What is your definition of a sport?

Except beach volleyball.

lol

Me who used to play softball

hehehe

Unless you were on major steriods.

See? If that was you, knocking down kids on the basepath, I'd watch.

I did that once, but I got kicked out :/

Is racing a sport?

Track and field? Yes
Cross country running? Yes
Nascar? No

I agree with you, but it's very debatable.

What’s the debate?

Whether or not NASCAR and other vehicle-racing are sports. "Sport" is debatable itself. What constitutes a sport? There are endless opinions in this debate. It truly is an opinion-based definition.

Physical activity as well as a competitive element. So football, baseball, basketball? Sports. Nascar and e-sports? Not sports.

So race car driving and e-sports don't have both? really? Are they just using the Force???

No. Me sitting on my couch playing Call of Duty is not a sport. Same for Nascar and other car racing. Me speeding down the highway is not a sport.

Ok, go drive your car at 180 MPH....let's see what happens.......

I rode around Dover Intl in a car driven by Dave Sacks a few years back......if you were in the car watching him, you'd change your mind......

(Holds steering wheel)
Alright I’m officially an athlete, where’s my Nike sponsorship?

No. If you are sitting down, even if you are concentrating on your driving, you are not playing a sport. It’s definitely a competition, but it is not a sport.

I agree with your general sentiment, but there are many activities that are in a grey area. I strongly believe golf is a sport because it requires vigorous physical activity every time you swing the club. It also includes a strong competitive element. Lots of people will say golf is not a sport. Same goes for disc golf. People who take it seriously are playing a sport. I guess when riff raff is on the course and they are just chucking and are there more because they are skipping out of school and disc golf courses are a good place to smoke pot and drink beer, lol.

Golf and disc golf are sports. They both require physical activity and they both have a competitive element.

See, but that's your definition of "sport", and it's based on your opinion. I tend to agree with on this, but others have different definitions that include motor sports. There are people who argue that driving a race car is very physically taxing. I'm not sure I agree with that. And then, what about horse racing? Is it a sport for the jockey and the horse, or just the horse? What about croquet? What about Tiddliwinks?

Jockeys are pound for pound the toughest people in sport.

LOL, okay...as if that is something that can actually be scientifically measured. Toughness is an objective characteristic, as I'm sure you are aware. Claiming jockeys are the toughest competitors is going way, way out on a limb, but to each his/her own....

You don't understand what pound for pound means?

If you don't think Jockeys are tough, then you don't know much about the sport of kings.

I know exactly what it means and I've heard it used to describe a jockey's toughness numerous times. I watch the Kentucky Derby with friends every year; and occasionally some other horse races. I don't care about The Derby, and I don't like horses much, but it's a fun time. Okay, jockeys are tough guys/girls. So are so many others. I'm simply saying that to argue that person X or person Y is the toughest, pound-for-pound, is 100% opinion-based and isn't something anyone needs to try and make a all-encompassing claim to. There you go, jockeys are very, very tough. They ride horses, which makes them tough. Stone masons are tough, too. They lift heavy rocks all day and they develop crazy callouses on their tough, strong hands. So are rock climbers. Many rock climbers are very lightweight, as it makes climbing rocks that much easier. If you are set on a pound-for-pound competition, start with them. Not people who get on the backs of horses and ride them. LOL, obviously I struck a nerve for you. Do you have a horse? I grew up with horses, but I don't like them much. One of them kicked my brother in the face for absolutely no reason. That horse was put down that day. I saw my dad shoot it in the head after my mom distracted it with some hay. It was traumatizing for me and I got smacked for sneaking out and watching it. That is not why I don't like them. I just don't have a thing for horses. Goats, I love them and have 6 of them. I also love chickens, ducks, and other fowl. And dogs, cats, birds, turtles, etc.

Nascar and any car racing IS a sport....do you understand the physicality involved to control a car @ over 180 MPH?

It depends on what you believe. I think it is

My definition of sport is that it involves competition.

Let's play sports. Which of us can eat 1 million pizzas first.

*Lacey happy noises intensifies* Yay!

Lol

they are"motor sport"
they say Motor cross is more demanding than any other sport

i consider memeing a sport is that wrong?

No it is not

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MEMES ARE DREAMS

roeses are blue i f**king agree with u!

Yes

Sports, I'd say, are activities that require both physical and psychological input, and, if based on a form of historical combat, accurately reflects that.

Javelin throwing? Physical input- check (required throwing the javelin). Psychological input- check (requires aiming the javelin). Accurately reflecting the historical combat it's based on- check.

Fencing meets the first two requirements, but not the third (it doesn't accurately reflect historical swordsmanship).

HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) meets all three.

Football? Meets the first two, and doesn't have to meet the third one, since it isn't based on any aspect of historical combat.

But all this is just my opinion. Have a great rest of the week!

That historical combat part could be eliminated from your criteria...it would still make sense that way. Fencing clearly is a sport, if you ask me. I don't see a whole lot of psychological input required to throw a javelin or a shotput or what have you. Muscle memory negates the need for it. You could say this about a lot of "sports".

Chess is actually a sport

You all might be interested to see this video from Gradeaundera, he tackles the exact same topic: https://youtu.be/F8LoUS9iPX8