ITT: sports ranked by the average intelligence of its pro athletes
1. Rugby Union
2. Tennis
3. Golf
4. Cricket
5. Basketball
6. Hockey
7. Baseball
8. American Football
9. Boxing (smart boxers tend to be very smart, but the stupid boxers are amazingly stupid and there are far more of them)
10. Track and Field
11. Soccer (CR7 is probably the most well spoken and intelligent soccer player I've ever heard speak and frankly he still sounds dumb as shit)
12. MMA
13. Rugby League/Aussie Rules
>4. Cricket
Also bump Rugby down to the bottom. Just because the guys playing it went to private rather than public schools doesn't mean they are still dumb as fuck. Literally only the dumbest of bogans play Rugby
t. went to private school
aren't still dumb as fuck*
>golf
rich and white doesn't = smart. Most pro golfers are dumb as bricks
Cycling should be pretty high on the list
>5. Basketball
citation needed
american football is completely dependent on the position
quarterbacks as a group are very intelligent. it's the defensive players who are dumb as fucking rocks
t. former defensive end
>basketball
>over hockey
Not that hockey is smart, just smarter than basketball.
is there any data to back any of this shit up?
next time you try to make an argument have some actual research done first, fuckin idiot
>5. Basketball
Are we only counting the white players or something?
first should be formula 1, have you seen those steering wheels
>golf
>cricket
>baseball
>sports
Maybe this was true 10 or even 5 years ago, but it's a meme now. Nowadays NBA success demands ball movement, finding the open man, taking good shots, and even making intelligent switches on defense. LeBron would unironically be one of the better QBs in the NFL today.
Meanwhile you still see your stiffs in the NFL throwing 4 picks in a half, constantly missing open receivers, being afraid to throw the ball longer than 5 yards, etc. And they're just as likely to be white as anything else
>MMA that high
guys can barely form sentences
Dont you have gyprock to install, kid
>5. Basketball
>6. Hockey
This list is bad and you should feel bad.
1. fomula 1
1. MMA
20. Rugby Union
30. Golf
9999999. Boxers
9999999999999999999999. All other sports
>Not knowing that O-linemen are usually the smartest people on the team.
>ape hoop
>5
> Cycling should be pretty high on the list
Actually, not really, most are pretty dumb with French being the dumbest.
Don't ever mention I said this, but American Cyclists are usually the most intelligent.
I don't know why, maybe because it's incredibly hard to make it out of the USA to Europe in cycling, so they can't be that dumb or mentally weak.
1. Chess
POWER GAP
90000000001. Everything else