No…it is Curling. Which is also the hardest skill wise to learn.
MMA, hands down.
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
how the hell is bodybuilding a sport?
And I don’t want to hear how tough it is. Just because something is tough doesn’t make it a sport.
I think baseball would be the hardest. I’d like to see anyone here hit a 100 mph fast ball or 90 mph curveball.
Basketball? are you kidding me?[/quote]
Did you even read the question? What does hitting a baseball at 90+ mph have to do with the officiating?
Like it has been said any sport at a high level is dificult to officiate but, I would have to say that the hardest sports to officiate would have to be be those where a single bad call can greatly effect that outcome of the game.
Sports like football and soccer are not really high scoring games, one bad call could completely change or cost a team the game.
Dodgeball.
How many times have you played and you know you hit someone, but they refused to to leave the court because they claim the ball didn’t hit them and no one else saw.
Water Polo.
Nobody saw that coming did they? I bet it would be hard to officiate, but then again I have no idea what the rules are.
wow, I suck, lol.
I was wondering why the guy was talking about officiating a few replies up, lol
I thought it was which sport is the most difficult to play. doh
[quote]masonator wrote:
Water Polo.
Nobody saw that coming did they? I bet it would be hard to officiate, but then again I have no idea what the rules are.[/quote]
Good one! Lots of shit going on out of sight in that sport. There’s a reason the women wear two swimsuits, one tight and one not so tight.
Ferret Legging, duh.
Imagine, if you can, standing in a barn in a small village on the moors of North Yorkshire, in England. In the barn, there are a lot of dour looking Gentlemen standing around you, glowering, drinking ale and smoking pipes.
Oh yeah, you’re shirtless, and your trousers are securely tied around your ankles. There’s a fellow in front of you holding two ferrets. These two small, carnivorous, weasel-like beasts with sharp claws and teeth are squirming, and they look both pissed off and really, really hungry.
Then, the fellow with the ferrets gives you the nod. You pull your trousers out, and he throws the ferrets in, pulling your belt tight afterwards.
That’s basically the idea of this. It’s referred to as “keepin’ 'em down” and Ferret Leggers have to keep the two thrashing, angry ferrets down their trousers for as long as possible. When the Ferret Legger can’t take any more, they whip their trousers down, freeing the Ferrets, and spend the next few weeks trying to piece together their shredded pride. And genitals.
The current world record is held by a Yorkshireman called Reg Mellor, who kept two ferrets down his trousers for five hours and twenty six minutes back in 1981. No one dared ask him why.
Necessary video.
As far as baseball i would say the homeplate umpire has one of the hardest and most critisized jobs. To make a judgement call on if the pitch is a ball or a strike in the split second time it takes to get there would be tough.
Hockey seems like it would be tough too.
Humpcatting is pretty difficult to officiate. Similar to bearblasting.
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
how the hell is bodybuilding a sport?
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YES!
lol
seriously. can u lose an eye?
i thought so.
[quote]Brant_Drake wrote:
Ferret Legging, duh.
Imagine, if you can, standing in a barn in a small village on the moors of North Yorkshire, in England. [/quote]
Think you’re more likely to find that sort of thing in WEST Yorkshire. In my rural corner of North Yorkshire the most unusual thing I’ve heard of anyone doing to a ferret is eating it - there’s an old Farm hand in our village who will eat just about anything - get your protein where you can…
I officate basketball, football, and soccer.
Basketball is by far the most dfifficult. I usually only have 1 other ref, if that during the game so it is actually really hard in my situation.
If a player gets positioned so that you are viewing his back, it is very difficult to see if he gets seiped by another player’s hand orif the ball got blocked. Also players get in your way and you can miss an elbow etc.
It is difficult. Football is second but it has been flaf football thus far. So you usually only have to watch the QB or WRs.
MY staff is always undermanned so it makes it toughter, all things even though, I would haveto pick basketball as the toughest sport to ref.
Judging by the difficulty of keeping track of the game… Hurling.
Juding by the amount of bollocks and shenanigans that have gone on over the years… Olympic boxing.
Soccer… Everyone dives and you can’t tell if he tripped on a bug or tore his ACL.
[quote]otown83 wrote:
jehovasfitness wrote:
how the hell is bodybuilding a sport?
YES!
lol
seriously. can u lose an eye?
i thought so.
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just because they won’t let you play doesn’t mean you have to hate.
Disabled rowing
How about you try and row for 1000m as fast as you can only using your arms…
rugby, mainly cause no one knows all the rules and the governing body decides to change them every year anyway.
on the upside though, the players have the utmost respect for the ref and don’t argue decisions, which must help.
[quote]streamline wrote:
masonator wrote:
Water Polo.
Nobody saw that coming did they? I bet it would be hard to officiate, but then again I have no idea what the rules are.
Good one! Lots of shit going on out of sight in that sport. There’s a reason the women wear two swimsuits, one tight and one not so tight.[/quote]
And the horses fuckin’ hate the pool.