Is NASCAR a sport?

[Guest Jack Tunney]

Soccer is meant to be played and not watched.It's probably the most fun of all sports to play.Same thing with NASCAR,it's probably a lot more exciting if you're behind the wheel.

 

And at least Soccer games dont have 65 commercials.Maybe that's why the games seem so long.

[Guest Ragin' Redneck]

Main Entry: sport

Function: noun

Date: 15th century

1 a : a source of diversion : RECREATION b : sexual play c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2) : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in

[Guest DrTom]

Nobody is saying that playing Quake on your cpu is a sport though, we are talking about racing.

You're missing the point entirely. You said:

Well, you are right, but who do you think builds that car from the ground up. Minus getting the parts from whoever sponsors them, it's pretty much built from "scratch". It's the drivers mechanic and crew.

Which implies that being able to build something from the ground up that people will use in a competition is part of being a sport. It's not. My Quake "analogy" is really just demonstrating absurdity by being absurd.

So then let's see how far the cars would get without the drivers.

Not very, I imagine, but it doesn't matter. The point is that the drivers aren't really doing the work. They're operating pedals and a steering wheel, while it's the car that's zipping them around the track. The same argument can be extended to horse racing, another so-called "sport."

 

I'm not even going to get into the doors your emphasis in the dictionary opens, since I don't want to be accused of making any more "silly analogies."

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Sure, soccer is tiring, but so is vigorous masturbation. The whole lack of hands isn't natural, either. If one guy picked the ball up, ran full tilt down the field, only to collide with another guy running full tilt in the opposite direction, I might like it.

 

As far as being fun to play, gotta disagree with that. If I'd never played soccer, I wouldn't dislike it so much. I'd just dismiss it as dull and leave it at that, were that the case, but I've participated, and it ranks somewhere between ice fishing and foosball, which is the only game worse than soccer.

 

As far as hockey's sport status, there's fighting in hockey, so it qualifies. Besides, I can watch a hockey game. I'm not a fan, and I know next to nothing about it, but I can regard it with casual indifference.

[Guest CanadianChris]

Just because something bores you to tears when watching it doesn't mean it's not a sport.

 

I think anything that involves higher-than-normal physical exertion and is performed at a competitive level is a sport. This includes auto racing, soccer, hockey, squash, cycling, etc. It does NOT include darts, billiards, bowling, sailing, or spelling bee.

[Guest Brush with Greatness]

For me, a sport is an athletic competition where you can directly affect your opponents performance by your performance. You directly beat your opponent. Racing of any kind is not a sport. Nor do I consider track and field event's sport. They are merely athletic competition.

 

So, IN MY OPINION:

 

Sports: Hockey, Soccer, Baseball, Football, Lacrosse, Tennis, etc.

 

Athletic Competitions: Racing (auto or foot), Javelin, High Jump, Long Jump, etc.

 

Games: Darts, Billiards, Golf, Bowling, Curling, etc.

 

That's just my definition

[Guest Jack Tunney]

Sure, soccer is tiring, but so is vigorous masturbation. The whole lack of hands isn't natural, either. If one guy picked the ball up, ran full tilt down the field, only to collide with another guy running full tilt in the opposite direction, I might like it.

That would be Rugby.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I don't mind Rugby. I know nothing about it, but I'm always up for some sick collisions.