When is a sport not a sport?
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How many caber tossers look married to you?
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
How many caber tossers look married to you?
They've got long wooden poles, so you tell me....?
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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Motorsports are also not sports.
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You're my new hero :laugh:
I have been told that I inspire greatness. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
No. Only one leg gets any exercise. Kinda like how I exercise only one arm... :~
I understand the reference, but I don't think the exercise is the same. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
lewax00 wrote:
the beginning of human civilization
That sounds like a grand idea. When's it due to start?
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
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When it's a bunch of girls prancing around with a ball or a hoop. Best rhythmic gymnastics outfits of the London 2012 Olympics[^] This is not a sport, at best it's a hobby.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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thrakazog wrote:
For my money sports have defense.
Football, Soccer, Basketball, etc.
Without defense you just have yourself an activity.You've obviously never been at a racetrack? ;) In racing you have to have defense as well, it's not just about driving a quick lap or knowing how to pass another car. You have to equally good at driving defensively to make it as hard as possible for someone else to overtake you.
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Motor racing is no less of a sport than person racing, racing with bikes or racing with horses.
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When it's a bunch of girls prancing around with a ball or a hoop. Best rhythmic gymnastics outfits of the London 2012 Olympics[^] This is not a sport, at best it's a hobby.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Anything, that has competition, is a sport. You may not agree, but it is a sport none the less. Picking your nose with your colleagues and seeing who can flick their boogers the farthest, is a sport. Why? Competition baby. :)
Slacker007 wrote:
Anything, that has competition, is a sport
I disagree. Sport doesn't require competition. So you agree that chess is a sport?
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When it's a bunch of girls prancing around with a ball or a hoop. Best rhythmic gymnastics outfits of the London 2012 Olympics[^] This is not a sport, at best it's a hobby.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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Yes they are. You can objectively declare a winner and a (bunch of) losers. That makes it more of a sport than gymnastics.
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If you can't objectively declare a winner, then it's not a sport. So anything where you score points for "artistic merit" isn't a sport.
Wjousts wrote:
If you can't objectively declare a winner, then it's not a sport. So anything where you score points for "artistic merit" isn't a sport.
Nonsense. Every large scale sport is based on rules that have no objectivity. There is no "objective" reason that a football player or a basketball player can't punch and kick an opposing player unconscious but there are certainly rules that disallow it.
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I think they need a new kind of marathon. The event starts on the first day of the Olympics, and ends on the last day. The person that runs the farthest the fastest wins the gold. The runners are allowed to stop and rest for as long as they want, and as frequently as they want. If they want shelter when they sleep, they have to have been running with it (a backpack with a tent in it, for example). To make it more interesting, they also have to pack their own water/food, and can only replenish food/water every two days, and only after they've consumed all previous food/water. Alternatively, they could bring a non-firearm weapon with which to hunt for their food during the event, but they must still bring their own water. Anyone that dies within three days of the completion of the event forfeits their medal (if they won one).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I think they need a new kind of marathon.
That isn't new it just isn't in the Olympics. Ultra marathons have been around for a long time. There are also ultra triathalons with many variations on that. And there is a movement to add the ultra marathon to the Olympics.
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Slacker007 wrote:
Anything, that has competition, is a sport
I disagree. Sport doesn't require competition. So you agree that chess is a sport?
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
So you agree that chess is a sport?
yes.
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Wjousts wrote:
If you can't objectively declare a winner, then it's not a sport. So anything where you score points for "artistic merit" isn't a sport.
Nonsense. Every large scale sport is based on rules that have no objectivity. There is no "objective" reason that a football player or a basketball player can't punch and kick an opposing player unconscious but there are certainly rules that disallow it.
Rubbish. There are rules spelt out in the rule book. And besides, I was talking about objectively declaring a winner. Which in any "real" sport is possible because one team has objectively scored more points (point scoring being objectively described in the RULE BOOK). Or in the case of a race, one participate objective crossed the finish line first.
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Wjousts wrote:
You can objectively declare a winner and a (bunch of) losers.
So exactly what is the "objective" process that is used to determine the rules under which the participants must race?
They are in the rule book. They spell out exactly what qualifies or disqualifies you as a participant. The rules are decided ahead of time, are transparent to everybody and whether or not you are complying with those rules is not a matter of anybody subjective judgement. Your engine is either within the size range allowable or not. Your wheels are within the size range or not. You have the allowable wing area or not. You are old enough to race, or you are not. And besides, you are still missing the point. The point is whether you can objectively declare a winner, not what rules exist determining participation.
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They are in the rule book. They spell out exactly what qualifies or disqualifies you as a participant. The rules are decided ahead of time, are transparent to everybody and whether or not you are complying with those rules is not a matter of anybody subjective judgement. Your engine is either within the size range allowable or not. Your wheels are within the size range or not. You have the allowable wing area or not. You are old enough to race, or you are not. And besides, you are still missing the point. The point is whether you can objectively declare a winner, not what rules exist determining participation.
Wjousts wrote:
They are in the rule book.
How are the rules objectively created?
Wjousts wrote:
The point is whether you can objectively declare a winner, not what rules exist determining participation.
And my point is that the rules are not objective. Thus by your criteria no sport is valid.
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Rubbish. There are rules spelt out in the rule book. And besides, I was talking about objectively declaring a winner. Which in any "real" sport is possible because one team has objectively scored more points (point scoring being objectively described in the RULE BOOK). Or in the case of a race, one participate objective crossed the finish line first.
Wjousts wrote:
There are rules spelt out in the rule book
Which are arrived at subjectively. Not objectively.
Wjousts wrote:
Which in any "real" sport is possible because one team has objectively scored more points
Within a framework that is entirely subjective.
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Wjousts wrote:
They are in the rule book.
How are the rules objectively created?
Wjousts wrote:
The point is whether you can objectively declare a winner, not what rules exist determining participation.
And my point is that the rules are not objective. Thus by your criteria no sport is valid.
jschell wrote:
And my point is that the rules are not objective. Thus by your criteria no sport is valid.
And my point is that the rules are arbitrary, but the JUDGING of those rules is not. In, say, soccer, the team that scores the most goals wins. It doesn't matter that that rule is arbitrary, the winner is nevertheless OBJECTIVELY the team that put the ball in the net the most times during 90 minutes. That makes it a sport. Ice dancing is not a sport. Why? Because the outcome is judged SUBJECTIVELY. There is no "ball in the back of the net", simple, clear, unarguable rule for the winner. Instead it's judged on nonsense like "artistry", which has no place in sport. Or do you think painting should be a sport too? I apologize that I wasn't clear enough for you to understand this distinction.
