The Future of Sports

Dr_Funkdamental · #1 06-10-2011, 05:25 PM

Do you think in the future there will be any new sports created that will rise to the magnitude of the regular dominating sports (football (both), basketball, etc.), or do you think we will just continue to make revisions to the ones we already have?

**jmattbassplaya** · #2 06-10-2011, 05:27 PM

Lacrosse has been becoming VERY popular in a lot of areas lately. I wouldn't be surprised to see it become huge in the next decade or two.

Jim Nazium · #3 06-10-2011, 05:50 PM

Hmm, interesting question. If I had to take a side, I would say no. Sports are about competing on various combinations of strength, endurance, agility, coordination, and strategy, and I think by now we have developed a sport that tests basically every combination. There aren't any new attributes to the human body, so what would a new sport really offer? Things like wrestling, swimming, running etc have been around for thousands of years.

BartmanPDX · #4 06-10-2011, 06:38 PM

I doubt rugby will ever make it to the level of a major sport, but the reintroduction of rugby sevens as an Olympic event will hopefully give the sport a boost here.

I don't see any new sports approaching the level of football and basketball though. Soccer has been knocking at the door for a long time as the world's most popular sport and it still has a LONG way to go to catch the big sports.

**fuzzy beard** · #5 06-10-2011, 06:44 PM

baalroo · #6 06-11-2011, 01:52 AM

The best chance at a new sport emerging in the future will be a sport that utilizes some sort of technological aspect that adds an element that simply couldn't exist before that particular technology was created. other than that possibility I would guess that sports will just continue to slowly adapt from their current form.

champbassist · #7 06-11-2011, 02:35 AM

Cricket!!!! With a little luck, we might be in the Olympics

IOC President Jacques Rogge presses case for cricket. I know I'll be countered by people saying it's his personal opinion, etc. but hey, no harm in dreaming

I'm not sure how reliable this link is, but, apparently, within 2 years of constitution, the Indian Premier League cricket tournament had become the 5th most valuable sports property in the world, after NFL, MLB, NBA and Nascar.

iamlowsound · #8 06-11-2011, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by fuzzy beard

MMA?

This. For a sport that was created just 18 years ago, it has gotten hugely popular and it is growing at a much faster rate than any other sport in the world.

lowsound

Jazz Ad · #9 06-11-2011, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by BartmanPDX

I doubt rugby will ever make it to the level of a major sport

Not in USA where people are too keen on football but it's THE main sport in many areas. South of France for example.

Dr_Funkdamental · #10 06-11-2011, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BartmanPDX

I doubt rugby will ever make it to the level of a major sport, but the reintroduction of rugby sevens as an Olympic event will hopefully give the sport a boost here.

I don't see any new sports approaching the level of football and basketball though. Soccer has been knocking at the door for a long time as the world's most popular sport and it still has a LONG way to go to catch the big sports.

I think you may just be thinking about in our country. Soccer/Football is more popular everywhere else in the world but the US. Compare who watches the World Cup to who watches the Super Bowl.

i_got_a_mohawk · #11 06-11-2011, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BartmanPDX

I doubt rugby will ever make it to the level of a major sport, but the reintroduction of rugby sevens as an Olympic event will hopefully give the sport a boost here.

I don't see any new sports approaching the level of football and basketball though. Soccer has been knocking at the door for a long time as the world's most popular sport and it still has a LONG way to go to catch the big sports.

Rugby might see little jumps in the US with the upcoming world cup and if they reintroduce it to the Olympics (it isn't in London 2012, are they bringing it back in 2016?). On saying that, there are 4x as many registered adult rugby players in the US than in Scotland!

I always find the US to be an odd one in terms of sports. Sure, every country has it's own preferences in sport, but most countries have bigger international level sporting interests. The US doesn't seem too interested in international events! (outside the Olympics of course).

I think the US has a general attitude of liking things done the US way. The big US sports are big parts of the US heritage, and keeping in with that, I can't see them loosing much interest in the US!

Worldwide, I think we'll see less popular sports spreading and becoming bigger. Certainly starting to see it happen here where Gridiron and Baseball are becoming more popular.

DwaynieAD · #12 06-11-2011, 10:08 AM

blitzball

YouTube - ‪Zanarkand Final Fantasy X (Blitzball)‬&rlm;

jp58 · #13 06-11-2011, 03:38 PM

I don't really see a brand new sport making it big, but I can see some revisions/varieties of sports getting bigger.

ShredderMaximus · #14 06-11-2011, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DwaynieAD

blitzball

YouTube - ‪Zanarkand Final Fantasy X (Blitzball)‬&rlm;

That sir, would be awesome.

Though not a sport, I've always wanted to see the holographic monster chess-like game they were playing on the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, been waiting for that since I was a kid.

Or maybe in some super-militarized/over-crowded future world with gladiator style battles till death. Like Running Man.