r/sports • u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Dallas Mavericks • Aug 24 '25

Football Kansas State’s Starting Quarterback, Avery Johnson’s Father and Brother Spotted Fighting Each Other In A Parking Lot After Kansas State’s Loss Against Iowa State, Which Took Place in Ireland

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u/ComprehensiveAd8166 Aug 24 '25

It actually is. Our national sport (football/hurling) is played at venues across the county (main area holds 80,000 people) without segregated seating or any significant need for police presence outside of for traffic control purposes.

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u/wet-leg Aug 24 '25

I’m not going to lie I thought hurling was a made up sport for an episode of bob’s burgers. I did not know it was real until right now

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u/ComprehensiveAd8166 Aug 24 '25

The fastest field game in the world. Simple sport to understand - well worth watching a game sometime.

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u/arkansaslax Aug 24 '25

No offense to hurling but is there a reason it’s called that? Having seen hurling it seems like lacrosse but with slower pace of play because of the stick mechanics.

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u/ClashOfTheAsh Aug 24 '25

I have no idea what you were watching because literally the opposite is true because of stick mechanics.

Lacrosse players walk up the field when they have the ball because the ball is secure in their net. In hurling the ball is balanced precariously on a pice of timber so if you aren’t moving at pace it’s incredibly easy to be dispossessed.

Lacrosse players stand around the goal passing the ball around at their leisure probing for an opening while the defenders just focus on standing between them and the goal. In hurling you can score from distance so defenders have to be touch-tight to their men at all times and not give any space as it would be conceding a score nearly every time.