I Dare You To Defend Basketball

[KrazyHorse]

The DLs are fat bastards who can barely sprint 10 yards before getting winded. They would get their asses handed to them. The biggest badasses on the field are linebackers and tight ends + some running backs

Nobody else on the field even rates.

[Guynemer]

Still giving the edge to the Canucks. They fistfight pretty regularly; its a rare occasion for most football players. Experience, technique, and speed would make up for the weight differential.

[Drake Tungsten]

The DLs are fat bastards who can barely sprint 10 yards before getting winded.

Dude, a lot of DLs are ****ing stacked. DEs are clearly the biggest badasses on the field, along with MLBs.

They fistfight pretty regularly; its a rare occasion for most football players.

Yeah, no football players grew up in tough neighborhoods where they had to learn how to fight.

[KrazyHorse]

Pure weight doesn't matter. There aren't many hockey players carrying around mass for no reason, unlike linemen.

Linebackers tend to be a bit stronger than enforcers in hockey, while enforcers are used to fistfighting. It's a good comparison, and would be a good matchup.

[KrazyHorse]

The DLs are fat bastards who can barely sprint 10 yards before getting winded.

Dude, a lot of DLs are ****ing stacked.

They fistfight pretty regularly; its a rare occasion for most football players.

Yeah, no football players grew up in tough neighborhoods where they had to learn how to fight.

I guarantee you that the average Canadian fistfights more growing up than the average black kid in the US.

[Drake Tungsten]

Am I the only one who really wants to see an NFL-NHL MMA throwdown now?

[Asher]

Yeah, no football players grew up in tough neighborhoods where they had to learn how to fight.

Correct.

Why do you think all those *******s own guns and knives? 'cause they don't know how to fight.

All Canadians love and play a sport where fistfights are not only common, they are expected. We live in a frozen land cooped up with the same people for extended periods of time. We also have a harder time getting ahold of firearms -- especially compared to the football-playing demographic -- which means we resort to fists.

Even I have been involved in one fistfight. And I'm a white suburban computer geek.

[SlowwHand]

Not on skates.

Why the **** would the fight be on skates? We're talking about a normal fight here.

If the criteria is mass, OL would be a better comparison.

OL are generally white and no therefore no better than a hockey player.

WTG! You never fail to say something absolutely moronic.

[DaShi]

Not on skates.

Why the **** would the fight be on skates? We're talking about a normal fight here.

Indeed. I think we're missing the key point here that skating, no matter how you frame it, is totally gay.

[Drake Tungsten]

We should also remember that hockey players don't know how to fight without holding on to their opponent's jersey with one hand to keep their balance. Advantage football.

[Elok]

So we start by deploring basketball players for resorting to violent confrontations, then argue over which players of which sport would fare better in a violent confrontation? Makes sense to me.

Anyway, I'll try defending basketball, though I don't especially care for any sport: it's only slightly slower-paced than hockey and you can actually tell what the hell's going on.

[KrazyHorse]

The average football player doesn't know how to fight at all. I don't know when I last saw two players actually manage to punch each other in the face.

[KrazyHorse]

Drawing a gun and not even shooting = classic ***** "tough guy" celebrity nonsense

Punching the **** out of somebody while he punches the **** out of you = awesome

[Drake Tungsten]

Drawing a gun and not even shooting = classic ***** "tough guy" celebrity nonsense.

That's basketball. Football players like Plaxico Burress shoot their guns without even drawing them.

I don't know when I last saw two players actually manage to punch each other in the face.

Why would they even try to break their hands on a face mask?

[KrazyHorse]

I agree that it would be stupid. The only manly thing to do is for you and your opponent to mutually take off your own helmets and have at it.