sport :
n 1: an active diversion requiring physical exertion and
competition [syn: athletics]
2: the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
3: someone who engages in sports [syn: sportsman, sportswoman]
4: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting
from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation, variation]
5: (Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident of inland Maine
6: verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken
seriously); "he became a figure of fun" [syn: fun, play]
v 1: wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was
sporting a new hat" [syn: feature, boast]
2: play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden";
"the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped
in the playroom" [syn: frolic, lark, rollick, skylark,
disport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run
around, lark about]
The n.2 doesn't make sense...until a few years ago, the main French rugby league's players hadn't a statute of professionnal players (though they were really good, played in the international games, etc) The idea that sport is compulsarily bound with money is properly an British/American one. You can take 2 athletes and make them compete to deliver a pizza as fast as possible. Does this make pizza delivering a sport ?
thats messed up that defintion should be changed...this thread is suppose to be about what I consider a sport....no actually its about what WE consider sports
snooker, pool no probs, but I really never heard of chess as a sport, let alone poker. I don't see why is it so important to make these games become sports...I consider chess as an "higher" activity than a sport, because I think the mental part is more important than the physical one, and yet I don't consider it as a sport (I use the verb consider because, in spite of the fact I've never heard it was, some of you seem to be sure of the contrary)
Once again I think what we need is one real clear definition (not a gadget found on the net)
hmm..must say..i don't know if poker is considered a sport. just assumed. BUT..about chess....i think i heard it over dinner sometime. and be sure my reaction of not considering it one, was the same. but...if it is...i guess it is.
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I have a theory.......
There are sports, games, races, fights and passtimes. For example:
football, rugby, basketball are sports
pool, snooker, baseball, cricket are games
swimming, running, are races
boxing is a fight
fishing, golf are passtimes.
Anything in which a machine is involved is not a sport or a game. Anything with animals involved is not a sport or a game.
sport involves loads of physical effort and skill
games involve a little physical effort and skill
races are timed
fights are self-explanatory
passtimes are for strange people
__________________ In football, you use your foot to kick the ball, hence the name.
Americans add throwing, pads, alter the length of the game etc, i.e. change it completely yet still call it football.
Then they call the original soccer, and expect the rest of the world to adopt this bastard name. Pish.
From hence forth American football shall be known as "soccer." by me.
So... sprinting is not a sport, but throwing a heavy ball further than somebody else is? That doesn't make much sense. Are you sure racing isn't just a subcategory of a sport? That would make more sense.
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