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06-14-2007, 12:54 PM
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Billiards requires good hand & eye coordination among other things.
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06-27-2007, 04:24 PM
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If you're playing a serious game, then I think it could be a sport. But I never play serious. I just play for fun and I don't care about winning or not, I'm just having a good time. I like to play the best when I drink a little bit...It makes it more interesting!!! HAHAHA!!!
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06-27-2007, 07:29 PM
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Is ping-pong a sport? Synchronized swimming? What about pitching horse shoes?
Could it just be a game?
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07-02-2007, 02:14 AM
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There's beauty in the solace of not giving a damn.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sunsprit
Let's see ... billiards requires a knowledge of rules, a deft touch, superior hand-eye coordination, strategy, tactics, analytical skills, mastered use of the tools of the game, and an ability to deal with some amount of uncertainty in the game, right?
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There are plenty of video games that require all of these things. Yet I wouldn't exactly call gaming a sport.
Same goes for chess, with the exception of the hand-eye coordination thingy.
Any activity that can be mastered by a fat slob is not a sport. |
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07-03-2007, 09:57 AM
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Come on, competitive eating, now that's a sport that takes great skill and peak physical conditioning!  Go, Joey Chestnut! |
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07-10-2007, 03:18 AM
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If it can improve your health,it is sports!I think !
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07-10-2007, 12:54 PM
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Location: Ohio, but moving to El Paso, TX August/September
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It doesn't count as a sport if 60 year olds can do it and do it well.
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12-30-2008, 04:12 PM
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The reason we want billiards to be a sport is so that is may be in the Olympics!!!!
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12-31-2008, 09:10 AM
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"E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!"
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: NE PA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Synopsis
I would call it a competition, but not a sport. Sports require athletic ability, as newyorkjetsfan pointed out. Billiards is a great game though.
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Then by your definition, auto racing is not a sport...since it doesn't take athletic ability...but it does take skill.
Which I agree with, by the way.  |
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12-31-2008, 09:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drover
Any activity that can be mastered by a fat slob is not a sport.
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That's not necessarily true.....if that was the case, then football would not be a sport. Have you seen any offensive linemen lately? |
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