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Is Golf A Sport?

Let's start this thread right...

Golf is too tame to be a sport. Golf is for individuals who are too old, weak, infirm, or wealthy and prissy to participate in real sports like football, wrestling, lumberjack competitions, or buhurt. Occasional bruising and bleeding means you are doing a sport right. Of course golf courses should be accessible, to more effectively cater to their base clientele... :cool:;)o_O
 
BN4537 said:
Let's start this thread right...

Golf is too tame to be a sport. Golf is for individuals who are too old, weak, infirm, or wealthy and prissy to participate in real sports like football, wrestling, lumberjack competitions, or buhurt. Occasional bruising and bleeding means you are doing a sport right. Of course golf courses should be accessible, to more effectively cater to their base clientele... :cool:;)o_O
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I've thought they should add snipers, but you can only shoot the ball...I would watch that and maybe actually "golf.".
 
Joe.B said:
People are calling videogame competitions "sports"....
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steveray said:
E Sports....So is Video Golf a Sport?
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Is Wii Sports a sport?

Jokes aside, I think golf (and competitive video games) are sports by definition (there's physical exertion and skill and competition), but they aren't what a lot of people would consider a sport when compared to "real" sports like baseball, football, etc. Disconnect between the definition of a word and societal expectations, or something like that.

Should we grade how much a sport is a "sport" by how intense it is / how interesting it is to spectate? If we do that, golf is clearly not a sport. Just a bunch of typically older dudes walking down a meadow while occasionally hitting a ball with a thin stick that costs more than my car.
 
BN4537 said:
Let's start this thread right...

Golf is too tame to be a sport. Golf is for individuals who are too old, weak, infirm, or wealthy and prissy to participate in real sports like football, wrestling, lumberjack competitions, or buhurt. Occasional bruising and bleeding means you are doing a sport right. Of course golf courses should be accessible, to more effectively cater to their base clientele... :cool:;)o_O
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Hockey is, of course, the king of all sports. Is American football really a sport when they only are in motion for an average of 11 minutes of a 60 minute game? Hockey you are grinding it out 60 of the 60 minutes, for example.
 
jar546 said:
Hockey is, of course, the king of all sports. Is American football really a sport when they only are in motion for an average of 11 minutes of a 60 minute game? Hockey you are grinding it out 60 of the 60 minutes, for example.
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Them's fighting words... Throwing the gloves down, let's go.
 
jar546 said:
Hockey is, of course, the king of all sports. Is American football really a sport when they only are in motion for an average of 11 minutes of a 60 minute game? Hockey you are grinding it out 60 of the 60 minutes, for example.
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I played both in high school, and while you do have a valid point, I would say that both sports are equally violent.

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