Sports?
So Stana posts this blog about what things are and aren't sports. I started to comment, but it started getting long enough that I decided it better get posted instead.
(In response to Stana) I've been wrestling w/ this issue ever since I wanted to be a cheerleader (aka basically my whole life...until recently, of course :)
1)I don't buy into the whole "It's a sport because you compete in it" I'll give you examples: 4-H Stuff, art shows, things like that I don't think anyone would argue to be sports, yet they're all competition. Therefore...
2)Band is definatley not a sport. It falls under the arts.
3)While dancing can be very stressful on the body physically, do I think it's a sport? Eh...it's more in the arts.
4)Cheerleading...heh...all I can say is thank God I tried out for DT instead. But I'll give it to the girls, they do aLot of physical stuff as well. I'd say it's more of a sport than dance team...I don't know why, from what I've seen dancing takes more work physically, but...I just don't think they have anything else to fall under. Certainly not the arts...eh, I'll give them sports.
5)Ping-Pong, bowling, and golf. It's hard to say. They take skill, yes...hm, that's a tricky one.
In conclusion, dude, whatev. As long as you don't say to a dancer or cheerleader that what we do is easy, I think I really don't care too much on the matter.
posted by Michelle @ 8:40 PM
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2 Comments:
Sports, ahh yes, the never-ending debate of what is and isn't a sport.
Generally, and by generally I mean our possee, considers a Sport to be defined as the following:
1) Involves physical exertion
2) Has an active Defense
The 2nd one can get kinda tricky because you then ask, well is this a defense? But it helps, I think... *shrug*
AB
2 isn't if it has an active defense, it's if it has an obvious defense.
And by obvious I mean obvious.
Football: obvious defense, tennis: obvious defense (you are actively tiring to stop the other person from scoring), NASCAR has no obvious defense, could be an argument that there is defense, but it is not obvious.
If something is not a sport, it is either an athletic competition (bowling), an athletic event (Cheerleading), or a game (chess).
Many an hour has been spent debating this, and I think this is the final answer.
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