Mister Reality Check wrote:
tshakur wrote:Distance running is glorified walking.
Well, maybe glorified jogging
Yes, but at least the human being is doing all the work
Not if they use the 'pose running' technique ... pose runners are just falling forward.
Someone pointed out that the problem with ESPN's rankings is that they assign equal weight to all 10 criteria. That is one big problem.
Another big problem (for distance cycling and running, particularly) is how ESPN defined ENDURANCE. They defined it so broadly that sports like figure skating were able to score very high. It doesn't boost distance running very much to be given a 9.63 when figure skating is only 3 points behind at 6.38. Is distance running really only 50% harder, in terms of endurance, than figure skating? Well, if you define "endurance" as broadly as ESPN did, then yes.
If ESPN is going to define "endurance" so retardedly, they should have created another category called "aerobic capacity".
Also, why is BALANCE completely missing from the criteria? Gymnastics got ripped off on that one.
Look at who's on their panel of experts and their biases. Gee, I wonder why baseball and football scored so high.
Peter Davis, Ph.D.
volleyball coach
middle/long distance running coach
basketball coach
Brian Jordan
MLB baseball player
NFL football player
Chris McKendry
journalist who covers the Winter X Games
tennis player in college
Jim Page
All-American skier
Nordic Program Director for the U.S. Ski Team
Janet Starkes, Ph.D.
An academic: Professor and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology
Bruce Watkins, Ph.D.
An Academic: Associate Professor of Sport Management at Michigan.
Champion tennis player
Jim Caple
A columnist who covers Curling, baseball, college football, basketball, and the Olympics
Michael Knisley
ESPN Editor
Covered Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the Olympic Games
Mr. Luge Scrooge wrote:
Also, why is BALANCE completely missing from the criteria? Gymnastics got ripped off on that one.
Ho Ho Ho. So did luge in that case.
Curling is just glorified house work.
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