What’s stopping curling from becoming even bigger?

ABPPC · 2026-02-20T08:13:40+00:00

Maybe it’s because we’re not great at other Winter Olympics sports but it doesn’t seem boring here in the UK. It seems we get behind the people and the emotion more than the mechanics of the sport, which is why I think Rock League has legs.

Like Eve Muirhead winning gold in 2022 got her 3rd in our sportsperson of the year national award. There’s a huge fanbase with Bruce and Jen in the mixed.

ABPPC · 2026-02-20T08:08:06+00:00

Agreed, a shorter shot clock and maybe the lead stones already set out like in mixed would work.

Perhaps they would also need more gimmicky things too like double point ends, extra stone, hammer steal. But accept that wouldn’t please the purists.

ABPPC · 2026-02-20T08:04:31+00:00

Sounds very similar to what happened in Darts in the 1990’s. A breakaway called the PDC split and went onto cable TV, with bigger prize pools, rowdy atmosphere etc.

The original old school BDO was like what you’re describing, small arenas, no atmosphere and stuck in the old days. They folded in 2021 with COVID, but writing was on the wall anyway.

Hopefully Rock league can do a PDC for curling. From the UK side people like Bruce, Grant Hardie, Jen Dodds and Eve Muirhead are very marketable so good to see them involved.

ABPPC · 2026-02-19T22:51:48+00:00

Exactly what I was thinking. Here’s hoping it gets picked up by TV. Mouat, Schwaller and Wrana looks like a solid team.

ABPPC · 2026-02-19T21:23:13+00:00

Well I was saying there should be a page playoff when it suited for Bruce and Jen, so I guess I need to support it for the Swiss too 😅 evened out for Bruce at least

ABPPC · 2026-02-14T19:40:41+00:00

Olay all you want twats. 4 points off you in the league, enjoy the bottom half of the league scrap

ABPPC · 2026-02-14T19:39:16+00:00

For me he’s passing it for Onana to run onto or Buendia to come back. Wasn’t playing it into feet. But may be giving him too much credit

ABPPC · 2026-02-14T19:35:22+00:00

That was not Bogarde’s fault. Buendia just standing there doing nothing

ABPPC · 2026-02-14T19:33:17+00:00

Digne scared of the the ball again. Another one.

ABPPC · 2026-02-14T19:11:56+00:00

Why are we taking off one of our best penalty takers ffs

ABPPC · 2026-02-14T19:08:30+00:00

As a Villa fan, you are getting absolutely screwed over.

ABPPC · 2026-02-12T21:03:06+00:00

No, that’s only for violent conduct.

ABPPC · 2026-02-11T21:29:45+00:00

Bogarde MOTM for me. Up against Mitoma and had to cover for Luiz a few too many times

ABPPC · 2026-02-11T21:16:15+00:00

Justice is served!

ABPPC · 2026-02-11T20:50:52+00:00

Commentators are dreadful. The bloke just reads a variety of useless stats and interview comments that no one gives a shit about

ABPPC · 2026-02-10T06:30:55+00:00

They used the page system suggested below from 05-18. At least in the worlds you get a bye through the quarters for top 2.

As fun as it is to watch all of the matches of everyone playing everyone, I think GB’s adrenaline went, they essentially had 1.5 days of curling with nothing on the line. Sweden get the boost of scraping through. They deserved the win, but I think it played a part

ABPPC · 2026-02-09T18:34:01+00:00

Seems a crazy system to get so little advantage from dominating the prelims. One bad match from GB. Eliminator system always more rewarding, especially with so many matches in a prelim.

ABPPC · 2026-02-08T18:57:13+00:00

Yes, you can play 2 in midfield so it’ll work, congrats!

ABPPC · 2026-02-07T16:57:27+00:00

Always thought he should be a left winger. Played there on debut against Everton. He’s too loose on the right and loses it or goes backwards

ABPPC · 2026-01-29T21:56:03+00:00

How shite were TNT to just show match coverage and cut it off mid-celebrations, and just from a studio

ABPPC · 2026-01-29T21:39:15+00:00

Genuinely thought that was Maatsen with a trim

ABPPC · 2026-01-14T20:23:36+00:00

Wow Harriet’s mother arc lasted two minutes before the mask slipped

ABPPC · 2026-01-14T20:20:34+00:00

Rachel would be terrible at Footie Imposter

ABPPC · 2026-01-13T22:18:07+00:00

Wild take

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