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The Definition of Sport
Topic Started: Jan 16 2010, 02:08 PM (1,326 Views)
tiptopolive
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What do you consider the "line"? What's a sport? What's a game?

I've been having this argument with my Dad for about 2 days now. He doesn't consider the X-Games to be a sport, and his premise is that it's because they're judged subjectively and there's no clear opposition. He also considers most olympic events (the non-races, such as diving) "exhibitions" and not sports. I argue that in events such as the X-Games, the opponent is the self, and I back up my argument with a quote from Aristotle:

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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
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Kevin
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That seems to be the case for all of the high school marching bands I've visited; it's oddly a popular topic. I found it interesting when I saw a video that was testing a football player and a marching band member during practice and the results showed that the marcher used just as much energy as the football player had.

For me, I go by the definition:
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Sport: an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
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Drives me insane people don't think of figure skating as a sport. Yes, some of the judging is subjective but the judging system is point driven and much more complex then most people know. I think the X-Games, although I don't watch or know much about them, is a sport as well as diving.

I don't think of golf or curling (for example) as a sport, but view it more as a "skill". It's challenging, but not physically so.
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Jan 16 2010, 02:20 PM
That seems to be the case for all of the high school marching bands I've visited; it's oddly a popular topic. I found it interesting when I saw a video that was testing a football player and a marching band member during practice and the results showed that the marcher used just as much energy as the football player had.

For me, I go by the definition:
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Sport: an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WWmM1jpM8I

But in almost all cases, a drum corps performer is more athletic, built, and the shows typically are FAR more physically demanding than your high school band.
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I would hypothesize that a number of events/activities are classified as sports for funding purposes. For instance: cheer leading, and its inclusion under Title 9.
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I like the definition Kevin posted. Physicality, skill, and competition are the key components for something to be a sport IMO.

As for the above examples I'd consider most of them sports with the exceptions of cheerleading and marching band. Not to take anything away from them, I just think they're something different.
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