I'll tell you what I can cope with - NO FRIGGIN FOOTBALL FOR MONTHS

[A HERETIC I AM]

If i am not mistaken it was Earnest Hemingway that said; There are only 3 sports. Bullfighting, Mountain Climbing and Motor Racing. Everything else is a game. Stick and ball sports. The perfect mindless distraction for a mindless nation. And when i say Motor Racing I am NOT talking about NASCAR. NASCAR is the professional wrestling of motorsport. Apologies to the rabid fans of football

[Kikosexy2]

1. I'll just die...

Marcia--no buns, bats, and balls!

[rinsd]

2. Well Hemingway was wrong about alot of things...this is one of them (nt)

[A HERETIC I AM]

5. Sorry but football IS A GAME not a sport

And it is taken WAY too seriously in this country

[rinsd]

8. Well then define sport.....

Also, can a game also be a sport?

These are wholly separate questions from whether football is taken way too seriously in this country.

[A HERETIC I AM]

10. These definitions work OK for me

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sport http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=game The difference being one specifies using players and the other doesn't

[WilliamPitt]

3. A heretic indeed you are

:)

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. LOL! True Thats why i like the tag

[MikeG]

4. Isn't Hemingway the guy who killed himself?

Watch Football. Prevent Suicide.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. Oh well == so he offed himself

So what? BTW I am sure there are any more things that fall into the sport category but football isn't one of them

[HuckleB]

9. I'm glad it's over, too.

But don't be promoting motor racing as a sport, NASCAR, F1, Sprint Cars, Crazy Eights. Whatever it is, it ain't a sport. It's great, and it's wonderful, but it ain't a sport.

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. UMMM --- actually Motor Racing IS a sport

the above definition fits it to a T

[HuckleB]

12. LOL!

A made up definition doesn't make it a sport. Call it an activity. Call it a dangerous activity if you want. But you jus' doesn't ever, ever call it a sport. If you went and did that, then we'd have to call football a sport, and we doesn't want to be doing that.

[DaveinMD]

13. football is the best sport in the world

auto racing is as exciting as watching paint dry.

[A HERETIC I AM]

15. Dave? If its the best why do you have a Baseball teams avatar?

Like I said ---- Perfect mindless pastime for a mindless nation LOL OK OK OK I give FOOTBALL RULES!!!!!!!!!

[DaveinMD]

16. Because my Giants haven't been playing for a while

and I love baseball too. All my basketball teams are awful this year--college and pro.

[ProgressiveConn]

21. Maybe it is a sport for the car. Surely not for the driver.

"Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively."

Auto racing is not a sport in any way shape or form. And anyone who mentions how uncomfortable the drivers have it merely reinforces my argument. Unless you want to classify all uncomfortable jobs as sports.

It may be a very enjoyable activity no doubt but sport? Pshaw.

As for Bullfighting I'd say that it fails as a sport because it is not competitive. Ever see the bull win? Didn't think so.

No doubt mountain climbing can be a sport.

Football is THE sport. No sport is as complicated or requires as much teamwork. =)

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. LOL!!! oh well I guess i cant fool any of YOU folks!!!

i had a feeling this might get someones dander up. BTW.... Formula One Racing IS MOST DEFINITELY A SPORT and beats THE GAME of fucking American football for world-wide interest, technical know-how, competition, investment and drama on its WORST day

[DaveinMD]

17. boring

formula one can't be half as difficult as driving during rush hour on the Washington Beltway. Which isn't a sport either.

[A HERETIC I AM]

19. Spoken like a true Colonial

Ive lived outside DC also and have probably driven on more beltways than most on DU. Driving 25 MPH on the freeway doesn't compare to Gran Prix racing and you KNOW it. You obviously have no idea what it takes to drive a Formula One car competitively. It is FUCKING difficult and there are damned few people that have ever been good at it. It is comparable to being a Blue Angels or Thunderbird pilot. Michael Schumacher's salary puts him in the top 3 highest paid athletes in the world and he is as well known around the world as virtually any sports figure in history, with the possible exception of Ayrton Senna who was, SURPRISE!!!!!! ANOTHER F1 DRIVER!!!!!!!

[HuckleB]

20. Drama?

Hardly. It's got as little drama as possible. It's a good thing the rest of the world reads, so it can keep up with the soap operas surrounding F1, or it wouldn't have a following at all. Interest? Sure, but looking at the NFL, that doesn't mean much, and it doesn't make it a sport. Technology? Sure. But that doesn't make it a sport. Investment? Also doesn't make it a sport. Strange argument, dude.

As for dander, this is a sports forum. It's all dander. And of course it's going to fly when someone makes a strange argument.

:)

Salud.

:hi:

[Lugnut]

18. I'm a NASCAR fan

And I'm ready for some racin'! :D

[HuckleB]

22. Did you get your Daytona 500 Trivia Pringles yet?