Originally Posted by
bionicarm
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If you don't think sitting in a car that can hit speeds over 170 MPH for almost 3 hours straight isn't physically demanding, you'll never understand what the true definition of 'sport' is.
Perhaps you could tell me what it is.
Badminton and Curling are Olympic events. You gonna claim those as sports as well? NO tehy are not.
When the last time the US Olympic Basketball team had college-level players on it? Oh that's right, that's the Olympics where they only got the Bronze. True, also do note that the rest of the world HAD their professional basketball players. Some that even played in the NBA, I gues when put that way bronze is not bad for a collegete team, HUH.
Well I do understand that sitting for 3 hours in a car thats is going 170 mph is demanding on the body. If a different dynamic was added to the racing of cars I might consider it a sport. That dynamic would be to allow collisions. That would definately would make it a sport. Just because something is demanding on the body it does not make it a sport, and just because it is not demanding does not make it a sport. I guess we are getting to what is the true defenition of "sport" is. That is hard to say, I do however think that basketball is a sport and NASCAR is not. If there was some sort of phycial interaction between the drivers, I might consider it a sport. Take weight lifting, it is a competion in the olympics, do I think it's a sport. NO!
There is a diference when dealing with competition or demand on the body. There are alot of things that are demanding on the body, does that make it a sport NO. Guys that work pouring concrete, it is very demanding on the body, is it a sport NO. Mothers laboring, is very demanding on the body (ask any mother) YES, does it make it a sport NO. I sometimes drive my car at 120 mph, does it make it a sport NO. People drag race does it makeit a sport, NO. Competition alone does not make it a sport, I can eat more hot dogs than you can, is it a sport, NO. TO me a "sport" is something that is competitve, demanding on the body and mind and provide some sort of physical interaction with the individual competitors. Golf, gymnastics, weight lifting, car driving, sprint racing, merathon racing, jabiling, etc. are not sports. It's merely a form of entertaiment or some type of competition, but NOT a sport.
My reference to the olympics was to illustrate that if there was a demand for people around the world, to get to gether and compte it ight have made it to the olympics. Basketball has not been part of the olympics since they started doing them. At some point down the line, there was such a demand from peole to include it, thus it is part of it now. Maybe some day NASCAR will have that demand and be included in the olympics. As of today, it has not had that demand, thus it is not part of a world wide competition.
