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NASCAR, does require a high degree of athleticism, endurance, physical training, etc, however, it is not a sport. i did not say it was not difficult and physically demanding, just not a sport. UFC is a contest that most certainly does require its participants to be in prime physical shape, it isn't however a sport, and not only have I tried it, but my job requires me to do it almost daily, however, I do it with a gun and my opponents are bad guys. |
...but is touching a catcher's back a sport? :eek:
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Equestrian events, ice skating, poker, lumberjack events, skateboarding, fishing, hunting, ballroom dancing, bowling, darts, motocross, drag racing, billiards, world's strongest man, paintball, horse racing, cheerleading.....all on ESPN, all entertaining (to someone).....none of them are sports. |
I'm glad you have an opinion. Please respect the rights of others to have their own, ocifer.
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" . . . all on ESPN, all entertaining (to someone).....none of them are sports."
. . . that is precisely why ESPN stands for: Entertainment & Sports Programming Network. Even ESPN couldn't define "sport" because of discussion just like this one. Regards, |
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I dunno - according to one source, a sport is any "activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment."
Doesn't rule much out... :( |
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Your beating up on bad guys for a living is not a sport, but I think if you got to do it in a ring, with a crowd, and a referee, it would be at least "sport," if not a sport.:) |
Tex, where is the line, when is it a sport rather than a contest, What makes Baseball a sport but boxing a contest??
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Brian, my perspective on this comes from a slightly different angle than what I've read here. I wouldn't want to give some paranoid parent a reason to tell the AD that I was touching his child. This is a weird society we live in, and unfortunately a lot of it is warranted. So to me, the touching of a catcher's back on every pitch is taboo at the HS level, but probably not so much at the Collegiate level, and definitely accepted at the pro level.
Couple this with it's inconsistent with what we've learned in terms of a locking mechanism. My words, for what they're worth. |
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Stepping off soapbox. Don't touch catcher's backs. |
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Ten NASCAR fans. |
2nd most watched SPORT in America, Garth... :) Funny joke, but not really true - most of the typical NASCAR fans you'd think of are disgraced by what it has become and don't watch anymore.
And only 13 of its 36 races are in the states that you think of as being "redneck". Its everywhere, even New England. Did you know they run at Las Vegas, close to LA, Phoenix, Kansas City, Chicago, Michigan, New York, New Hampshire? Also, lower series races have been run internationally. This next year a Columbian driver will be running the whole schedule as well; its expanding internationally. Anyhoo... I'm now done defending NASCAR to YA'LL :D |
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Yeah, yeah, yeah and soccer is the number one international sport. It means about as much. |
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