Darts is not a sport.

Original post by xarcul

I would appreciate it if the BBC chose to restrict its 'Sports Personality of the Year' program to sports only. Darts is not a sport and never will be.

Darts, in my book is a sport.
Its competitive.
It has strict rules
It takes a certain skill set.
Skills can be acquired, yet a certain level of talent has to be present.
And no, it doesn't require fitness in the traditional sense.
You need a good eye, and a very steady arm

And you'll do some walking - as much as 25 kilometres during a tournament.

Quote from the times.

Darts, is as much a sport as golf, riding, motor sports in my book.

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Original post by DJkG.1

Exactly what I thought.

****ing stupid tbh.

Failing logic.

Oh, and Wikipedia is really renowned for being indisputably accurate. :rolleyes:

I also think this is highly unfair these days too.
Back in the day, where things didn't have to be verified then fine.
Now you need sources, and verification from a moderator. Or the edit is reverted.

Wikipedia is a perfectly good source of information, as long as its not used as a source by its self. Only an idiot doesn't have primary,y and secondary sources.
What makes wikipedia any less accurate than an encyclopaedia for example?
If anything, the large community adding information to it makes it more accurate.

Its a bit of a myth that uni's and the likes tell you not to use wikipedia. They tell you to not use it alone.

ANYWAY
back to darts LOL

Reply 44

Original post by ChemistBoy

No, one is horse racing and the other is darts...

Your point is, what? You show an entire horse race lasting 8 minutes and compare it to one game in a competitive darts match that can last between 2 and 3 hours and call that a fair comparison?

You said both are the same in terms of the demands that they require, evidently they are not.

The darts match may last 3/4/5 hours, however, the 'players' can actually have a pint of beer and crisp in the process, hardly hard work.

Jockeys need to be dedicated with the weight and have to do it in and out, dart players do not.

Original post by lonelykatana

Darts, in my book is a sport.
Its competitive.
It has strict rules
It takes a certain skill set.
Skills can be acquired, yet a certain level of talent has to be present.
And no, it doesn't require fitness in the traditional sense.
You need a good eye, and a very steady arm

Quote from the times.

Darts, is as much a sport as golf, riding, motor sports in my book.

By such wonderful logic, is cooking a sport?

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 45

Original post by Xannny

By such wonderful logic, is cooking a sport?

Wtf? You didn't actually read what I said, did you.

Darts, in my book is a sport.
Its competitive.
It has strict rules
It takes a certain skill set.
Skills can be acquired, yet a certain level of talent has to be present.
And no, it doesn't require fitness in the traditional sense.
You need a good eye, and a very steady arm

Cookery doesn't have them two things. And from what I've been taught, and what I believe (hence the in my book.) they all have to be true, for it to be a sport.

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Original post by lonelykatana

Wtf? You didn't actually read what I said, did you.

Darts, in my book is a sport.
Its competitive.
It has strict rules
It takes a certain skill set.
Skills can be acquired, yet a certain level of talent has to be present.
And no, it doesn't require fitness in the traditional sense.
You need a good eye, and a very steady arm

Cookery doesn't have them two things. And from what I've been taught, and what I believe (hence the in my book.) they all have to be true, for it to be a sport.

In cooking competitions you will find that they do have strict rules.

As for competitive, anything with a prize is bound to be.

Reply 47

HumanNature1992

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Agreed, I LOL at how this country rates darts.

Why the fudge do people watch it.

Reply 48

Charzhino

Sport should be split into 2 catergorys.

Tactical sport - snooker, poker, chess, darts, horse riding, etc

Active sport - rugby, cricket, football, gymnastics, etc

Reply 49

greeneyedgirl

I don't care if darts is a sport or not...I love Phil "The Power" Taylor!

If you don't class it as a sport because it doesn't require physical exertion, then pool, snooker etc. etc.

Reply 50

Original post by Xannny

In cooking competitions you will find that they do have strict rules.

As for competitive, anything with a prize is bound to be.

I knew you'd say that :tongue:

To be honest, I've hit a brick wall and have no explanation.

Yet I refuse to allow cookery to be a competition.
So Im finding it hard to believe darts is either now!

Reply 51

greeneyedgirl

Original post by lonelykatana

I knew you'd say that :tongue:

To be honest, I've hit a brick wall and have no explanation.

Yet I refuse to allow cookery to be a competition.
So Im finding it hard to believe darts is either now!

Darts is shown on sports channels. Therefore is a sport.

Cooking is shown on cooking channels. Therefore is cooking.

Reply 52

Picnic1

Basically it seems that sport is any competition where the game must rely on a certain amount of physical dexterity, even if logical dexterity also happens to come in to it.

Chess won't tend to get counted as a sport because the physical aspect (of picking up the pieces) isn't unique enough to the competitor (they could even ask somebody else, or a robot, to pick up the pieces for them). So even though the logical aspect of the game would seem to place it far above many sports in that respect, it still makes snooker a sport, with the Olympic ideals and all that entails, and chess a game with Ludo and Snakes and Ladders and all that entails.

Playing a videogame is actually often a sport in a way. The physical aspect is often unique to the player (it's not like there is often time to give instructions to someone else to do the movements on screen). So the fact that chess is always turn based will seemingly never make it a sport and yet the fact that videogames are often real time could make it a sport.

By that definition, darts is a sport (it's like a working class archery I suppose) because it does rely on a certain amount of physical dexterity, even if that is just carefully executing a trajectory as an ice skater might.

But so is throwing a hoop over a rubber duck at a fair.

I have sympathy with those who say that ice skating shouldn't be a sport because it depends on the opinion on the judges. But it doesn't really bother me too much because I think that they are all, in essence, just games albeit ones that can carry a certain weight to them due to the regimented dedication and sometimes strength of their players. And that can be personal to the player. Others do it because it's a bit of a laugh, a time filler, a way of meeting people.

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Reply 53

Original post by lonelykatana

I knew you'd say that :tongue:

To be honest, I've hit a brick wall and have no explanation.

Yet I refuse to allow cookery to be a competition.
So Im finding it hard to believe darts is either now!

Yeah me too, lol!

I guess its what you think at the end of the day.

Original post by Charzhino

Sport should be split into 2 catergorys.

Tactical sport - snooker, poker, chess, darts, horse riding, etc

Active sport - rugby, cricket, football, gymnastics, etc

Horse racing tactical :eek:

!

A jockey is probably one of the fittest professional in sport!

Original post by greeneyedgirl

Darts is shown on sports channels. Therefore is a sport.

Cooking is shown on cooking channels. Therefore is cooking.

Greyhounds are also shown on sports channels, therefore that to is a sport?

Even though humans do nothing in it?

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Reply 54

Charzhino

Original post by Xannny

A jockey is probably one of the fittest professional in sport!

There not humans but leprachauns, thats why

Reply 55

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Original post by Charzhino

There not humans but leprachauns, thats why

Nice insightful post there :wink:

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