10 Worst Sports Talk Debates

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At this point in their careers, Sage Rosenfels is a better quarterback than Brett Favre. Favre was awful the second half of last season, and is just hanging on for more publicity and glory at this point.

Nothing says he has to stay retired, then again nothing says I have to care about his decision.

Brett Favre won one title, 13 years ago. Talk about Phillip Rivers or Drew Brees or Tom Brady or relevant quarterbacks.

7. The US performance in the FIFA championship is the turning point in growing popularity in this country.

No it’s not. Mind you, the Spain win was excellent, and they played lights out in the first half against Brazil. Of course they choked massively in the second half, allowing four goals (one should have counted), and finished second.

Second is a strong performance, but look at the record. They only made the semifinals because of luck.

They finished the FIFA tournament with a record of 2-4. It’s not like they showed they can compete consistently against the best teams in the world.

They can do it for 135 minutes. My guess would be that the Spain game was the fluke, and the performance in the qualifying round and the second half against Brazil is closer to what they are: a decent team who isn’t good enough and a team most Americans can care less about.

Soccer isn’t taking off. We like our sports with funny beer commercials and more opportunities to score. The Spain goalie made zero saves in the US victory. I bet he at least makes one the next time they play the US.

6. Tiger Woods is the best athlete in the world.

I think Tiger Woods is an amazing performer, and when he is on his performance makes for some of the most compelling television.

However, Tiger is definitely not the best athlete in the world, mostly because golf is not a sport.

Previously, I was on the side of golf being a sport, and then I studied a bit of the language of the sport and changed my opinion.

Golfers shape shots, they pull sticks out of a bag and the focus of the game is based on the landscaping with great detail in designing courses.

Players don’t run, and there is no defense by other players or a clock dictating time. Golf is more of an art form than a sport.

Tiger is a more physically fit Bob Ross. Tiger might be able to do other sports incredibly well, but as long as he plays golf, the nature of the game means he never shows the athleticism that LeBron James or Ed Reed or Manny Pacquiao or Usain Bolt show.

I seriously doubt that Kenny Perry could put up 30 against the Magic.

5. College football is better than the NFL.

I can add college basketball is better than the NBA to this debate also. I may like college basketball more than the NBA, but it’s not better.

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