What is the hardest sport?

[KitingHigh]

Measurables taken on different surfaces under different conditions are hardly "concrete."

At the end of the day, athleticism is subjective so we are arguing what we believe to be the important measurables.

Google search the topic and you get opinions both ways. I could post articles arguing for basketball. I still say basketball requires more athleticism individually and it certainly has better athletes top to bottom.

vertical jump doesn't discriminate. The test is the same for both and the NFL guys blow them away.

 

[KitingHigh]

It's pretty simple. Plenty of guys who played D1 basketball and couldn't hack it in the NBA have gone on to become all pro football players. Has a guy ever not been able to hack it in the NFL, quit, and gone on to the NBA? Hasn't everyone almost always said that LeBron James would be amazing wide receiver or tight end or defensive end just based on his amazing athletic ability? In the end the NFL guys are wowed by the things the NBA guys can do.

Your talking about football players who also played basketball. And there are plenty of examples such as Charlie Ward of succusfull ones doing it. There really aren't any examples of basketball players who managed to play football because they simply would never see the field.

Some people have said LBJ would be a great receiver and some have said he would be a great keeper for soccer. Others disagree. He is a specimen of an athlete so it's possible, but he is hardly representative of the average NBA athlete.

Regardless, this is the very definition of a moot point.

 

[Funky Bunch]

You've never tried hitting a 90 mph fastball have you? I didn't think so.

It takes more hand eye coordination to hit a baseball than anything else in any other sport.

I guess it's why you don't see too many fat asses playing in the MLB.

Hitting a 90 mph fastball is easy. Well it was for me 30 years ago. It's the mixed in slider and changeup that makes it hard to hit.

 

[jaffarosenfels]

Your talking about football players who also played basketball. And there are plenty of examples such as Charlie Ward of succusfull ones doing it. There really aren't any examples of basketball players who managed to play football because they simply would never see the field.


Regardless, this is the very definition of a moot point.

So Tony Gonzales, Jimmy Graham, and Julius Thomas must not count.