EXTREME SPORTS

[Elargento]

golf is a sport and bowling two, curling is a sport too.

[emate007]

Eh...
Yes I know they're both traditionally classified as sports. You seem to be missing my point.
I'll say it one more time- if a horribly out of shape guy can dominate your ´sport´ while smoking a cigar, you're not actually playing a sport. It should be called a game.

I will withdraw my statement if a 300+ lb man wins a tennis tournament, or gets a starting spot on a soccer team.

[Elargento]

Eh...
Yes I know they're both traditionally classified as sports. You seem to be missing my point.
I'll say it one more time- if a horribly out of shape guy can dominate your ´sport´ while smoking a cigar, you're not actually playing a sport. It should be called a game.

I will withdraw my statement if a 300+ lb man wins a tennis tournament, or gets a starting spot on a soccer team.

sport: A sport is commonly defined as an organized, competitive, and skillful physical activity requiring commitment and fair play.[note] It is governed by a set of rules or customs. In a sport the key factors are the physical capabilities and skills of the competitor when determining the outcome (winning or losing). The physical activity involves the movement of people, animals and/or a variety of objects such as balls and machines.

[Sherlock 117]

Some people have different requirements on the level of physical activity in that definition Elargento. I for one agree with you, but others may not. I would call golf, bowling, and maybe curling "gray area" sports. They're definitely more physical than your standard game, but less physical than standard sports.

[Elargento]

i could agree on that

[djarvik]

I am with Emate on this, I know we classify these as sports....and that makes me wonder, why is giving birth is not a sport? ...it is physical, requires a lot of dedication, preparation.


....or cooking. Requires lots of talent, timing...very physical too.

....or Piñata? ..group Piñata, teams of 3 players.


I think we need to draw a clear line of what sport is and what it isn't, and it seems we (as in humanity) not interested in drawing this line. At least for now.

If going by this:

"Sport" comes from the old French desport meaning "leisure." American English uses the term "sports" to refer to this general type of recreational activity, whereas other regional dialects use the singular "sport".


...then you can even consider Forum Posting as a sport.