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what arguments do u guys have that agrees (or disagrees) that competitive eating is a real sport?
Originally posted by: ja1484
Sport = requires athletic ability of some sort...strength, technique, speed, combination thereof. Athleticism is key here.
Golf is a sport because it takes strength and technique to hit the ball properly. Chess is not, because chess is a mental skill. Football is a sport because...well duh. Video games are not, because manipulating a controller is a skill, not athletic.
Etc.
Originally posted by: Farang
Originally posted by: ja1484
Sport = requires athletic ability of some sort...strength, technique, speed, combination thereof. Athleticism is key here.
Golf is a sport because it takes strength and technique to hit the ball properly. Chess is not, because chess is a mental skill. Football is a sport because...well duh. Video games are not, because manipulating a controller is a skill, not athletic.
Etc.
I'd say that makes competitive eating a sport.
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Originally posted by: Farang
Originally posted by: ja1484
Sport = requires athletic ability of some sort...strength, technique, speed, combination thereof. Athleticism is key here.
Golf is a sport because it takes strength and technique to hit the ball properly. Chess is not, because chess is a mental skill. Football is a sport because...well duh. Video games are not, because manipulating a controller is a skill, not athletic.
Etc.
I'd say that makes competitive eating a sport.
Golf is NOT a sport, it is a competitive game where the lowest score *chokes back a laugh* wins. In Golf there is no strict time limit or defense, you can take basically as long as you want to make a decision on how and where to hit a ball, there's even a caddy who's pretty much telling you want to do the whole time and making the strategic decisions for you. You don't even have to be athletically strong either, technique is good enough.. just look at John Daly and Angel Cabrera. Any game where you can smoke in between performing actions crucial to winning is pathetic, but that's another gripe all together.
Originally posted by: ja1484
Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Originally posted by: Farang
Originally posted by: ja1484
Sport = requires athletic ability of some sort...strength, technique, speed, combination thereof. Athleticism is key here.
Golf is a sport because it takes strength and technique to hit the ball properly. Chess is not, because chess is a mental skill. Football is a sport because...well duh. Video games are not, because manipulating a controller is a skill, not athletic.
Etc.
I'd say that makes competitive eating a sport.
Golf is NOT a sport, it is a competitive game where the lowest score *chokes back a laugh* wins. In Golf there is no strict time limit or defense, you can take basically as long as you want to make a decision on how and where to hit a ball, there's even a caddy who's pretty much telling you want to do the whole time and making the strategic decisions for you. You don't even have to be athletically strong either, technique is good enough.. just look at John Daly and Angel Cabrera. Any game where you can smoke in between performing actions crucial to winning is pathetic, but that's another gripe all together.
I hate golf as much as the next guy, but I have to admit it's a sport. I don't like it, but consistency is consistency.
And yeah, you have to have some decent strength to put a good wallop on the ball in golf, no matter how good your technique.
Originally posted by: CPA
It is a contest, not a sport. To me, a sport is something that requires physical exurcion.
All sports are contests, but not all contests are sports.