BoKnows Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Running? Edited November 23, 2020 by BoKnows 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Joe Thornton is a two sport athlete now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Sports 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baer. Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Sport? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 As a teenager my friends and I used to run from the cops just to make them chase us. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, luckylager said: As a teenager my friends and I used to run from the cops just to make them chase us. Epic sport moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, BoKnows said: Epic sport moment We did look at it as sport, despite winning 99% of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Darts should be a sport. Anything you can do with skill while pissed to the gills should be up there with golf. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: Darts should be a sport. Anything you can do with skill while pissed to the gills should be up there with golf. Golf is probably the hardest sport I've played. Doesn't take much physically but the mental game is something else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Just now, BoKnows said: Golf is probably the hardest sport I've played. Doesn't take much physically but the mental game is something else. I like mini golf, and going to a driving range, but never got the bug for the full game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoKnows Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 Just now, Jimmy McGill said: I like mini golf, and going to a driving range, but never got the bug for the full game. I gave up on trying to be good. I just go to get outside and socialize with my buddies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Running: yes Bowling: yes Golf: yes Poker: Hell no Darts: No Pool: No Anything that gets you out and moving around I consider a sport. Some aren't "intensity sports"...but they're still things that offer a competitive element and get people moving around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, luckylager said: As a teenager my friends and I used to run from the cops just to make them chase us. Steveston beach parties were great because the cops would show up and you'd see a hundred party goer's run off in different directions. The cops odds weren't good. They were on foot and didn't have ATV's (even if they did, good luck with that). 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 LISTEN SPORT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Funny the poker argument basically could be applied to golf, curling, darts even auto racing but all those are on sports channels. I am not advocating that poker be a sport but I respect that game far more than golf. I think the allure of both activities is that anyone can do it, but golf has this fantasy like allure that the people that play it are athletes therefor if I play it I am one too. Inb4 'Those golfers are more jacked than you' So what? They don't need to be. Any sport where a 14yo female (Michele Wei) can compete with grown men certainly doesn't have a strength requirement. Golf, Poker and E Gaming all have one thing in common and that is an astronomical money per physical exertion ratio. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 41 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said: Poker: Hell no As I heard from the WSOP commentators: Poker is not a sport because poker players are not athletes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: Funny the poker argument basically could be applied to golf, curling, darts even auto racing but all those are on sports channels. I am not advocating that poker be a sport but I respect that game far more than golf. I think the allure of both activities is that anyone can do it, but golf has this fantasy like allure that the people that play it are athletes therefor if I play it I am one too. Inb4 'Those golfers are more jacked than you' So what? They don't need to be. Any sport where a 14yo female (Michele Wei) can compete with grown men certainly doesn't have a strength requirement. Golf, Poker and E Gaming all have one thing in common and that is an astronomical money per physical exertion ratio. I don't know if this is a bigger dig at golf, women, or Michelle Wie. In either case, Wie has been a career disappointment. Injuries and general inability sent her career into a spiral. But she was young, pretty, American, and had a good drive. I don't get why you're using her as an example. Yes you can golf at a high level into your 50s, but the sport sure takes a toll on the body. You cannot make the argument for poker as it requires zero physical ability or hand-eye coordination. You would have to make the case that chess is also a sport. For me sports must simply require physical ability to the point where it can cause a strain on the body, as well as mental competition. Curling qualifies. Golf qualifies. E-sports makes it. Darts and pool do not. Chess and poker certainly do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phil_314 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, debluvscanucks said: Running: yes Bowling: yes Golf: yes Poker: Hell no Darts: No Pool: No Anything that gets you out and moving around I consider a sport. Some aren't "intensity sports"...but they're still things that offer a competitive element and get people moving around. My perspective is similar but both your bolded points would need to be in place for me to be called a sport. e.g. unless you're race running I don't see running in and of itself as a sport. Even "racing to beat your own time" without any stakes doesn't qualify. Wonder what people think about dodgeball? I have a friend who doesn't think it is. Same question for ultimate frisbee (not just standing and tossing around) Edited November 24, 2020 by Phil_314 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 15 minutes ago, Phil_314 said: My perspective is similar but both your bolded points would need to be in place for me to be called a sport. e.g. unless you're race running I don't see running in and of itself as a sport. Even "racing to beat your own time" without any stakes doesn't qualify. Wonder what people think about dodgeball? I have a friend who doesn't think it is. Same question for ultimate frisbee (not just standing and tossing around) I think dodgeball and ultimate frisbee are. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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