Not So Ultimate Frisbee

Since when did Ultimate Frisbee become a pansie sport? Short from tackling each other, I recall that it was pretty much full contact back when I used to play it on those cold thanksgiving reunion parking lot trips. Sure I know that we never played ANY rules, and Im sure that there has always had to be a few, especially in the college game, but its gone haywire.

I played a pickup game today with some UC Davis alum, and current students that I found online. Of course I was quite a bit rusty, given that its been years since I've played in an actual game. But I was unpleasantly surprised at the similarities between Ultimate Frisbee in Basketball. In other words 'Oww he fouled me' (in whiny pansie voice).

Not only was I baffled at the fact that everyone was wearing cleats and were calling plays (which were useless) but to top it off, the stoppage of play due to 'fouls' and 'picks' made things even more ridiculous. There was one time during the game where a teammate and myself criss-crossed and the defender defending him started yelling 'PICK PICK' about 5 feet before he ran into me. Of course this led to a stoppage of play where I was reprimanded for not remaining in my exact location until the frisbee was put back into play. What?!

Its amazing how California can turn such a great game as Ultimate Frisbee into such a whiny sport. I should have seen it coming considering the only people who ever end up playing Ultimate on a 'serious' level only do so because they can't succeed at any real sports.

I used to love playing the free for all back and forth non-stop Ultimate games in high school and the early college years. Those were fast paced and fun, and nobody whined, even when me and Sparky kicked everyone's ass. I would take Sparky and yes even Kearney over any of these professional cry-baby's anyday.

This is worse then what Californian's have done to Beer Pong with their allowing defensive blowing from everyone. Idiots.