If You Could Play Any Sport Professionally, What Sport Would It Be?

[Yavin4]

For me, that's a no-brainer. I would love to be a Professional Tennnis player. One, you travel the world instead of playing in only one country. Two, you're always playing in ideal weather conditions. Three, you're always around super hot women, and most of them are also wealthy. Four, you can make a great living on and off the court. Five, you don't have to play on a team and deal with someone else's bullshit. You win on your own, and you lose on your own.

--On Edit--
Also, you don't have to worry about traumatic brain injuries.

[MaineDem]

1. Tennis or skiing

I enjoy them both.

I grew up before Title IX so I never was involved much in team sports. But I've been skiing since high school and I always remember playing tennis.

Both sports involve travel, which I love. And, I agree, you win and lose on your own.

[FSogol]

2. Baseball. Long career. n/t

[trumad]

4. Baseball

[madinmaryland]

9. At least in Miami they would never see you, tru.

[El Supremo]

3. Competitive Eating

[Scuba]

5. Golf, for a lot of the same reasons you cited...

... plus the longevity.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. What Scuba Said

Not only longevity at the highest level, but a separate tour for over 50 that still pays potentially millions per year. Not as lucrative as the big tour, but still pretty darned good.
GAC

[Scuba]

16. The Champion's Tour is plenty lucrative, but better yet...

... golf pros can set their own schedules, pick only their favorite locales, practice as much or little as they want, where they want, and rely solely on themselves for success.

Seems like a no-brainer IF you like the game.


On the other hand, I love to play basketball (or did when I was younger) but would never be happy playing in the NBA, which passes itself off as basketball. Grinding travel, bad coaches, worse teammates.

Nah, I'll take golf.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. Well. You Picked By Number 2 Choice Too

Except to have had that career i would have needed 6 more inches of height.

I'm only 5'9". Decent player. Quick and could jump out of the gym. But, at my height, that didn't mean that much. I'd have to have the skills of a Spud Webb, which i clearly didn't. Didn't handle the ball like him, couldn't shoot like him. But, at 6'3" i would have gotten scholarship offers from more than from Montana and small school in Alabama.

But, that would have been fun.

[TBF]

6. Definitely tennis -

most of the tournaments are at very comfortable resorts , lots of world travel, and maybe I could meet Roger Federer!

[Jack Rabbit]

7. Why, chess, of course

It's the one sport that matches my athletic abilities.

[madinmaryland]

11. +1000!!

[hughee99]

8. Baseball, golf, or maybe fencing

I like to hit things with a stick.

[bluedigger]

10. Beach Volleyball

I put a lot of stock in my work environment.

[backwoodsbob]

12. bowling

I'm good at it and could play professionally untill I'm like 80

[applegrove]

13. I would like to be a dancer. Except I'm too big. And not athletic. But I love watching dance.

[MrSlayer]

14. NHL

I've always loved hockey. I just wasn't good enough at it to make junior level. Scoring the Cup winner in overtime of game 7 would be the ultimate.

[H2O Man]

17. Boxing, of course ....

....although one does not "play" boxing. I sometimes miss being able to at least spar.

[MaineDem]

18. Of course.

[NoGOPZone]

20. Baseball

Long career, strong union, high salaries, no work in wet or cold weather, and comparitively easy conditioning regimens.

[bigwillq]

21. Baseball

Always been my favorite sport to play. I always wanted to be the 2nd baseman for the NY Yankees.

[LiberalLovinLug]

22. Hockey

The fastest, most exciting game there is!

Of course I'm Canadian, so it goes without saying.

[Gemini Cat]

23. Baseball, first base, Chicago White Sox.

[Broken_Hero]

24. Of the major sports,

I would choose baseball, and I would play first base. I would enjoy playing football, but the chance of injury is way to high...if I was impervious to injury though, I would choose football, free safety.

[HuckleB]

25. 1. Baseball. 2. Cross-country skier (if only it paid as well). 3. Soccer.

[Iggo]

26. MLB Closer.

An inning of work and all the love.

[barbtries]

27. pool.

i love pool. never got better at it than about 10% of where i would love to be. great game, pool.

[Fix The Stupid]

28. Baseball - and I want to play in 1941.

I want to be there to see Ted hit .406 and to see Dimaggio go 56 games with a hit...


Yes, I just bought that Ken Burns Baseball documentary - Best $40.00 I ever spent.

Also to see what Jackie Robinson went thru...sounds like he endured hellish conditions...

To see the Brooklynn Dodgers play in Ebbets Field...

I sure wish we could go back...

[KamaAina]

29. Frontenis

for that would imply that I was a wealthy resident of Mexico City. The sport, sort of a mashup of squash and jai alai, is played only on private courts in said wealthy Mexicans' (think Carlos Slim) homes.