Why does Balamb Garden hate sport?

[qwertysaur]

Triple Triad is Balambs sport of choice, along with Table Tennis and eating hot dogs.

[Depression Moon]

Galbadia had a tennis court too. I also agree it was probably because of NORG. Why is the guy's name in all caps anyway?

[qwertysaur]

He bought them

[maybee]

eating hot dogs.

They could have Hot Dog eating competitions during the summer, that counts as a sport i think

[Rantz]

They do all their sports in the bathrooms.

[Synoptikal]

Galbadia had a tennis court too. I also agree it was probably because of NORG. Why is the guy's name in all caps anyway?

A. Galbadia also had a hockey team!

B. Because you're meant to shout his name everytime you speak about him. It's very Fujin-esque.

[Lonely Paper Star]

Maybe Cid just really hates sports

Because he was probably always picked last for teams.

[Shiny]

Cid spends the school's money on cheap hookers and booze. That's why.

[noxious.sunshine]

NORG wouldn't give Cid funding for sports.

Like I said, he looks like a giant testicle.

The other Shumi probably made fun of him.

[supernaps]

Because Cid, is a terrible, terrible headmaster.

[Sephiroth]

Have you ever seen the Galbadia Ice Hockey Hall? There are Ice Hockey monsters. Who would watch a game there or play there? You need to take your weapon with you. Balamb is smarter.

[James_Cub]

Maybe there are sports, and we just don't get to see them. I mean, it's highly unlikely that that entire school has one classroom, and yet that is all we get to see in the game.

Also, I like to think that all of the students are too obsessed with Triple Triad to care about sports. On an unrelated thought, I feel like the food must suck for the very best food that the school has is hot dogs.

Ditto. To me it always felt like you only see half the Garden. You go from your dorm to SeeD dorm, you have one classroom, apparently there's a parking lot, which you don't see and you don't actually get to see the whole stage when they perform, so maybe the sports/rec area is hidden amongst the whole thing and the designers just didn't think to put it there. Plus, there's Triple Triad too, I mean, as far as we know the game is played around the world, but there's only one CC Club. One of the best sidequests ever in my opinion

[Ayen]

Budget. They have a training center with monsters and dinosaurs and a huge basement for NORG. Do you have any idea how much that would cost!?

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Perhaps it's because it was the first Garden created, and the later Gardens built in things that the original lacked?

I always wanted the option to swim in all that water you can see on the first floor. Though as others have said, it's probably just the fact that there's places in the Garden you can't see. You only visit the ballroom once for the dancing scene. You know it exists you just can't get to it when the event is over.

[supernaps]

I always wanted the option to swim in all that water you can see on the first floor.

Damn right; though to be honest, I've always wanted to have the option of "pee" in there. That could be some good Zell trolling Squall storyline with that.