Hockey vs. NASCAR/Golf

[stormstarter28]

I can't understand why so many people rip on hockey and say it's "boring" when NASCAR and Golf are so popular. I'm not saying they're terrible to watch, but how can hockey be more boring? NASCAR events take way too long, there are rarely good crashes (1 or 2 per race), and the end of the race is the only really exciting part. Golf is also extremely long, and I like to watch it occasionally, but let's face it, it can be very dull. Hockey has constant back and forth action, very athletic players, physical contact with plenty of big hits, shootouts are exciting, and it allows fighting! How is this boring to you people, yet so many will watch these other "sports"?