Polar Bear
Regular Member
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills
I don't agree with a lot of this. Its biased. Their panel of experts is two people who have played / coached a total of 5 sports. All 5 of those sports make it in the top 15. Both 'experts' are white from western culture.... I can't believe they would actually publish something like that without a huge study. The numbers seem arbitrary. It says you need more endurance to figure skate, field hockey, basketball, ice hockey than badminton. Unless they actually test the athletes how would they know. I'm going to send them an email....
First off, I'd be interested to know why being white and from a western culture should disqualify them from being able to compile a list of sports and rank them by using a methodology of their choosing (flawed though it may be). I object to your insinuation that race and culture effect the quality of the list.