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(11/2/2010: Poll Added) Open Discussion: New "Football" Forum

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by Clutch, Oct 21, 2010.

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How would you like to break up the Sports section of the BBS?

  1. 3 FORUMS: 1. All Football (w/Texans). 2. All Baseball (w/Astros) 3. All Other Sports

    89 vote(s)
    58.6%
  2. 2 FORUMS: 1. Houston Sports 2. All Other Sports (NFL, MLB, College, etc.)

    39 vote(s)
    25.7%
  3. No changes (Houston Sports & Football Forum. All other sports remain in Hangout).

    24 vote(s)
    15.8%
  1. Hayesfan

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    I have to admit that it gets confusing around draft/march madness time a bit, but the rest of year it's good to have the talk about other NBA teams separate. I know last year we had threads for players in both the college part and in the dish part, but overall it wasn't bad.

    The traffic is mostly in NBA dish with only the occasional posting in the Draft/International forum.
     
  2. Rocketman95

    Rocketman95 Hangout Boy

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    hey, none taken man. i do think that would increase my posting...wait, that probably doesn't help my case! :)
     
  3. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    I think a "Troll" section is also needed, where no one can see it, unless they ask to join it.....

    An anything goes area.........where you can banish folks for a while to teach a lesson if necessary.

    DD
     
  4. Major

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    One thing to consider here is that I think you have 3 separate core topics here:

    1. NBA Discussion - these are people that just like to talk about the NBA and what's going on on a daily basis.

    2. College Basketball - these are people who like talking about the Duke vs. North Carolina game or whatever else is going on in college basketball

    3. Draft Discussion - these are the people who like to analyze players and really get in much more depth about their potential rather than the actual games that are going on.

    I think those are 3 different topics with 3 totally different audience sets, and I think #3 is specialized enough that the people who primarily are interested in #1 and #2 aren't interested in #3.

    So I think the split between NBA Dish and Draft are good - otherwise, I think the draft threads would get overwhelmed in a much more active mix of regular NBA "did you see that Lebron Dunk yesterday?" threads. For College Basketball, I don't know what makes the most sense. It definitely doesn't need it's own forum because most of that discussion revolves around 3 weeks in March/April. But I think of March Madness threads as more fitting into an "All Sports" forum if that forms or the Hangout with the random soccer and golf threads than I do with the Draft-analysis threads.
     
  5. Raven

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    There's always the option to just sticky certain subjects. That keeps em in the proper forum, yet also out of the way.

    NFL/Texans with a sticky for College and Draft.
    NBA/Rockets with a sticky for College and Draft.
    MLB/Astros with a sticky for College and Draft.
     
  6. v3.0

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    any other ideas you got from spurstalk? :grin:
     
  7. DonnyMost

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    Seems like there's so few draft threads that merging it with the NBA dish would make sense.

    Besides, don't most draft discussions revolve around NBA teams anyway?
     
  8. rrj_gamz

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    that would be cool...Rockets Forum, Texans Forum and then other Houston Sports forums (ie. Astros/Dynamo, etc)...

    I like the idea of having our own College football forum...
     
  9. thelasik

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    1. Texans/Astros/Dynamo (as is)

    This seems like a natural fit as the baseball/football seasons don't really overlap. Have a sticky for Astros/Texans offseason as that time of year rolls around. Dynamo threads are so few in number.

    I really believe Houston teams should have their separate forum, so it gives people the option to view threads for their local teams (if they don't have an interest in other teams).

    2. Football/Baseball/Other Sports

    Sticky for Week X NCAAF and another sticky for Week X NFL.

    Do we really have THAT many football and baseball threads? I think a combined forum should suffice. We might see an occasional golf thread.

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    I don't see why March Madness sticky can't be placed in the Hangout. It is such a high profile event and even those who have no knowledge of NCAAB fill out brackets.

    I just like the idea of Houston teams being separate.

    One forum addition here as well.
     
  10. The_Yoyo

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    omg i found a new forum and its not the styx one!
     
  11. SwoLy-D

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    Not sure if you're serious... :eek:
     
  12. moestavern19

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    I like the new forum.

    Great to have a place just for football.
     
  13. JeopardE

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    I like it... please move the Fantasy forum up there under "Sports" as well. It makes a lot more sense.
     
  14. Poloshirtbandit

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    I like how it is now. Maybe just to add an "other sports" section for MMA, Soccer, etc.

    Still kinda confused where UH, Rice, HBU, TSU etc. fit in all of this.
     
  15. Mr. Clutch

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    I like it. And I like keeping the Texans in the Houston sports forum.
     
  16. Jontro

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    Let's make a poll! a really elaborate poll!

    Can we have a forum for International sports (that's not famous in Amreeka)? such as ping pong, batminton, Formula uno, Moto GP.

    Heck at least a motorsports forum for the last two.

    no nascar tho
     
  17. Deckard

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    Whoops! This ain't the game thread!! :p
     
  18. KingCheetah

    KingCheetah Atomic Playboy
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    All NFL in one forum [Texans included].
     
  19. Fatty FatBastard

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    I disagree. This is the ultimate Houston Sports forum, and I'd like to have it put together as the Rockets forum, where there is Texans, NFL, and college.

    This site has the most Houstonians on it. Might as well get some Texans fans on here, as well. (Titans fans can go to Tennessee.)
     
  20. Deckard

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    Fatty! It's you! :eek: :p :grin:
     

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