MikeRaw
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Out of the 4 Major sports in North America (basketball, baseball, football, hockey), which do you think has the hardest championship to earn? Is it the Stanley Cup? The Super Bowl? The World Series? Larry O Brien Championship? What do you think actually takes the most out of you to win, emotionally and physically? Take into account the actions you have to go through with your body to win it, the amount of games played, the effort it takes, the roles of the players, etc.
It's pretty tough IMO.
-On one hand, the World Series is tough, because you have to play 162 games, and it's tough as hell to even get in the playoffs, with so few spots. Even good teams miss the playoffs, then when you get in, you have to win alot of games.
-The Super Bowl, despite having not many games to get there, with only 16 season games, and playoffs being played in single-elimination, and not series', it still takes alot, because despite the lack of games, each game takes alot out of you. It's arguably the most gruelling sport of the 4 (tied with Hockey)
-The NBA Championship (see the NHL Stanley Cup)
-The Stanley Cup is extremely tough as well. It has 82 games, while being the same, or ever so slightly less grueling on the body as football, while, like I said, having over 5 times the amount of games. It also has 4 series in the playoffs, which, to win the Cup, may take you an additional 28 games on top of the 82 of the regular season. Games can also be closer than basketball or baseball.
To me, it's down to the NHL Stanley Cup, and the NFL Super Bowl. No disrespect to baseball or basketball, but, despite their large schedules, I feel they lack the same grinding and physical elements that hockey and football do. And this is coming from a baseball fan (Baseball is my 2nd favorite sport).
Out of the Super Bowl and Stanley Cup, I think I'm gonna have to go with the Stanley Cup.
82 games is more than the 16 that NFL teams play, and it has ALMOST the same amount of physicality per game as an NFL game. Multiply that by 82. Plus, in the playoffs, the 4 rounds of up to 7 games per round makes your chances of winning less, because even if you go up and win the first game of the series, you still have to win 3 more to advance.
That's my opinion, what's yours?
It's pretty tough IMO.
-On one hand, the World Series is tough, because you have to play 162 games, and it's tough as hell to even get in the playoffs, with so few spots. Even good teams miss the playoffs, then when you get in, you have to win alot of games.
-The Super Bowl, despite having not many games to get there, with only 16 season games, and playoffs being played in single-elimination, and not series', it still takes alot, because despite the lack of games, each game takes alot out of you. It's arguably the most gruelling sport of the 4 (tied with Hockey)
-The NBA Championship (see the NHL Stanley Cup)
-The Stanley Cup is extremely tough as well. It has 82 games, while being the same, or ever so slightly less grueling on the body as football, while, like I said, having over 5 times the amount of games. It also has 4 series in the playoffs, which, to win the Cup, may take you an additional 28 games on top of the 82 of the regular season. Games can also be closer than basketball or baseball.
To me, it's down to the NHL Stanley Cup, and the NFL Super Bowl. No disrespect to baseball or basketball, but, despite their large schedules, I feel they lack the same grinding and physical elements that hockey and football do. And this is coming from a baseball fan (Baseball is my 2nd favorite sport).
Out of the Super Bowl and Stanley Cup, I think I'm gonna have to go with the Stanley Cup.
82 games is more than the 16 that NFL teams play, and it has ALMOST the same amount of physicality per game as an NFL game. Multiply that by 82. Plus, in the playoffs, the 4 rounds of up to 7 games per round makes your chances of winning less, because even if you go up and win the first game of the series, you still have to win 3 more to advance.
That's my opinion, what's yours?