If you wanted to become a professional in the field of sports what would you choose?

[7gnat]

If you wanted to be a professional in these sports which one would you choose? Girls and guys can answer as I made the poll co-ed.

Baseball/softball

Tennis

Golf

Basketball

Billiards

Updates

+1 y

Vote on the poll if you could and also feel free to say whatever sport you would like to play. I obviously only have 5 choices on a poll so I was a bit limited with my choices. As justme said Volleyball I should of used that instead of Billiards. I chose Billiards because I have seen some hot and bad ass pool players (females) on tv.

[Fitzroy]

If I got paid in chips and dark every win, like usual, it would definitely be billiards.

I've always wanted to be more athletic but I have little coordination.

I love kick-boxing so maybe I'd be a martial artist. I love the idea of being able to make my body fly through the air like ballet or gymnastics but use it for a purpose : to fight. Also, I always had a little too much bodily energy for those gentler athletics. Martial Arts really let off steam and create calming focus at the same time. They're great.

I've always loved lacrosse and sailing though I'm lousy at both...I've always wanted to surf, too.

It is such a hard-core sport,the training is constant and every session is different because of the water. It's also dangerous and poetical at the same time. I love the feeling of being so small compared to nature and having to be strong to survive it while having to pay attention and work with the natural flow to survive as well.

[7gnat]

So are you really good in pool? (billiards)

[justme20]

softball and tennis. I love both sports but I can kick some ass in volleyball which unfortunately isn't a choice :(

[7gnat]

Ehh I should of used that instead of dumbass billiards

[justme20]

thanks for best answer :)

[7gnat]

You are welcome-still on Skype with your bf?

[justme20]

nada you still flirting the the billion females on gag?

[7gnat]

How dare you accuse me of being a flirt! I am deeply offended!

[justme20]

lol every gag girl wants marriage and babies :P

[7gnat]

Only 48 of them

[Clipklop]

This is easy for me. Baseball, I'd be a starting pitcher to be exact; it's what I played growing up. There's really not many things as satisfying as striking out a guy, especially when you get the hat trick on the same dude, lol.

Ideal Pitching repertoire: 4SFB (top out at mid 90s), Circle-change, Slider, and maybe a 2SFB or Cutter.

Pitching repertoire IRL (age 18): 4SFB (Top out mid 80s), Curve-ball, Slider (My slider was pretty nasty for an 18 year old).

I got close to getting a baseball scholarship but my senior year performance in high school wasn't nearly as good as when I was a junior. I sometimes wonder what would have been but, that's life.

[cjwright79]

as a former softball pitcher I can confirm this. Striking dudes out is pretty cool.

Or if they drill the ball right back at you, snagging it is awesome as well.

[DeepBlue]

Right there with you. Work every five days but get paid the same or better than everyone else? Sign me up. Giving a guy the old "golden sombrero" is very satisfying. My fantasy arsenal would be: 4 seam FB at 93-96, Slider, Split finger fastball, 12-6 hammer curve. Roy Halladay is my favorite pitcher.

[Clipklop]

Well depending on the rotation it CAN be every 4 days. Roy Halladay is definitely one of my favorites. But, it's all about Matt Cain for me, Giants baby!

[Betawolf]

Football, or as us Americans call it...soccer. They make just about the most money in the world of professional sports and it is hella fun. By far the most intense sport I have played, also requires tip-top shape unlike most other big sports. Played it since I was two years old, wouldn't trade it for any other sport.

[7gnat]

Although top athletes in neither sport are lacking in terms of base pay, the salaries of NFL players surpass those of professional soccer players.

For the NFL's 2009-2010 season, average salary for the top five highest-paid players (not including endorsement deals) was $20.32 million. For the top five footballers, salaries averaged $14.67 million.-The base pay is OK for soccer players but NFL players make much more as a base pay.

[Betawolf]

You are forgetting that there are 100 times as many professional soccer players as there are football players. Also, the top paid football players are quarterbacks, which make about 3x as much money as the next highest paid position...so in reality soccer players on average make more money than football players. Also, on the list of top 25 sports clubs in the world by money, I think 10 or so of them were soccer and were in the top 20

[7gnat]

I did not forget. This was your statement "They make just about the most money in the world of professional sports" Your statements are not even close to true. The median salary in the NFL in 2009 was roughly $770,000. In 2008 it was about $720,000. The Steelers have the highest median salary at $1.1 million, the Packers the lowest at $440,000. The Redskins have the highest payroll at $123 million. The Giants have the lowest at $76 million.

[7gnat]

The average (arithmetic mean) NFL salary in 2006 was $1.4 million. As of the 2007 season, the minimum salary for a rookie is $285,000. The minimum salary increases according to the number of years the player has been in the league. The highest minimum salary is $820,000 for players who have been in the league 11 years or more.

Read more: link . There are 1,696 football players.

[7gnat]

I don't know what league you are talking about with soccer. How many players are there in the soccer league you are talking about?

[Betawolf]

Professional soccer players median salary for 2008-2011 get around $1.1 million. The top 5 players, in comparison to your top five football players, make about $13.9 million a year averaged. 7 of the top 10 best paid sports teams in the world, including the top 4, are soccer teams. All of their players combined average between $5-11 million per year. one basketball team and 2 baseball teams made that list. And really the packers are the lowest? Man, they're my team =\

[7gnat]

Minimum salary for soccer is roughly 60,000.00 a year yes? I will guess that the starting players of soccer get more than the starting (non-star nfl) players? Is that about right?

[Betawolf]

You are thinking American soccer, which gets paid sh*t. Professional soccer players outside of the USA get paid more than any other athlete in the world. If we are talking strictly American players/sports, then hell yes football makes way more. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world for a reason, and brings in more money than the next 3 sports combined. It's as simple as that.

[7gnat]

lol I asked which soccer you were talking about but you maybe did not see me ask that

[Betawolf]

I did see, but by the numbers I was presenting I thought it would be obvious that I was talking about anything but American soccer. I could flip burgers and make more money than an American soccer player, not really but you get the point.

[7gnat]

Yea I just never watched it. I need to see some more action than running around. I watched some soccer but never saw any goals live. I would sit down for an hours and see nothing and then go for a bathroom break and then a goal would happen lol

[Betawolf]

Yea lol, definitely not the taste of most Americans. I understand. But since I have played it my whole life I see the action and fun in it!

[cjwright79]

I'm Canadian so definitely hockey, but of the poll choices I took baseball. It's pretty much my second favorite regularly-scheduled sport now that the steroid era is over.

[7gnat]

Lol watching baseball now. Do you really think the steroid era is really over? I am still a bit suspicious about that. There are some player with 25 + honers already and some looked a bit too pumped up. What do you think? (oh and I was a huge Larry Walker fan)

[cjwright79]

Jose Bautista would never juice. He's a good guy. Same with Edwin Encarnacion. The rest of the league outside the Jays I'm not all that familiar with.

[7gnat]

Well good guys or not I have been surprised about some of the guys that did it. Many of them seemed like good guys.

[cjwright79]

I do not, repeat do NOT, consider Mark McGwire or Sammy Sosa 'good guys'. And Barry Bonds, dude's one of the bigger A-holes in pro sports, at least he was while he was playing.

[Mr_Solo_Dolo]

Dammit, I was going to ask this question. Anyways I'd choose football or soccer. Why the hell aren't those sports up there? ha ha :P

[7gnat]

Not many girls play pro football :D tried to keep it co-ed

[Mr_Solo_Dolo]

Apparently you don't know of lingerie football. You should really look into that. ;)

[7gnat]

:P Yes I sure do know about tat high paying competitive game of lingerie football.

[Mr_Solo_Dolo]

Well there you go. I love that sport.

[7gnat]

It sure is a great "sport" :)

[Mr_Solo_Dolo]

Yes it is.

[THE_Godfather]

"F" Hockey

I'd love to be an offensive minded defenseman. Like Gary Suter or Dion Phaneuf.

Your forwards have to know that your going to "pinch" so one of them can play back on point.

Gary Suter once asked Bernie Nichols (centerman) if he could skate backwards when he pinches.

[may04]

Probably E- there's less chance of me getting hit in the face compared to the other ones(even golf...it's happened)

If it was ANY sport though I'd pick Equestrian (Hunter Jumpers!)

[Anonymous]

Basketball but I blew my knee out in hs playing it. So I guess it would be billiards.

[7gnat]

I enjoy playing many billiard games and I loved basketball and also blew out my knees too :P (also my ankle)

[baliguy11]

professional ironman triathlete. not on the list but if I have to be a pro. of course I would need a day job since it pays d***.

[Blobb]

BBoying or Parcour.

Pays jack sh*t though. But if I could have my living costs somehow supported, I'd do that in a heartbeat. Still working on getting the living costs sorted though ^^

[sloaneified]

Cheerleading! I used to do it competitively, and it's very exciting and physical sport. Stunting is the best part of it all.

[MilaPohstro]

True (stunting)

[7gnat]

What is stunting?

[sloaneified]

link

[JonnyBG]

Voted for Basketball, because I've played it in the past, but none of the options really appeal to me. I'd want to be sponsored for longboarding, snowboarding or basejumping/wingsuit flying.

[Dobie_Gillis]

Competitive Recreational SCUBA Diving.

I turned down a tryout for the L.A. Rams because I wasn't particularly interested in playing football (gridiron) outside of our neighborhood games.

[obligations]

I picked baseball

But I really wanted MMA.

I've been training in various martial arts disciplines for years.

[natattack]

uhm I would wanna play hockey

but that's not a choice

[GreenWingER]

It was a close one between basketball and billiards- but billiards it is.

[beer3]

No Hockey, no football and no boxing? C'mon now put some better choices.

[7gnat]

Lol tell gag to give me more than 5 choices on a poll- feel free to say what sport you would like to play professionally. I was trying to keep the question co-ed also which kept me at a limit.

[beer3]

haha it's so hard to pick, since I don't like any of the options.

[7gnat]

Wouldn't be cool to be a pro billiards player?

[selectivethought]

My favorite one is basketball. So, which one are you partial to? 0=)

[Livestrong58]

Played pro tennis, easy choice :P

[7gnat]

Wow how long ago?

[Livestrong58]

2 years

[7gnat]

Really awesome man.

[Livestrong58]

It was a lot of fun, that and college tennis both

[7gnat]

Why did it end?

[Livestrong58]

Graduated college, played, it was expensive trying to travel that much, and I enjoy teaching too much

[7gnat]

What was your highest world ranking. I also love to play tennis. And I am assuming when you say you enjoy teaching you are teaching tennis?

[Livestrong58]

High enough to get me into the challenger level main draws and qualis for some others. Yup

[7gnat]

What is the farthest you got in any of the majors or big tournaments?

[Livestrong58]

Never played the majors, wasn't THAT good. Played the junior versions of two of them

[7gnat]

Ok well that is still awesome

[cjwright79]

Who are your favorite tennis players of all-time Livestrong?

[Livestrong58]

Sampras and laver are far beyond any others, followed by conners, Hewitt and rafa

[Lj236]

basketball cause I play it everyday and I really enjoy it

[Anonymous]

a gymnast, I am small and strong, I have the perfect build for it, I am much like shawn johnson

[anonymousbastard]

Football like the NFL, if I gained muscle I could see myself as a linebacker.

[Anonymous]

I am a self pro-claimed professional at don't let the balloon touch the ground lol, but with those choices I would pick, baseball.