Originally posted by Darth Revan
The definition of the word "sport" used to be anything that you could bet money on. So when people went to see a horse race, for example, and they bet on it, they were participating in a sport even though they weren't the ones out there on the track.
hmm..i find it hard to believe
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]
Originally posted by ruskyThe 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 ?
there.... from #1 only soccer, biking etc are sports... but if u look at #2 everything else in this thread is...
(super confusing, isn't it ? )
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Originally posted by rusky
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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
Originally posted by Dexxsnooker, 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)
because whether we like it or not, chess poker, snooker pool, etc....are considered sports.
Once again I think what we need is one real clear definition (not a gadget found on the net)
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
Originally posted by baracustasticAnything 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
What about field events?
Shot put is not timed like sprinting and distance races. It takes physical effort and some skills.
Swimming takes physical effort and you can't tell me that it isn't a skill to learn perfect forms.
I think your definitions are a little flawed.