tough athletes?

[PBurke]

i was sitting here thinking about what you guys would consider to be the toughest sport/athletes? i will have to vote for bullriders/fighters. just cause i have done that and most of the others in the poll. and rodeo cowboys are some really tough sob's. let's hear it. keep it clean guys.

[tomgallagher]

You have to be part cave man to play rugby.

[schro]

Gotta agree with Tom, ruggers.

[Paul]

Definitely Rugby.

[PBurke]

i have to politely disagree. i will vote for rugby as second though. bulls are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

[Paul]

......... are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

So does a rugby team

[D.A.L.U.I.]

In absolute terms the rodeo guys who are bull riders and fighters are the toughest, but ruggers, who else can say that their sport requires leather balls?

[schro]

How come golfers aren't on the list?
I mean, the choice between pink and lime pants is tough.

[PBurke]

How come golfers aren't on the list?
I mean, the choice between pink and lime pants is tough.

we are talking about physically tough schro. not mentally challenged  err challenging

[tomgallagher]

i have to politely disagree. i will vote for rugby as second though. bulls are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

Yeah but the contest only lasts 8 seconds.

[PigPen]

i have to politely disagree. i will vote for rugby as second though. bulls are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

Yeah but the contest only lasts 8 seconds.

The ride may only last 8 seconds, but if you get hung up it could be close to 30 and feel like a lifetime. Once you're off that bull, it ain't over. Not until you get a fence or gate between you and that bull.

[PBurke]

i have to politely disagree. i will vote for rugby as second though. bulls are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

Yeah but the contest only lasts 8 seconds.

The ride may only last 8 seconds, but if you get hung up it could be close to 30 and feel like a lifetime. Once you're off that bull, it ain't over. Not until you get a fence or gate between you and that bull.

.....and for the bullfighter it is way worse. we had to stay out there and protect yall crazy arses. may be 8 seconds per ride, but when you turn out 50 bulls a night, it makes a long night. i saw a video one time where a bullfighter explained what he did. "It is like standing on a street corner waiting for a wreck, then jumping into the middle of it"   

[PigPen]

i have to politely disagree. i will vote for rugby as second though. bulls are around 2000 pounds and have killing somebody on their mind.

Yeah but the contest only lasts 8 seconds.

The ride may only last 8 seconds, but if you get hung up it could be close to 30 and feel like a lifetime. Once you're off that bull, it ain't over. Not until you get a fence or gate between you and that bull.

.....and for the bullfighter it is way worse. we had to stay out there and protect yall crazy arses. may be 8 seconds per ride, but when you turn out 50 bulls a night, it makes a long night. i saw a video one time where a bullfighter explained what he did. "It is like standing on a street corner waiting for a wreck, then jumping into the middle of it"   

That's a perfect example! The bullfighters I worked with always got my utmost respect. I may have been stepped on a time or two, or got into a pretty bad wreck, but it could have been a lot worse had there been no bullfighters.

[Timmay]

I didnt see Dodge Ball listed.......

that ball hurts when you get hit in the face or head....or on your back when you have to be skins.

[Pshrynk]

The poll means nothing if you don't define tough first.

Tough as in taking a beating -- MMA

Tough as in bravery -- bull-fighter