it's science, and we don't argue with science.

driving home from soccer last night, i passed the flag football league that plays near my house. it sparked a brilliant revelation: there is a very distinct hierarchy in the level of attractiveness of men that play different sports. i shared my theory with tess and she agreed with a few points of dissent. let me elaborate.

at the top of the sport-playing-attractiveness chart (to be referred to as SPA from here on) are a quite obvious group: the soccer players.

soccer-playing men earn their coveted status for a couple of reasons. 1. the level of skill and pure athleticism involved in the game. these men are IN SHAPE. 2. the international factor. hot foreign men with smokin accents play this sport throughout the world. it's a virtual shmorgusboard of attractive athletes. (questionable spelling, i know.) 3. the general attitude of this group. sure you have your occasional zidane, but overall they tend to be laid-back, cool guys with good taste in music. 4. most of them are hot. really hot.

just below these men is a tie between what i like to call the adventure sports and the cyclists/runners. this includes kayakers, climbers, triathletes, etc.
again, the level of athleticism required factors in as well as the nature of the sports themselves. they tend to be a bit less caught up on ego and more focused on achieving an admirable goal.

next on the SPA are the lacrosse players. don't really know why. perhaps i like foreign sports a bit?

below these men are the basketball players. the fact that other nations have begun to beat our spoiled athletes in this area helps to secure the spot for them as a whole.

rugby players fit in somewhere down here. attitudes tend to knock them down a few spaces.

next we have baseball players. cute butts, cocky attitudes. that about sums it up.

football players. not that impressed. you play for 4 seconds at a time and then take a minute break. and what's with all the pads? suck it up and be a man.

finally, we have tennis players, golfers and bowlers. perhaps they will move up the SPA with age, but i seriously doubt it.


so there you have it. men everywhere take note.