It is NOT a sport...

Do any of you really think that any of the following activities are actual sports? I am of the camp that believes they are NOT.

Golf
Nascar
Any Racing Activity
Most(not all) Extreme Sports
Bowling
Poker(Listed because they show it on ESPN all the time)
Pool

I can\'t see how someone can argue that these are sports and the people who participate are athletes.

Ping pong isn\'t either

[Titan]

I think they are different sports. A sport isn\'t really beating the crap out of your opponent. The actual definition of a sport is

   

1. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
   2. A particular form of this activity.

# An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
# An active pastime; recreation.

Got that from dictionary.com. According to the definition, they are sports. By a mans definition of a sport (which is physical contact) they are not sports.

[Living-In-Clip]

Have I worked with you?
Because, last week, I was working with a dude and we had the same argument.

Yes, they are sports.Just like skydiving is one.

NASCAR and other auto racing are Motorsports.  So let\'s leave those out of this debate.  

The best definition of sports I\'ve ever heard went like this.

A sport is a competitive athletic activity in which defense is actively played

The only sport on that list you could even argue that defense is played in is NASCAR...but that\'s a stretch.  They are athletic activities, not sports.

Originally posted by Black Samurai
Do any of you really think that any of the following activities are actual sports? I am of the camp that believes they are NOT.

Golf

I can\'t see how someone can argue that these are sports and the people who participate are athletes.

Go tell Tiger Woods he\'s not an athlete.  Golf is a sport, requires as much hand eye as about any other sport out there.  Actually more difficult than any sport.  Oh yea, Tiger benches over 300 pounds.

I doubt many NASCAR racers can bench 300 pounds, but I would never go up to any of them and tell them what they did wasn\'t a sport.  It\'s in my opinion that if there\'s a rule somewhere that states a certain violation of the rules as "unsportman like conduct," then it\'s probably a sport.  

Stupid all american theories or w/e you wish to call it. Extreme sports are easily sports if you ask me. Thats like saying the olympics arent sports. Now i wouldnt consider sitting on your ass at a computer playing a tournament a sport really but something like bowling or even MOTORSPORTS are at least sports to some small degree. Either way they are sports of some form. If not then what are they? Competitive activities? W/e This is a kinda silly debate because i can already tell that everyone is just going to be stuboorn about it.

There are some arguments for billiards as a sport. I prefer to think of it as.. at the very most.. a semi-sport.

I\'d say that good placement of the cue ball after a shot or instead of a shot could be considered defensive.

It doesn\'t make billiards a sport, but it\'s a form of defense.

Some rumored sports I would call hobbies.

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
Have I worked with you?
Because, last week, I was working with a dude and we had the same argument.

Yes, they are sports.Just like skydiving is one.

Yes, we did work together and no it is not.

BTW, They told me to tell you not to come in tomorrow. You are fired.

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My idea of a sport, anything with physical activities and rules. Now does skydiving have rules? Although it can be in competition, so therefore imo its a sport.

Originally posted by Bozco
Go tell Tiger Woods he\'s not an athlete.  Golf is a sport, requires as much hand eye as about any other sport out there.  Actually more difficult than any sport.  Oh yea, Tiger benches over 300 pounds.

He is an athlete, I never said otherwise.