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Originally Posted by The_Blur
Has your grandfather put up Tiger Woods' numbers? He is a great golfer, and golf fits the description of a sport. An athlete participates in a sport of skill against other athletes. A sport generally involves a repeating objective with particular techniques and rules for reaching that objective. For instance, bowling is a sport because there is a particular technique for throwing the ball and rules regulating the length of the lane, the latest point of release, and the number of pins. Meanwhile, the game Halo is not a sport because the techniques performed do not directly result in completing the objective. Instead, the game is played by using a remote controller, not by a person actually capturing the flag or getting the highest count of kills.
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Originally Posted by coolman
Tiger wouldn't put up tiger's #'s when he's 80. I guess that means racing is not a sport either since the driver doesn't run across the start finish line himself. Instead, He inputs thru a remote(steering wheel, gas pedal)to complete the objective ,but chess or checker players would be considered athletes because they move the pieces in a repeating objective with a particular technique while following the rules of the game to reach that objective. Well, in that case I stand corrected.
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Originally Posted by PQ
Yup. That's the way I see it. I used to have a very different view but I pretty much can see both sides. So I just don't know.
Now. How bout bowlers? Are they athletes?
I carry a 209 average and can compete scratch but would get killed by the pros. Shot 299 a few weeks ago. Have 3 300s. Am I an athlete?  |
According , to blur you are an athlete just by being a bowler. I would say a great athlete with that average. I don't know how it is now, but a 200 average got you on the pro tour in the old days.