The great thing about this country is you can think whatever you like. I just do not consider something where you have no direct interaction with an opponent and are completely judged on win the event a sport. If you feel gymnastics and cheerleading are sports, you have that right. ;)

I do not even watch these things when the Olympics come around, so I personally do not care either way.

Peace

Don't forget that basketball is not a sport since the game is always decided by the refs! I've had an ongoing conversation about this with some friends and I even had my 5th grade students write on it. To me a sport has a clear winner and loser because of points scored, who finishes first, etc. I consider any subjective competitions, figure skating, almost all of the so called X-games athletic exhibitions. I have no doubt that the competitors in these areas are gifted athletes, I just don't think it constitutes a sport.

So diving, gymnastics, and ice skating are not sports. :)

But bowling and curling are...go figure.

If you mean figure skating or ice dancing, then you're correct. Those are athletic competitions, but not sports. Speed skating is a sport.

They are sports, but not athletic.

As are lawn darts, pitching pennies & (thanks Rocky) curling.

And boxing is athletic, but not a sport?

A sport has to be (1) athletic...but there also has to be (2) offense and defense...basketball has both (1) & (2), therefore it's a sport; billiards has (2), but not (1), therefore it is not a sport. NASCAR (of which I am the anti-fan) is also a sport since it always has (1), and frequently has (2).

I have a lot of friends on our Co-ed team at my college and let me tell you that these kids are athletes, they do things that most people just imagine or wish that they had the talent to do. Also in the SPORT, i reiterate the SPORT of cheerleading there were over 200,000 cheerleaders treated for injury and I am not talking about breaking a finger nail, I am talking about sprained wrist and pulled hamstrings and even though they are hurt they still go out and show more team support, and team spirit than anybody.

Yes, I can agree that it is not a sport when at a basketball game, but at the higher levels of cheerleading, it is about the COMPETITIONS that they attend, to showcase their talent and win the first place trophy. In this type of setting this is most definitely a sport. When any of you can do half of what they do and then do it well enough to win a trophy I will stop considering it a sport because then apparently it wasn't that hard to do in the first place.

RefTN,
Mountain climbers are in better shape than most of us, they sometimes DIE pursuing this activity...but I still wouldn't call it a sport. The one that really teaks me is when folks call golf a sport...puh-leaaaaze.

RefTN,
Mountain climbers are in better shape than most of us, they sometimes DIE pursuing this activity...but I still wouldn't call it a sport. The one that really tweaks me is when folks call golf a sport...puh-leaaaaze.

So golf is not a sport? :confused:

Is double posting a sport? :D

Sports
1- a)Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
b)A particular form of this activity.
2- An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3- An active pastime; recreation.

Hmmm...I see no mention of the words offense of defense.