There are plenty of traditional and less-than traditional sports in the world. Soccer (football), Football, basketball, martial arts, and a whole mess more.
But there is one sport that really stands out to me: Hockey.
Hockey is pretty much the most amazing sport ever. If it wasn't so costly/ineffective to have hockey rinks in the middle of deserts, we would have a new globally favorite game (screw you soccer, really).
There are a lot of things I love about hockey:
*The timing makes sense.
There's none of this shitty clock-keeping. If a whistle blows, the clock stops. If the puck goes out of bounds, the clock stops. If the puck is stopped by the goalie, the clock stops.
There's nothing crappy like "the clock only stops if it goes out of bounds," "the players don't matter, keep that damn clock going!"
*The players don't suck.
I watched a professional soccer game this last May. One of the players fell, on purpose, and then acted as if they were in severe pain. When the player "responsible" for his "injury" received a flag, he smirked, got up, and trotted off.
What is this bullshit? You are a professional athlete, not a f***ing diva.
Hockey players just get on the ice, kick ass, skate, and get off. Unless a fight starts.
*Fighting is epic.
Now, I'm against saying that hockey is only good because of the fighting, but there's nothing quite like seeing blood on ice. It's one of the best things ever.
*It's not just back and forth scoring.
Hockey is a great game because it can literally change in two minutes. It's not over until that final buzzer. I've seen teams come back from an 8-1 match to take it into overtime in the last 5 minutes.
*Any snack is appropriate.
Beer, pop, water, ice cream, popcorn, pretzel, hot dog, you name it- you can have it at a hockey game.
The best part about a hockey game is it's cold nature allows you to eat anything.
Anyway, that's a bit about why I love hockey and think it should be considered the best sport ever.
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