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Is basketball your favorite sport? Just curious about what some members have to say.

No, football is. But basketball is my favorite sport to officiate.

Peace

It used to be as it was a good workout and is the ultimate team sport where role-players can not only survive but thrive.

As the kids have grown older their interests have moved to baseball, however, and so I've picked up on that as a coach and student of the game (to the point where I'm thinking of officiating baseball as well once the kids grow up).

Rugby is. Basketball is a close second. I enjoy sports that are more of a continuous play by nature.

I have three kids. Ask my wife what my favorite sport is.

Oh wait - on second thought, you'd better not. :p

Fishnets are not a sport, Mark. :D

But they can be sports equipment. :D

Basketball is easily my favorite sport. It is also the only sport I officiate.

Not to give away my age, but I have participated in an organized (school, intramural, adult rec) basketball league for the last 41 years. I currently play twice a week and started officiating 14 years ago because I was starting to slow down and wasn't very competitive playing. Thankfully, my wife is very understanding when it comes to basketball.

Golf is my favorite with BB a close second.

Golf, football, baseball and then basketball. But I agree that it is my favorite to officiate.

Shooting a BB gun is your second favorite sport!?!?! :eek:

What's your third favorite - shooting a BB gun on the golf course? :confused:

Favorite is football. Favorite to officiate is basketball.

On a side note, I notice no one is saying volleyball. I love to play volleyball, but going to a bunch of HS matches, there is no possible way I coud ever officiate the sport. It has got to be soooo boring to officiate.

I did HS volleyball for a couple of years. There was quite a bit to keep me engaged. As the up official there is a judgment to make on every contact. As the down official, there's trying to track everybody.

OTOH, I have actually completely blanked out officiating a church volleyball tournament. One moment I'm beckoning for serve, then the next thing I remember the players are all standing staring at me wondering what call I had. Between matches I ran to the local C store for an industrial sized caffeinated drink. :D

Yes. Not even close. Growing up, I was always the worst athlete, the last kid picked for everything, that is until I discovered basketball in 7th grade - something clicked. I wasn't the best - but I was no longer the worst. I was hooked, am hooked, for life. I think the dimensions of the court, the size of the ball, the thinking involved, the fact that it was a winter sport....all made it my favorite sport.

I really like all of the "big four" - baseball, football, basketball and hockey. Of course, I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, so that translates into White Sox, Bears (and Cardinals before them), Bulls and Blackhawks. As a kid, I played a ton of baseball and I was one heck of a shortstop. We didn't have any organizations for the other sports back then. As a teen, I umpired some park district baseball for three seasons. We used only one ump and you stood behind the pitcher. I really enjoyed it and I got paid $2 per game, which was a pretty good rate back then.

Soccer? Fahgeddaboudit, unless one of the grandkids is playing.