Posted March 19, 2006 Sport is great. Its a fun and competitive way to socialise and something productive comes out of it. But yesterday, i saw a tiddley wink championship, darts and bowls matches on the telly. Of course these sports require skill and precision, but i dont agree that they are actually sports. Assuming that if you do sport, your a sportsman,when i vision a sporty person, i think of someone fit and physical and hardworking. Not a fat man throwing a little pointy thing at a board. Think about it. 3 wives chatting to each other, one says ' oh, my boyfriend michael jordan is such a great basketball player, he works so hard' one says 'my hubbie frank is so wonderful to watch in football for chealsea' and one says ' yeah, i have a boyfriend too, he works his heart out rolling balls down a little strip of grass' get where im coming from? obviously its good to have these things around though for a bit of fun every now and then at a pub, but a pub game! a sport? no! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 My favourite sport is sitting. I'm an expert-sitter. Gaming is considered a sport too, they call it cypersport or something. Apart from tapping the keyboard and some clicking it doesn't require a trained body. Not a sport in my eyes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 Sport is great. you lie...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 Tonsil - Hockey is my favourite sport. However I disagree with your opinion that stuff like darts and bowls are not sports. Just because someone isn't sporting a six pack and endorsing Nike/whatever doesn't mean it's competitors aren't sportsmen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 i think gaming is a sport, i mean it improves hand to eye co-ordination. on a serious note, i think sport is something that involves sweating. i class sport as fgetting fitter, so i rule out golf being a sport. unless for some reason you sweat when you play.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 I think for something to be a sport it has to be physical and require fitness etc. I look at say gaming or darts as activities not sport. And I love sport. I am a massive fan of football(both to watch and play) and I play squash, tennis and do boxing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 by your definition of darts as 'throwing a little pointy thing' i could say football is just 'running around on grass with a lump of leather' or something. you can't just ignore a competative game because you don't play or aren't interested. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sport I personally think football is the most entertaining sport in existence. A good International level game between two strong countries is a brilliant experience for everyone involved. Isn't sport about enjoyment? Who are we to shit on someone who plays darts or bowls and has a complete blast doing so? Anything that doesn't hurt others and gives someone a great enjoyment can be a sport if they want it to be. Usually sport goes with some degree of physical acitivity and competition. As a personal thing, I've never really classed gaming as a sport but when you stop to think about it I guess it could be a sport as much as it is a hobby. Except there isn't really much physical activity to be done with it. Guess we'll hafta wait for the Revolution. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 Any competition can be counted as a sport. The problem is that the word sport is just a word used to descibe something that the dumbest of people can do / 'teach' (P.E 'Teachers') i think gaming is a sport, i mean it improves hand to eye co-ordination. on a serious note, i think sport is something that involves sweating. i class sport as fgetting fitter, so i rule out golf being a sport. unless for some reason you sweat when you play.... My hands are sweaty all the time, so typing is a sport too ey!?!? And golf excersises your arms...seems as though you've never played golf or have any idea about it...I assure you that if I played golf, I would get fitter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 I don't care what anyone says, gaming is not a sport. Sport is designed in order to push the mental and physical limitations of the human system in a competitive enviorment. I just don't think gaming does all that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 Sport is great. Its a fun and competitive way to socialise and something productive comes out of it. But yesterday, i saw a tiddley wink championship, darts and bowls matches on the telly. Of course these sports require skill and precision, but i dont agree that they are actually sports. Assuming that if you do sport, your a sportsman,when i vision a sporty person, i think of someone fit and physical and hardworking. Not a fat man throwing a little pointy thing at a board. Think about it. 3 wives chatting to each other, one says ' oh, my boyfriend michael jordan is such a great basketball player, he works so hard' one says 'my hubbie frank is so wonderful to watch in football for chealsea' and one says ' yeah, i have a boyfriend too, he works his heart out rolling balls down a little strip of grass' get where im coming from? obviously its good to have these things around though for a bit of fun every now and then at a pub, but a pub game! a sport? no! Your argument is flawed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 Your argument is flawed. You have to say why it is flawed. I think that a sport is a competitive game that requires a certain amount of skill. Just because they are not running their socks off it doesn't mean that they aren't skillful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 Extreme sports are the best, Skateboarding, BMX, rollerblading, snowboard. But NOT surfing, i find that incredibly boring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 Boo, it sounds like you just don't like darts, not that you think it isn't a sport. Personally i hate football, i think that they get injured too much, over nothing and that there's waaay too much hype over it, and pisses me off when the gtood tv shows are mvoed aside because Man U are playing. But i'm not saying it isn't a sport, just that i don't like watching it/football in general, though i think playing it is fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 Boo, it sounds like you just don't like darts, not that you think it isn't a sport. Personally i hate football, i think that they get injured too much, over nothing and that there's waaay too much hype over it, and pisses me off when the gtood tv shows are mvoed aside because Man U are playing. But i'm not saying it isn't a sport, just that i don't like watching it/football in general, though i think playing it is fun. Playing any sport is better than watching. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 Playing any sport is better than watching. I disagree bowls makes me tierd watching it nevermind playing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 It depends how you define sport; if you have to exert yourself then darts etc. isn't sport, whereas football is. However, the line is unclear; you still need good hand eye coordination and arm muscles (to a degree) to be good at darts, so you might as well call it a sport. It gets even more complex when you include examples like chess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 19, 2006 I've cleaned the thread up. Don't dirty it again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 21, 2006 For me all physical activities you do to improve your body of some sort are sport as well as competitive activities. (so basically anything from working out to playing games) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 21, 2006 Hockey is my favourite sport. also my favourite sport to play and watch. lawn bowls and darts are in everyway sport. have you played darts and tried to get the scores of professionals and got anywhere near here scores. lawn bowls is even in the commonwealth games (which Australia is flogging ) i would assoicate chess as a sport. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
