If it's athletic and competitive it's a sport. Things you play... as other people have said... are games.
It's not a sport if you can't play it
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He's wrong. That's about the end of it. Of course there are two sides to that. In the end, words are really what we define them to be. What I define as a sport could be different from what you do. Yes, there is the 'common meaning' of words. But the beautiful thing about language is that, in the end, it's fluid and changes from person to person.
Some people consider Poker a sport. They see it as a game of both skill and luck where you have to make choices based on your chances as well as keep excellent control of your automatic reflexes and muscle movements. Some don't because it's really just a few people sitting at the table with cards. Are either of these groups really 'wrong?' Yes, but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing.
So, off-topic rant aside, the person is wrong.
Some people consider Poker a sport. They see it as a game of both skill and luck where you have to make choices based on your chances as well as keep excellent control of your automatic reflexes and muscle movements. Some don't because it's really just a few people sitting at the table with cards. Are either of these groups really 'wrong?' Yes, but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing.
So, off-topic rant aside, the person is wrong.
This argument is invalid.I Have No Idea said:
I don't have legs so i can't participate in most disciplines considered "sport", therefore they are unplayable, and can't be considered "sport".
For most people drinking and bar brawls aren't ok but for me it's the funniest, most marvelous experience i can imagine. I even developed some rules for that activity to play it like a game, therefore it should be considered "sport".
There you go.
Some people say chess is a sport though. I generally hit them till they shut up, but still...Tartarga said:
sport, whether it is recreational or done "professionally" it will always be competitive in nature. Motor sports, winter sports, water sports, stadium, olympic, and hunting are considered sporting events. it comes down to the origin of "survival of the fittest". which is why people argue over what can be considered a sport or not.
I always thought a sport was something in which a ball was involved, but then I don't play any sports or think about it much so Im hardly the one to talk about this. I would revise my orginal thoughts and say bobsledding/swimming/etc are sports.
By his logic - videogames must be a sport, you can "play" them right?
By his logic - videogames must be a sport, you can "play" them right?
Oh god... tell me does he keep notes of when to inhale and exhale?
I just hope someone picked up a really heavy dictionary and smacked him in the face with it.
Sports are competition, and it's not a game if you can't play it... I feel dumber even having to say this.
I just hope someone picked up a really heavy dictionary and smacked him in the face with it.
Sports are competition, and it's not a game if you can't play it... I feel dumber even having to say this.
Um most sports are not games.I Have No Idea said:
Your Jock of a class mate is mixing up his words. What he meant to say is "it is not a game if you cant play it"
Sports = Athletics
But Baseball, Football etc are games of an athletic nature, which is why it is also a sport.
That is the single most stupid thing I've ever heard. EVER!I Have No Idea said:
By this idiots logic, you could class hopscotch as a sport. you could class playing video games as a sport, you could class the gameshows as a sport.
Just laugh at him is all I can say really.
Sooo.... When I play with myself, thats now officially a sport?
Huh, guess I am the athletic type after all.
Huh, guess I am the athletic type after all.