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The GFC group discusses sports they don't consider real sports. They debate whether table tennis, frisbee golf, ball hockey, pool, and bowling should be classified as sports or games. They argue that these activities don't involve enough physical exertion or skill to be considered sports. They also discuss the lack of competitiveness and entertainment value in these activities. They acknowledge that their opinions may be controversial and invite viewers to share their own thoughts. Hello everybody, today we'll be talking about sports that we don't believe are real sports. Our group name is called GFC, Cooper, Sam, and Garnett. Let me introduce myself, myself, Garnett, here we have Sam, Coop, Coop, short for Cooper, thinks he's someone he's not, anyway for our first sport that we don't believe is a sport is table tennis slash ping pong, for me right away it's ping pong really, the point of the game is to get the ball on the other side, I believe it's more of an activity, a little thing that the boys would get together and do to have a little fun game night, if I were to label it I would call it a game, not a sport, and yeah, second opinion, passing the mic to Sam. Yeah, just to piggyback off what Garnett said, I think that you would see people playing ping pong or table tennis in a rec center, maybe you'd see some elderly folks playing it enjoying their maybe retirement, so that's why I think that that's not a real sport. I'm passing it on to Cooper. Ping pong is not really a sport at all because you don't sweat, you don't get tired at all, you can play forever and ever, you don't burn any calories, you can just be ping pong, ping pong all day long, it gets boring really, I guess you could say there's some competitiveness involved but really I think that competitive level only goes so far. For our second sport we have frisbee golf, for me I'll start off right away, we already have golf, we already have ultimate frisbee, why combine them, I just don't see the point, you're throwing a disc into a little basket, maybe you could say you could burn a little bit of sweat from walking each hole, but again I would really call this one a game rather than a sport. Next here we have Sam. Yeah, I think you're better off probably just learning each sport by themselves, like taking up golf or taking up ultimate frisbee, I think you're better off getting, you get better exercise doing those sports alone, maybe not golf but definitely ultimate frisbee with all the running around and the exercise, so that's my opinion. Last thing we have Cooper. Yeah, I feel like if you're breaking the sweat in frisbee golf, then you're breaking the better sweat in frisbee itself or golf itself, so why break less sweat and play a fake sport. For our third sport we have ball hockey. Ball hockey honestly, I do have the respect for those who don't have the access to real skates, with that being said we already have field hockey, air hockey, and ice hockey, I can understand ball hockey is easy accessible, but really it's just, if you're joining a league and playing ball hockey, what's the point, right? As Garnett said, ice hockey is of course the top sport when it comes to hockey, but I mean ball hockey is a good alternate if you're a bit less fortunate or even you can't make it that day, but if it's the substitution sport, I wouldn't call it a real sport, I'd call it a substitution sport, a fake sport. Exactly. Third opinion we have Sam here. Yeah, for me I think that one of the biggest aspects of hockey is the skating aspect and like Garnett and Cooper said, skates are really expensive these days and so it might be hard to get your hands on a good pair, but I think that with hockey, one of the biggest parts of it is skating, and so for that reason, if there's no skating, the gliding, the main part of hockey is just not there. For our fourth sport we have, the fourth sport is pool. Not swimming, pool. Where do I even start myself? I think this might be the easiest one on the list, why would you even consider it a sport? You're hitting a ball with a stick into a hole, with maybe some spectators, honestly I don't think I've ever seen pool live on TV unless it's a bunch of grandpas, but yeah, just really you're not burning any calories, you're not breaking a sweat, just like a lot of the other reasons for all the other sports I've been listing. Anyway, Cooper here. So I think pool is an awful lot like ping pong, I mean most people have a little table down in their basement or whatever, but no one's playing it as a real sport, you're not playing for money, this may be a controversial opinion, but I don't think pool takes skills. Yup, I agree with that. All you gotta do is, maybe if there's some backspin involved, maybe you're trying to curve the ball into the hole, I guess it takes a little bit of skill, but I honestly think anyone can pick it up and play it, consider it more of a game than a sport. Last, Sam here. Yeah, I kind of like what Garnett said, if you were to see pool on TV, you probably wouldn't stay on that channel, you'd probably look for something like, maybe ice hockey, basketball, those kind of things. I can really get the feet moving in person, you know, not really just laying back watching all the adrenaline, you know, third period action. But yeah, I think that pool is more something you just play in your basement with a couple of friends. I don't really think it has that crazy competitive aspect to it, so that's my reason. Alrighty, for our last sport, we have bowling. Bowling, honestly this one is also pretty controversial, bowling does take a little bit of, definitely makes the armpits sweat a little bit, throwing this heavy ball right down the aisle. Honestly, this one might be the hardest one to tell, but again, it takes a lot of courage to be watching bowling, to watch bowling, I honestly think that there's way better options broadcasting. You're not really running, there's no team bonding really, you're kind of just solo, no chemistry really involved. Next up, we have Cooper. Yeah, I'd say bowling takes quite a bit of skill. I've tried it a few times in my day and it hasn't gone too well, but to stick with bowling your whole life and maybe lose approximately 2,000 calories since you start 20 years ago, I wouldn't consider it a sport and yes, I definitely would not keep it on if it was on TV, I'm switching to basketball or something else. Last reason. Yeah, I kind of agree with the other boys here. I think that even playing bowling in real life isn't even fun either, you maybe play for a little bit, maybe if you're with some friends, it's a good time, but if you were to just play by yourself, I don't think it would be that fun and honestly, yeah, watching on TV isn't really entertaining either, so that's mine. Alright, and this is about it for our podcast. For the viewers, please don't come at us, it's just coming out of our opinions, everyone has their own opinions. Yeah, you can leave a comment down below though if you do have any. If you want to leave a comment and maybe we'll make a new video in the future and we'll take your sport out of it, maybe not though. If you give us a good enough argument, we'll take it out, but anyway, SGCpod out. Peace boys. Peace boys.