What is a sport?

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  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    Golf is not a sport, it's a hobby.
  • scottaworley
    scottaworley Posts: 871 Member
    it makes me laugh when people consider bowling, darts, golf and fishing as sports :laugh:
    they're all hobbies and if you can do something with a drink in your hand or actually be drunk, its not a sport :drinker: also, golfers ride carts everywhere, thus eliminating all exercise from the hobby :huh:

    Have you ever even seen a PGA championship?
    If you consider "walking" a physical sport................................swinging the club isn't about physicality, it's about precision.

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    I addressed this in page 2 or 3.
  • CookNLift
    CookNLift Posts: 3,660 Member
    I'm a mathlete, not an athlete.

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  • horsewhisper91
    horsewhisper91 Posts: 456 Member
    Not sure if this can of worms was already opened or not.... But horseback riding is most definitely a SPORT!

    To all that disagree, as quoted from 'Gone With the Wind'....."Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn".
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    If it's a ball game and from the start to the end of the game the ball is not in play for at least a third of that duration, it's not a sport, it's a lot of standing around and every now and then doing something for a few seconds, and generally a waste of everyone's time. So yeah, baseball, cricket, American football and softball aren't sports.

    And the likes of snooker and darts are games, not sports.

    I would argue that American football is the epitome of sport. Well, that and boxing and MMA.

    At least there's far less cuddling then one sees in rugby.

    WSJ did a study and found the ball was actually in play during an American football match for about 11 minutes. How can anything that can last up to three hours from the start of a game to the end of a game where the game is only actually being played for 11 minutes be classed as the epitome of sport? It's about as valid a claim as saying that running to the end of your street, standing there for an hour and running back home makes you a distance runner. A rugby game has a clock time of 80 minutes. At the last world cup the ball was in play for 47 minutes in each match. And I don't care for rugby, I never watch it, but it has a lot more claim to being a 'sport'.

    Keep trying. Rugby is for cuddles. American football is for men.

    Besides, there isn't exactly a lot of running in boxing and MMA and those have action for just a few minutes. But I guess those aren't sports in your world either then? lol

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  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
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  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Golf is not a sport, it's a hobby.

    Or just an excuse to drink beer while paying $65 to walk through some well manicured lawns . . .
  • scottaworley
    scottaworley Posts: 871 Member
    Golf is not a sport, it's a hobby.

    Or just an excuse to drink beer while paying $65 to walk through some well manicured lawns . . .

    Public course alert.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Golf is not a sport, it's a hobby.

    Or just an excuse to drink beer while paying $65 to walk through some well manicured lawns . . .

    Public course alert.

    Social climber alert

    ETA: This thread has devolved to trash talk, right? Just want to make sure we're playing on the same field.
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    imagine a venn diagram; "sport" is in the middle

    game | physical challenge | competition with stakes

    (baseball barely qualifies)
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    What is a sport?

    In my world, it is an event where a person or team uses physical talents to better another person or team.

    Dear ESPN, poker is NOT a sport. It is merely a comepetition.

    Thanks.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    What is a sport?

    In my world, it is an event where a person or team uses physical talents to better another person or team.

    Dear ESPN, poker is NOT a sport. It is merely a comepetition.

    Thanks.

    And I hate to admit it, but Crossift is a sport.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    My Grandpa used to call my brother Sport
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    I still say golf is not a sport....A skill yes, however it is not a sport.

    You can hit the ball straight as an arrow and know exactly where to hit it, but without physical prowess you aren't going to be able to shoot under 90.
    That's what makes it a sport.
    What physical prowess? It's a skill set, and not any more physical than an average guy being able to swing a club correctly and precisely. One doesn't have to be physically fit to play it. Look at how many 50 to 60 year old pro's there are that can't probably jump up in the air without injury their knee or ankle.

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  • scottaworley
    scottaworley Posts: 871 Member
    I still say golf is not a sport....A skill yes, however it is not a sport.

    You can hit the ball straight as an arrow and know exactly where to hit it, but without physical prowess you aren't going to be able to shoot under 90.
    That's what makes it a sport.
    What physical prowess? It's a skill set, and not any more physical than an average guy being able to swing a club correctly and precisely. One doesn't have to be physically fit to play it. Look at how many 50 to 60 year old pro's there are that can't probably jump up in the air without injury their knee or ankle.

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    First, there's maybe 5 pros who are over 50. And they don't win. Shows how much you watch golf.
    Second, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whittemore
    Track and field is not a sport.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    More physical than golf. Sport.

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  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    More physical than golf. Sport.

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    Yep. I tell my wife every Friday night that I'm going out with the guys to watch some sports . . .
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Yep. I tell my wife every Friday night that I'm going out with the guys to watch some sports . . .

    You da man.

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  • Mr_Excitement
    Mr_Excitement Posts: 833 Member
    If you can't buy a fan jersey for it, it's a game or a pastime.

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