Games or sports?

[Time Waster]

Is there any difference between games and sport if they're competitive?

I'm just reminded of a discussion about snooker or darts along these lines. Some think of snooker and / or darts not being a sport but a game. Doesn't matter, I just curious about what views people might have on this. All I do know for certain is that it's simply not sporting the way i play, I'm that bad!

Whatever your views, why?

Also, of not sport what else isn't a sport that gets widely treated like sport?

 

[Drago]

Darts is a sport alright. Those darts lads are superbly honed athletes.

 

[Beebo]

Everyone will have a different answer. And there probably isn’t a consensus.

I think a sport has to involve something physical. But there will be plenty of anomalies.

A game like darts or snooker is clearly very skilful. But not physical. Is golf a sport?

Once it becomes professional it probably becomes a sport. They are all classed as sports as far as TV and newspapers are concerned.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Sports almost always involve physical exertion and athleticism. Games can be physical, but they also can be mental or purely strategic, like chess or drafts.

Thunk of it this way, a game can be a sport, but not all games are sports.

 

[matticus]

Also, of not sport what else isn't a sport that gets widely treated like sport?

Jumping to conclusions?

 

[FrankCrank]

This one comes to mind

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SJnSmQCxkg

 

[Time Waster]

Jumping to conclusions?

Too much exertion for me, I prefer to let everyone else decide then lazily go with the consensus!

 

[Beebo]

Jumping to conclusions?

Fence sitting?

 

[Smokin Joe]

If it's reported on the sports pages, it's a sport.

 

[Drago]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dcu5sYxcEuo&pp=ygUfdGhlIGRpY3RhdG9yIHJ1bm5pbmcgcmFjZSBzY2VuZQ%3D%3D

 

[matticus]

Meanwhile ...
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/15/china/china-marathon-finish-line-uproar-intl-hnk-spt/index.html

 

[Time Waster]

Didn't they wipe out of the records a load of Chinese track distance records not too many years ago?

 

[stephec]

I once had someone argue that darts was a sport because, 'look at how far we walk in a match.'

'Looking at some of them fat farkers it's not far enough,' wasn't the reply that he was expecting. 😂