A show where pro athletes compete in the wrong sports
Posted by rednaxer@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 10 comments
What if there was a show where pro athletes are forced to compete in OTHER sports—but ones that kinda match their skills?
Not totally random. Just enough overlap to make translating their skills interesting.
Like:
Racket players → pickleball
Billiards/pool players → curling
Basketball/football scorers → golf
Archery / shooting sports → darts
Gymnasts → pole vault
But here’s the twist:
They don’t know what sport they’re playing.
Each round they pick from vague clues like “precision” or “ice”… or go in completely blind.
They get like 2 days to train, then compete for real.
Halfway through, teams break apart and it becomes every athlete for themselves.
Feels like something MrBeast/Dude Perfect would try.
I feel like this would either flop immediately or become insanely addictive. Either way, fans get introduced to different sports, which is a win.
thejwillbee@reddit
I has a similar idea before March Madness started. Like how is it truly "madness" if they are showing up to play basketball in an organized bracket system?
The idea was they keep the brackets, but they don't know what sport the tournament will be for until all of the teams arrive. So every college would sent one team from one of the college sports, having no idea if it'll be the right one.
So we'd see something like a round 1 matchup between the Miami Hurricanes football team VS UCONN Women's Basketball, and it is a hockey tournament
South_Oil_2526@reddit
That’s all fun and games until the first round is Ohio State football playing a football game against Vermont’s women’s archery team
thejwillbee@reddit
Then it is more fun!
spoonybard326@reddit
Let’s see how hockey players do on a soccer field.
Pristine-Aspect-3086@reddit
honestly probably okay, there are a lot of structural similarities between soccer and hockey
bemused_alligators@reddit
Hell footsal (indoor socker) is literally played in rink the exact same size as the hockey rink
DJFreezyFish@reddit
Physical 100/Physical Asia sorta does this. Korean reality show on Netflix where a bunch of competitors from various sports/fitness backgrounds face off in various athletic competitions.
Toc13s@reddit
SuperStars - back in the 70a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstars_(British_TV_programme)
NeverInsightful@reddit
ok I'm on board this would be hilarious. World's strongest man in a high dive competition. Tag team wrestlers in synchronized swimming. Dressage riders on the bobsled. Give golfers a chance and let them swing at a baseball.
MidnightGrill@reddit
This could get wild with athletes who are really used to dominating but have zero clue about the sport they’re tossed into. It would be very entertaining.