The Final Definition of a Sport
Let’s get this straight right now, golf, poker, and racing – you’re NOT sports. How come everything that involves competition gets tagged by some idiot commentator as a sport? Shoving hot dogs down your throat like a Howard Stern sideshow doesn’t mean you’re a sports hero, Takeru Kobayashi. Sports are a very narrow category that includes baseball, football, hockey, soccer, basketball, tennis, and even volleyball. Why? Because – and this is the end of it – a true sport pits two and only two sides encompassed within a specifically tailored area of play against each other in active competition centered around a central object and employing an objective and integral scoring system. If it doesn’t fit that definition, it’s not a sport. That doesn’t mean it’s not difficult, or its competitors don’t deserve respect. I know golf is hard, and poker requires years to really master. Too bad, they’re both games. Olympic hurdling and NASCAR are both physically demanding, but again, too damn bad. They’re competitions, not sports. If you disagree, you’re wrong.
