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Out of the 4 major professional sports leagues, which is hardest to become the champion in? Discuss and debate here.
What is the hardest professional sport to win a championship in?
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Either hockey or baseball
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That's what I'm thinking. So much parody in both leagues and a lot of luck is required to get through the season and postseason to win it all.
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Hockey...
82 games with pretty good traveling and constant body contact (tough sport)
4 best of 7 series with more travel
Baseball is a long season too, so I guess that could be up there
Not as much time to prepare for opponents as NFL
NBA has similar schedule, but i give the edge to hockey because it is way more physical
82 games with pretty good traveling and constant body contact (tough sport)
4 best of 7 series with more travel
Baseball is a long season too, so I guess that could be up there
Not as much time to prepare for opponents as NFL
NBA has similar schedule, but i give the edge to hockey because it is way more physical
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I don't know anything about hockey so I'm going off the other 3
Baseball. It seems to be so much more of a team sport where you need all kinds of pieces. In the NFL, if you have a great quarterback or the NBA if you have one superstar, you're probably gonna make the playoffs consistently, which at least gives you a shot at a ring. In baseball, you can have a Felix Hernandez and still suck in 80% of your games.
Plus there's less playoff spots which leaves less room for error and injury.
Baseball. It seems to be so much more of a team sport where you need all kinds of pieces. In the NFL, if you have a great quarterback or the NBA if you have one superstar, you're probably gonna make the playoffs consistently, which at least gives you a shot at a ring. In baseball, you can have a Felix Hernandez and still suck in 80% of your games.
Plus there's less playoff spots which leaves less room for error and injury.
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Hockey, and not really close IMO.
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After a debate between MLB and the NHL, I'm going to have to go with hockey. The puck has to bounce in your favor, literally, to win the Stanley Cup.
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maybe its just me but im going with the NFL....very few teams are consistent and get into the playoffs and then its single elimination alot can happen..i mean hell green bay almost didnt get into the playoffs yet won the whole thing
NBA...nah thats easy
MLB-more parody..although no salary cap does make a diff.
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NBA...nah thats easy
MLB-more parody..although no salary cap does make a diff.
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Physically it is hockey, and it is not even close.
But in hockey you can be an 8th seed, who shit their way through the regular season, catch fire in the playoffs and win the cup.
MLB only 8 teams total make the playoffs. So the odds are clearly harder in baseball.
Also the fact that an MLB franchise has gone over 100 years without a championship should make this a no brainier. The droughts of all the other sports pale in comparison to that.
But in hockey you can be an 8th seed, who shit their way through the regular season, catch fire in the playoffs and win the cup.
MLB only 8 teams total make the playoffs. So the odds are clearly harder in baseball.
Also the fact that an MLB franchise has gone over 100 years without a championship should make this a no brainier. The droughts of all the other sports pale in comparison to that.
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Gotta say NBA. In the past what like 30 years we've had 8 different champions?
LA, BOS, MIA, SA, DET, CHI, HOU, PHI
Other three have much more varied winners so your chances are better
LA, BOS, MIA, SA, DET, CHI, HOU, PHI
Other three have much more varied winners so your chances are better
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Hockey
MLB
NFL
NBA
In that order.
MLB
NFL
NBA
In that order.
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The Heat just bought themselves a championship this season. It can't be that hard.
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I'm going to go with the NBA. As stated before only 8 teams have won the NBA Championship since 1980. Miami is about to become a 2 time champion. The Lakers have won 10, Bulls 6, Spurs 4, Celtics 4, Pistons 3, Rockets 2, Sixers 1, Miami 1.
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The way I interpret this question, leads me to break down the odds of an individual participating on the winning team.
The larger the active player list is, the easier it is to bring a ring.
Then I look at the cap spaces and how much opportunity teams have to bring in key players.
Honestly, I can't see how Baseball is not the easiest sport to win a Championship in of the major 4. Because you can talk about difficulty, endurance, contact, ect, but that's a push. It's still a level playing field and everyone plays by the same rules.
Then you have the difficulty with the caps in football and hockey, but both have a decent sized roster. So the chance of a player winning a title in their career is much greater in football and baseball than in any sport.
The length of a career in hockey can be extremely long, as well as baseball.
#4. MLB by a margin so massively wide, that you can park the Seawise Giant in between it.
#3. NHL. Big rosters, long careers, players shuffle teams often, and low seeds can make it to the SC Finals semi-regularly. I know the sport might be the hardest to play and be coordinated with, but it's not the hardest to win a championship in.
#2. NFL. The rosters are big, the cap wiggle room is fair. Slightly harder than the NHL.
#1. NBA. Small rosters really make it the hardest in the main four. The cap rules, as is, allows for teams to keep good players far easier than any other sport. It's easy to stay elite for a long time because of it, making the majority of the league shit out of luck. On top of that, the worst record rarely gets the #1 pick in the draft. The natural cycle and flow of replenishing talent is far more difficult.
The larger the active player list is, the easier it is to bring a ring.
Then I look at the cap spaces and how much opportunity teams have to bring in key players.
Honestly, I can't see how Baseball is not the easiest sport to win a Championship in of the major 4. Because you can talk about difficulty, endurance, contact, ect, but that's a push. It's still a level playing field and everyone plays by the same rules.
Then you have the difficulty with the caps in football and hockey, but both have a decent sized roster. So the chance of a player winning a title in their career is much greater in football and baseball than in any sport.
The length of a career in hockey can be extremely long, as well as baseball.
#4. MLB by a margin so massively wide, that you can park the Seawise Giant in between it.
#3. NHL. Big rosters, long careers, players shuffle teams often, and low seeds can make it to the SC Finals semi-regularly. I know the sport might be the hardest to play and be coordinated with, but it's not the hardest to win a championship in.
#2. NFL. The rosters are big, the cap wiggle room is fair. Slightly harder than the NHL.
#1. NBA. Small rosters really make it the hardest in the main four. The cap rules, as is, allows for teams to keep good players far easier than any other sport. It's easy to stay elite for a long time because of it, making the majority of the league shit out of luck. On top of that, the worst record rarely gets the #1 pick in the draft. The natural cycle and flow of replenishing talent is far more difficult.
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I gotta go soccer.
I mean if those field fairies can chase a ball for 90 minutes at a time only to have the score end 0-0, while diving and acting like an Academy Award winning actor, without dying of complete and total shame, they should be given a trophy just for that.
But seriously, I would go baseball for hardest to win a single championship. But then hockey as the hardest to win and then repeat a second year in a row.
I mean if those field fairies can chase a ball for 90 minutes at a time only to have the score end 0-0, while diving and acting like an Academy Award winning actor, without dying of complete and total shame, they should be given a trophy just for that.
But seriously, I would go baseball for hardest to win a single championship. But then hockey as the hardest to win and then repeat a second year in a row.
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I gotta go soccer.
I mean if those field fairies can chase a ball for 90 minutes at a time only to have the score end 0-0, while diving and acting like an Academy Award winning actor, without dying of complete and total shame, they should be given a trophy just for that.
But seriously, I would go baseball for hardest to win a single championship. But then hockey as the hardest to win and then repeat a second year in a row.
Ive been to big time soccer games, that 1 goal brings the house down.
l voted for NFL, but will now have to say NHL.
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Football, single elimination.
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write in vote NCCA basketball tourney by far the hardest. (i know it isn't a pro sport but it is the toughest)
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Oh, good one. Actually, any NCAA sport... to even get to the Nat'l Championship game for football you have to be one of the two best teams in the country. No playoff bracket style elimination at all.
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