NCAA sports of the future?
NCAA sports of the future. What are they? There was talk not that long ago making horse jumping aka Equestrian a sport. The NCAA eventually went back on it and are now not sponsoring Equestrian so Big 12 schools have to look somewhere else to compete.
NOW! Let's draft some new NCAA sports. My choices-
- Broomball
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Handball
- Ping Pong (it's an olympic sport.....no really)
- Dodgeball
*takes a deep breath*
DISCUSS
I'm fine with football and basketball
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The ncaa can go to hell
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I've got some wrenches for any of the dodgeball advocates. I'll gladly volunteer to help with training.
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!
- Duck
- Dip
- Dive
- Dodge
Dodgeball is actually a pretty popular club sport. They have a national championship and even rankings. It's only a matter of time before it starts getting even more popular.
Crashed ice!! I was watching red bull crashed ice the other night on tv and thought to myself "why isn't this in the Olympics yet?" There has been events added to the summer games that are right out of the x games and a few winter events too.
Crashed Ice is fucking awesome but don't think it'd be big in NCAA sport
The Guy With The Ball. Same rules, better terminology.
Beer Pong....I mean, it's the obvious choice, right?
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April 25th, 2015 at 11:48 AM ^
Nah, Ohio and State would be battling it out every year.
curling
triathalon
Oops triathalon is already an event
April 25th, 2015 at 12:34 PM ^
booyah!
Calvinball. Good luck regulating Emmerich.
The teams take turns sending a "raider" into the other half. To win a point, the raider must take a breath, run into the opposing half, tag one or more members of the opposite team, then return to his home half before inhaling again.[15] The raider will chant "kabaddi, kabaddi" with his exhaling breath to show the referee he has not inhaled.[15] The raider will be declared "out" and will not gain the point if he inhales before returning to his side, or returns without touching an opponent.[15] The tagged defender(s) will be "out" if they do not succeed in catching the raider who tagged them.[15]Wrestling the raider to the ground can prevent him escaping before he needs to inhale.[15]
I'm B1G Defensive Player of the Year if that's a sport.
I once played a game where I blocked 6 shots and forced 2 fumbles by slamming my car into the ball carrier so hard it jarred the ball loose.
/s
Used to be a court/field/arena at the old Wayside Theater (post-theater life) across from Ypsi-Arbor Lanes near Washtenaw and Golfside. Also used to be a court/field/arena in the warehouse district across from the AA airport. Now I think the closest is in Novi or Canton or Livonia.
April 24th, 2015 at 10:18 PM ^
Played many a game at that Ypsi-Arbor lanes location back in the day. I haven't even thought about Whirlyball in i don't know how long.
Beach volleyball.
Whoops, already is. The future looks bright.
April 24th, 2015 at 11:07 PM ^
Related to Volleyball is Wallyball...
If I had to guess, I would guess Parrises Squares, even though ST:TNG and later series never really made the rules precisely clear even though it sounded interesting enough just based on the anecdotes they would work in to scenes in Ten Forward or other places where folks would congregate.
If the NCAA - in a fashion true to its form - would be persuaded to make a go of lawn darts or marbles, that would be acceptable, except I have this image of groups like the Orange Pride getting rather friendly with top-rated marbles recruits.
Remember when Harbaugh wasn't our coach? That was the worst
Knee hockey. 1v1 in a regulation living room.
April 25th, 2015 at 10:46 PM ^
We called it Mini-Sticks. Still have all the sticks, just waiting to introduce to my kids. Has anyone seen the tape ball?
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Quidditch.
Pace yourself. The board will still be here tomorrow.
Because space, bitches, space.
April 24th, 2015 at 10:01 PM ^
Ultimate
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April 24th, 2015 at 10:20 PM ^
My daughter rides HS equestrian. As much as I hate to say it, it seems to be a shrinking sport. Those girls are tough and it takes a lot of talent and hard work to succeed. But the pool of people willing and able to keep horses or find one to lease, etc, is dwindling. It's a sport of kings but seems like the future isn't there.
UM competes as a club team sport in the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association as do Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, Western Michigan University, University of Western Ontario, Ferris State University, Saginaw State University, Oakland University, Central Michigan University, Hillsdale College, Albion College, Adrian Collge, and Calvin College. The college or university that is hosting a competition provides horses. This is a grass-roots organization doing the good stuff to keep people involved at the college level that love horses.
April 24th, 2015 at 10:42 PM ^
That is all
April 24th, 2015 at 11:08 PM ^
Cricket, but not the 3 day and it ends up in a tie version....
April 24th, 2015 at 11:38 PM ^
Cricket, Gaelic football, Gaelic hurling.
Like that Whirleyball thing though.
April 24th, 2015 at 11:17 PM ^
Beer mile
April 24th, 2015 at 11:23 PM ^
I hope its broomball cause yours truely was a champion with Thronson House 1997!
jdon
April 24th, 2015 at 11:46 PM ^
Would be awesome. Especially if the entire campus was in play. Would really create some interesting home field advantages. Where in Ann Arbor would the wolverines chose to put their flag? Bell tower, perhaps?
April 24th, 2015 at 11:46 PM ^
In all seriousness CrossFit will probably become a real recognized sport at some time and something the NCAA would look at as it continues to increase in popularity. Also because essentially anyone can compete/participate it would probably be a good thing
April 25th, 2015 at 12:22 AM ^
LOL probably yoga and aerobics too
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April 24th, 2015 at 11:50 PM ^
Kick the can. I probably spent 5000 hours playing this growing up in my neighborhood.
But the best game from my childhood was Puntball.
We marked off a small field in my front lawn and one person was the punter and the other the returner. Punter had to stop the returner. If you could kick the ball over the street, you scored. If youi kicked it into the street, the returner scored. If you tackled the returner into the well pump, he got really hurt and that was the end of the game for the day. 6-man puntball was even better. No offensive plays, just back and forth kick returns.
Brady Hoke? Is that you?
April 25th, 2015 at 12:14 AM ^
Blogging
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Blogging
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April 25th, 2015 at 12:28 AM ^
Hot dog eating
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April 25th, 2015 at 12:39 AM ^
Watch out for the floater change-up!
It might be cool if skiing and snowboarding were a thing, like the superpipe stuff in the Winter Olympics/X-Games. Probably not something that everybody would be gung-ho about, but it's usually exciting to watch and I'd bet for some people it'd grow on them.
Plus the SEC would be the only conference where every single school is naturally excluded.