I also think that a sport needs to be objectively scored
What about referees and umpires, even in our favorite “sports”?
Good point. I have not thought that one through. All too often the officials in “objectively” scored sports end up playing a major part in the outcome.
Interesting definition. I would say softball is a sport. Those Olympic softball chicks are pretty fit/coordinated.
I judge a sport by the probability of pulling a groin muscle.
Golf/NASCAR/bowling = not so much.
Hockey/Soccer/Downhill skiing = more so.
I also think that a sport needs to be objectively scored (No judging, just time, points, etc.)
Diving/Figure skating = entertainment (Gymnastics should probably considered borderline child pornography)
Now be careful with that definition. Ever Bowled after pulling your groin, let me tell you it hurts like hell and your better off not doing it. The torque on your leg at release is pretty good. Oh and yes a shoulder injury caused from bowling ended that sport for me.
My rule is if the “sport” can be competed in while drinking alcohol it is NOT a sport, but merely a “game”…
Sure seems like many triathlons could be competed in while drinking alcohol, guess its just a game.
You can make all the fun you want about slow-pitch softball and some of the local league play might even resemble it, but I would like to invite you to come to some of my teams games. Do we drink beer, you bet your ass as soon as the games are done we are going to hang out and have some.
If you try to play drunk at the level we play at you are going to get hurt, at the National Tournament about 20% of the pitchers wear full face helmets. Most of the player on my team take it seriously but they also have played at higher level before, 9 of the 13 guys played college sports, not endurance sports but football, basketball and baseball.
…badly. It reflects badly on everyone, although poorly would probably be a better choice. 
Chip
LOL…I can picture an interview form some bar with a fat beer drinking slob saying. “Who do those sissies with spandex and shaved legs think they are?”
You can make all the fun you want about slow-pitch softball and some of the local league play might even resemble it, but I would like to invite you to come to some of my teams games. Do we drink beer, you bet your ass as soon as the games are done we are going to hang out and have some.
If you try to play drunk at the level we play at you are going to get hurt, at the National Tournament about 20% of the pitchers wear full face helmets. Most of the player on my team take it seriously but they also have played at higher level before, 9 of the 13 guys played college sports, not endurance sports but football, basketball and baseball.
See…but we could all finish their game. We may not win but we would make the 7 innings…there are 7 right? They however would not make it to the end of our game.
Interesting definition. I would say softball is a sport. Those Olympic softball chicks are pretty fit/coordinated.
I judge a sport by the probability of pulling a groin muscle.
Golf/NASCAR/bowling = not so much.
Hockey/Soccer/Downhill skiing = more so.
I also think that a sport needs to be objectively scored (No judging, just time, points, etc.)
Diving/Figure skating = entertainment (Gymnastics should probably considered borderline child pornography)
But do you know how many groin injuries there are in Gymnastics?
Dude!! You are THE MAN!! But now I have to clean Coke out of my keyboard…
If the beer drinkers with bats can’t take a joke, #### 'em.
Congratulations man. You just labellled yourself a Commie pinko liberal leftist anti-Amurrican, and took the sport of triathlon with you. You were talking to a reporter. Theoretically, some reporters have college degrees, but I don’t think that comes with a sense of humor. Mostly, they are looking for an inflammatory headline, even if it is a benign story.
I think you may get hammered if your story gets published. But, then, you have been battle hardened by having posted so much on ST and for the extensive amount of time you have spent in YMCA locker rooms. It should be okay in the end.
Meanwhile, I am actually surfing and posting on other ST threads tonight as I am taking the night offf from accounting. I have recently managed to surpass 3,000 posts on ST. What kind of perks will this get me at your race next summer? For the record, I already have my own P3.
Okay, so I have not worked out all of the bugs in my theory.
I feeldirty by saying groin and gymnastics in the same sentence.
Take no shit for this, Chip, as far as I’m concerned, you were representin’… I’m sick and tired of 2846 televised baseball games, not to mention poker and now NINTENDO FOOTBALL ON ESPN!!!
The end is near.
“I pissed off beer drinkers with guns…”
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- Oh man, the only thing worse than a pissed-off redneck with a loaded gun is a pissed-off woman with a loaded gun.
“My rule is if the “sport” can be competed in while drinking alcohol it is NOT a sport”
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- I’m with you. I don’t know if the alcohol is the only determinant, but there has been a load of crap masquerading as sports on ESPN this year:
Poker - Pool - Darts - Nintendo Football
I’ve written to them asking that they bring back Australian Rules Football and 86 the BS they’re showing these days.
- I’m with you. I don’t know if the alcohol is the only determinant, but there has been a load of crap masquerading as sports on ESPN this year:
All we have to do is run more than what ever the distance is to first base and they wont be able to catch us!!!
Nice Chip!!! Yeah, but most of us have lost all semblence of white muscle fibers. Hell, a 340 lb college lineman can run me down in a 40 yd dash, possibly even 100! I doubt most of us would get to first base much faster than the beer drinkers. Doesn’t matter that they are completely winded after the effort and hoping they don’t have to try for a triple with a botched outfield play.
“Diving/Figure skating = entertainment.”
AND, NO WAY ON EARTH should ice dancing be considered sport, any more than ballet or ballroom dancing or even rhythmic gymnastics. Difficult–very, requiring great coordination–yes, sport----nah!
‘OH! I liked the way her little finger flipped up just so during that move’…What?
(My twins are ballet dancers, and quite good, but back when they were the fastest kids on the soccer field–that was sport.)
I bet you are a VERY serious person : )
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If they get pissed, tell 'em to register and do the race and prove you wrong. I for one am fed up with various “events” being touted as a sport, and I’m sure I’ll take heavy flack for it, but since when did driving around in circles (race car driving) come to be a sport with athletes? No I don’t consider curling, poker, or paintball as sports, they are games, yet ESPN televises it. Is cheerleading a sport? How about bodybuilding? I’m not saying these things do not require skill and hard work, but I don’t see them as sports nor the participants as athletes. The list is fairly extensive but I won’t get into it. I’m sure many will disagree with some of my views, hey, you know what they say about opinions, they’re like aholes, everybody’s got one and they’re all full of sh.
That’s funny! You better move and hire a PR consultant. Im glad you didnt say beer drinkers with bikes, cause I would have been pissed.