What would you rather watch?

I would watch the swimming event, too. Originally posted by swimmieAvsFan you could have caught honest-to-gosh live swimming for the last 2 olympics... if you were an insomniac! ;) that's the problem with the olympics being in countries that are so far ahead of the U.S. in terms of time zones... '08 is going to be even worse than sydney or athens. :( I enjoyed the olympics being Athens. Because of the time difference swimming events took place at 8pm just right to escape those 3rd class movies and shows. :cool:

Yep I would. I have been watching the hoops a long, long time. When I was pregnant with my son, I was ordered to bed rest for the last month. At first I was bummed, and then I realized between movies and March Madness, life was not so bad!! He will be 17 in March. College basketball is the best, and yes we Illinois fans are in a good mood this year. We are all pinching ourselves and crossing our fingers. When my daughter was born, I was in the hospital that night watching Michigan blow that championship game in 93! Prairie State games used to be in Champaign. Some of the best talent in BB would come down and play at the Assembly hall, and it was free. I would take my son, then a toddler and go down and watch the games. It was really street ball at the games, but none the less, very good players and fun to watch. The games are now down south. I like March Madness!

Swimming in the Olympics for sure!!!This is just breath-taking for me...I even downloaded some videos from Athens from swim.ee(sucks they do not have them anymore) and I still watch them(I think I watched them at least a couple of hundred of times now, I konow, that is kinda werd).Other than swimming there is nothing else that fascinates me from the list given.American football is something I will never understand, I cannot stand it, 'cause the actual game takes a few seconds and then the players take time to take the position again and repeat the same exact play again.It is just too monotonous and boring... Other than swimming I enjoy watching ice-hockey and soccer( I love those), sometimes tennis...

Tour De France, would get my vote. Lots more going on than just a bunch of guys out on their bikes. Love Olympic Swimming: but I voted for the Super Bowl. Olympic Triathlon is fun to watch: Iron Man Hawaii has too many sappy stories.

Illinois lost, but I still watched BB all afternoon. Great games yesterday!

If on one night... football, baseball, tennis, boxing, swimming, and american gladiators were all on at the same time... which one would you choose (and you couldn't watch the other channels)? Not fair. 1. Swimming at the Olympics 2. The Superbowl 3. The World Series 4. World Heavyweight Championship 5. Wimbledon 6. American Gladiators 7. I don't watch TV I'd tape both Swimming and Wimbledon. (I'd buy a second VCR, if I had to). I can't abide to watch any of these shows live; can't stand the commercials and---most times--- the commentators' talking and rattling on and on, just making noise.

You left out rowing....I'd go with the swimming for sure...good poll.

Get TiVO/DVR - watch them all without commercials. I voted for football. Hard to believe swimming won on a swimming forum.

The Superbowl can be anticlimatic....playoffs are much more interesting; however, the olympics are mesmerizing, expecially the swimming......rarely watch tv except for NFL and Olympics.

How about Ultimate Fighting, swimmers vs noodlers lol I would go for Superbowl first (go Steelers). Since swimming pools can now be erected anywhere, why not for the half time show have a few lanes length of 100yd field and put on some swim races. If they can get Janet Jackson again, she is already in her fastskin. ps-Sarah, how things going, when you going to return to the pool? Still no word on new coach but went to a meeting. Parents are in a frenzy about getting a coach before short course season starts. greg