OT Editorial - what is a sport?

[Dakota]

Originally posted by Dutch Alex
Just as in softball!

Hardly.

In softball (and other actual sports) it is so unusual for an officials to even seem to decide the result (remember the Russian defeat of the USA in basketball - when was that - '72?) that it is a big item. But in these exhibitions, the officials always decide the result. The winner is always determined by the judges opinions. Nothing more.

Having rules in a contest that is participated in by athletes does not mean the contest is a sport, especially when those rules amount to "whatever the judge thinks, or ate for breakfast this morning."