When is a sport not a sport?

The definition of sports has been molded too much too be honest I mean wtf why even call it E-Sports. IT's not a bloody sport. Competition =/= sportJust call it a game lol

Tbh I'd count the dancing as a sport, and depending on what the circus tricks are they could be as well. E. G. slack lining is a sport.

This would be a great time to point out that i have no idea why dressage is in the Olympics.

I'd also like to see synchronised swimming and rhythmic gymnastics thrown out.

But now you're just arbitrarily allowing some activities and not others. That's not a very logical way of constructing a watertight definition.

These things take tons of skill! The people that take part in the olympics for these sports have usually been training for all of their lives.



(Sorry for grammar or typos or anything, i'm really tired! )

It's not arbitrary i just didn't explain it. I think sports need to have some clear set of rules that govern how you play and how you score/win. That's why i'd allow any type of organised fighting other than "pub carpark fighting". They may well up just doing MMA, a sport, but there's no-one there to check.

ballroom dancing.circus tricks.

Dancing is a sport, Can be judged/scored as such. Some circus "tricks" can as well.

Battle of the bands. the x-factor.

These are musical competitions. Annoyingly they fit my current definition but we all know they're a subset of physical competition with different rules.

competitive masturbation.

That's just unacceptable socially. You never know, some people may do this and other competitive sexual activity but that's a part of the internet i don't want to visit.

Would that not suggest to you that you need to change your definition?

I define sport as something that requires a perfection of physical and/or mental endurance in a fast-paced and competitive environment.

So I would accept the typical range of athletic sports as such, but I'd also include eSports within this category whilst excluding chess, darts, snooker etc.

I define sport as something that requires a perfection of physical and/or mental endurance in a fast-paced and competitive environment.

So I would accept the typical range of athletic sports as such, but I'd also include eSports within this category whilst excluding chess, darts, snooker etc.

Just add a sub-clause of "Exlcuding musical contests"



You've not Seen Ronnie play. He's very fast-paced and competitiive.


Action starts 1 minute in for this break. 147 break in just over 5 minutes.

how can you not say these fit the fast-paced competitive environment? you've obviously never seen darts, its played at a faster pace than many typical sports!

My point isn't the speed at which they can play, but the speed at which they must. If they want to they can consider every shot carefully without being left behind by their opponent like they would be in eSports, or more conventional sports like football, tennis, squash and so on

edit: you call that snooker fast-paced, for example, and to me that just demonstrates how slow normal snooker is

My point isn't the speed at which they can play, but the speed at which they must. If they want to they can consider every shot carefully without being left behind by their opponent like they would be in eSports, or more conventional sports like football, tennis, squash and so on

edit: you call that snooker fast-paced, for example, and to me that just demonstrates how slow normal snooker is

http://www.trilulilu.ro/video-sport/snooker-ronnie-o-sullivan-in-top-gear

From 7:30 in that video for Ronnie at full speed. Can he pot them all before his car does a ;ap of the top gear track?

There are plenty of sports where you can take your time and aim. Many shooting sports, golf etc you can still be skilled without having toi be skilled very quickly.

I disagree with that argument tbh, but out of interest, where do you stand on golf then?

Ah, but I wouldn't class golf or shooting as sports, either

See above

I'm not debating that they don't take huge amounts of skill, but for me there's just not enough physical excellence needed to warrant being in the olympics...sorry

This would be a great time to point out that i have no idea why dressage is in the Olympics.

I'd also like to see synchronised swimming and rhythmic gymnastics thrown out.

There's a scoring system, rules, and it's a competition. They sound like sports to me. Just not the kind of sports you would have seen in the ancient Olympics.

I'd still have to disagree- rhythmic gymnatics requires flexibility, strength, stamina, coordination, and balance. (These are just the things that I can think of off the top of my head, I don't do rhythmic gymnastics.) I would say having all of these is physical excellence.

Edit: I guess its an opinion thing though, I enjoy watching some sports more than others and I would say that the sports that I like are more intresting. I guess its just how you personally define interesting- or in this case physically excellent that decides whether you think it should be a sport or not.

(Again, sorry for spelling and grammar and such, i'm still really tired! xD)