OT Editorial - what is a sport?

[kellerumps]

"That's not a sport. It's an exhibition."

You hit the nail on the head as far as I'm concerned. I believe in last years winter games, the Canadian Ice Skaters received a Gold after the fact, because a "Judge" was biased against them.

Don't get me wrong, but Gymnasts, Synchro Swimmers, and Divers are athletes. Pure and simple. No question, No Arguments.

Don't laugh, but the other day I caught the end of "The Cutting Edge"(a movie about Olympic Ice Skaters). Anyway, in this movie after a skating "contest" and the judges displayed their scores, you hear the announcer saying after some low scores...."You know alot of times, the scores are a reflection of events that happen off the ice.". Even in the movies, they make fun of these "Exhibitions" that are passed off as sports.