I'd like to see Rollerball started up like in the 1974 James Caan movie.
Just how weird is cricket?
That's by far the most boring sport that I've ever tried to watch
NO, just no. American Football is so much more boring. How can a game that lasts 1 hour take 4? The ball is in play for less than 15mins of the game, the rest is just time wasting.
If you want to get into cricket have a go at watching the IPL, is T20. A max of 120 balls bowled to each side. You should be able to get it online somewhere.
As for just plane weird Octopush, other wise know as underwater hockey. I had national trails for England and GB.
They tried it in America in the late 90s; It was called Rollerjam, it aired on TNN (now Spike) and it was prioritised by TNN over the MUCH more popular Extreme Championship Wrestling, much to the frustration of both the TNN audience and wrestling fans.
Rollerjam lasted about a year
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollerjam
Hey now. Football is sacred to the American people.
Cricket might be weird, but I have to respect it for being the forerunner of baseball. Cricket is to baseball what Britain is to America: a somewhat boring and odd version of something awesome.