]kroc30 wrote:
It’s true. I play darts in leagues and tournaments, but that shit definitely doesn’t belong on ESPN. Along with billiards and poker. I love them all, but they’re not sports.[/quote]
isn’t how wrong you all are made obvious by the fact that all these events are covered by a huge mega-network like espn ?
isn’t it made more obvious that darts and golf and billiards are “sport” because huge mega-stores like dick’s sporting goods, champs sports, and the sports authority, all sell golf clubs, darts, and pool cues ?
if that isn’t enough to convince you of the common historical etymology of the word, why don’t you all file a bait and switch/misrepresentation complaint with the ftc ? i’ll tell you why: because darts, billiards, and golf claimed the word “sport” long before mlb, nfl, nba or nhl existed.
of course it would be simpler to just check a dictionary. there’s only been a few billion of those things printed you know.[quote]
Bigpull wrote:
Darts, dominoes, poker are all games. They should remain games not sports. Even golf. Golf is a game of skill. I dont consider it a sport really even though it does take some althletic ability to swing a club, the rest is just luck. When you hit a hole in one that is luck. In baseball when you hit a homerun it is not so lucky. Lucky for some playrers, but overall because of ability.[/quote]
“game” and “sport” are the same thing. have you ever used the phrase " i’m watching the game" ? what were you watching ? [quote]
BJJER wrote:
All these bullshit so called sports without giving MMA not even a minute of coverage.
The pussification of America![/quote]
i think whining about what’s covered on television is a greater threat to the “pussification of america” than some guys shooting pool. btw did you know that your screenname is “BJJER” ?
[quote]Drecappa wrote:
It’s a reflection of America’s general attitudes towards sports and fitness. As our country gets lazier and more obese, we’ve began to include events such as poker and darts as “sports.” Perhaps the appeal is that the common man can play these sports and excel without being in anywhere remotely near good shape. Just look at bowling.[/quote]
I once suggested we begin and end every class with 20 pushups, to my principal. “We’d get sued.” Well, what about 10 pushups? “Look, you can’t do anything in your class that would humiliate a kid.” My response: Anyone who can’t do 10 lousy pushups, unless they’re disabled, SHOULD be humiliated. He just walked away.
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[quote]BJJER wrote:
All these bullshit so called sports without giving MMA not even a minute of coverage.
The pussification of America![/quote]
It’s real simple…it’s all about TV rights and how much someone wants to pay to have those rights. ESPN is getting these new/non-mainstrean events at a very cheap price. I’m sure PRIDE…UFC…have other contracts and would cost ESPN a pretty penny.
[quote]swivel wrote:
kroc30 wrote:
It’s true. I play darts in leagues and tournaments, but that shit definitely doesn’t belong on ESPN. Along with billiards and poker. I love them all, but they’re not sports.
isn’t how wrong you all are made obvious by the fact that all these events are covered by a huge mega-network like espn ?
isn’t it made more obvious that darts and golf and billiards are “sport” because huge mega-stores like dick’s sporting goods, champs sports, and the sports authority, all sell golf clubs, darts, and pool cues ?
if that isn’t enough to convince you of the common historical etymology of the word, why don’t you all file a bait and switch/misrepresentation complaint with the ftc ? i’ll tell you why: because darts, billiards, and golf claimed the word “sport” long before mlb, nfl, nba or nhl existed.
of course it would be simpler to just check a dictionary. there’s only been a few billion of those things printed you know.
Bigpull wrote:
Darts, dominoes, poker are all games. They should remain games not sports. Even golf. Golf is a game of skill. I dont consider it a sport really even though it does take some althletic ability to swing a club, the rest is just luck. When you hit a hole in one that is luck. In baseball when you hit a homerun it is not so lucky. Lucky for some playrers, but overall because of ability.
“game” and “sport” are the same thing. have you ever used the phrase " i’m watching the game" ? what were you watching ?
BJJER wrote:
All these bullshit so called sports without giving MMA not even a minute of coverage.
The pussification of America!
i think whining about what’s covered on television is a greater threat to the “pussification of america” than some guys shooting pool. btw did you know that your screenname is “BJJER” ?
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Swivel - I really don’t give a shit what the dictionary says. When I get out of breath and extreme soreness in my arm from one of my extremely, physically demanding dart matches, then I’ll call it a sport. Until then, it’s a stupid bar game that my fat, beer drinking, Irish ass happens to be good at. Same thing with pool, poker, bowling, fishing, and dominoes.
In fact, much like the X-Games, maybe ESPN could start a set of games for those that require a massive amount of time in/around a bar. We could call them the “Fat, Drunk and Stupid is no way to go Through Life, Son” (to quote Animal House) games.
[quote]kroc30 wrote:
Swivel - I really don’t give a shit what the dictionary says. When I get out of breath and extreme soreness in my arm from one of my extremely, physically demanding dart matches, then I’ll call it a sport. Until then, it’s a stupid bar game that my fat, beer drinking, Irish ass happens to be good at. Same thing with pool, poker, bowling, fishing, and dominoes.
In fact, much like the X-Games, maybe ESPN could start a set of games for those that require a massive amount of time in/around a bar. We could call them the “Fat, Drunk and Stupid is no way to go Through Life, Son” (to quote Animal House) games.[/quote]
dude you can’t just go changing the meaning of words to suit yourself.
the dictionary isn’t a rule book. it’s a list of how billions of people have used particular words and meaning(s) up to the current point in history. theory follows practice. not vice-versa.
if you don’t care what everyone else on earth thinks than that’s up to you. but since network television, corporate america, the federal trade commission, all major and minor publishing houses don’t share your view, i’d say you’re fighting and uphill battle.
good luck on your quest to erase several centuries of documented history. you’ve got a tough pr campaign ahead…maybe print up some flyers ?