I could agree on all of that, BUT by your definition, video games qualify. It's perfectly fine to have different opinions. I will stand by my belief that pool being a "sport" is very subjective. It's always a fun conversation.
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I have no definition! I don't believe pool is any more than a game either, and WON'T ever be considered to be a sport, until the top players get PAID like its a true sport!!
How much physical exertion? Not saying you're wrong, but if pool has enough "physical exertion" to be a sport, then are we also counting hopscotch?
Uh oh, now you're adding money to the list of criteria? I've made my point. I know it's not a popular opinion on a pool forum, but that's ok. It's better than talking about cues all day.
When hopscotch is played in a world level competition, and a world champion is declared the winner, and PAID accordingly....then I'd say yeah, it's a competitive sport!!
bil·liards
/ˈbilyərdz/
noun
- any of various games played on a billiard table in which cues are used to strike balls against each other or into pockets around the edge of the table. In North America the term encompasses games such as carom billiards, English billiards, and pool.
- a game played on a billiard table with pockets, in which cues are used to strike three balls and points are made by caroms, pocketing an object ball, or caroming the cue ball into a pocket. In the UK, Australia, and other countries, the game is known simply as 'billiards'.
plural noun: English billiards
- a game played on a billiard table with pockets, in which cues are used to strike three balls and points are made by caroms, pocketing an object ball, or caroming the cue ball into a pocket. In the UK, Australia, and other countries, the game is known simply as 'billiards'.
Thats an explanation of the game, but not when its turned into a competition sport. According to your explanation, football, basketball m, and baseball...are ALL played as a GAME!!
My explanation of what 'sport' is can be found below and earlier within this thread....
My posting of the definition of 'Billiards' was merely a counterpoint to your posting of the definition of game.
I will not claim to have looked at them all, but I'm thinking you're going to struggle to find any reference document of merit that defines billiiards as a sport.
I can happily agree that some forms of fishing are a sport and other forms are not.
Competitive fishing events are definitely a sport !
Certainly deep see fishing for Marlin is a sport !!
Commercial trawling a drag line is not !
nor is most form a fishing for food.
So fishing without a descriptive adverb could be or could not be a sport; you just don't know at that point.
If reaction time determines whether an activity is a sport or not, the pool is not a sport--
UNLESS you count the timing of the snap of the wrist on the delivery of the cue to the CB.
I'd say that a fishing competition between people is not a sport. Once again, I'll draw a line to my example of the opponents not directly effecting the other's performance.
Now, if you'd like to spin it a little, you may be able to argue that it's a sporting competition between the fisherman and the fish...lol
I'd say no, because you don't need to necessarily snap your wrist to deliver the cue
It's not about physical coordination. It's about direct, real time competition, and how the opponents can control the play of the other. Playing a safety may make potting a ball for the opponent difficult, as an example. However that safety does not write in stone the how the other player handles the situation. Time can be spent computing variables and decision/execution can be performed without distraction.
If you just go out to a bar and play pool against anyone who challenges your table, its a came. But the minute you take leisurely playing pool, and place it in the center of a competition, within an organized event, you turn the game of pool into a sporting event. No different than win I go fishing by myself, I'm fishing for something to eat, or my own personal entertainment, such as in catch and release.I'd say no, because you don't need to necessarily snap your wrist to deliver the cue
It's not about physical coordination. It's about direct, real time competition, and how the opponents can control the play of the other. Playing a safety may make potting a ball for the opponent difficult, as an example. However that safety does not write in stone the how the other player handles the situation. Time can be spent computing variables and decision/execution can be performed without distraction.
But, if I enter into an organized fishing derby, which is held to identify one overall winner, that competition turns fishing into a sporting event pure and simple.
Sport or not a sport, is all in how its defined at the level of involvement at the time.
Flag football on the weekends wouldn't be considered a sporting event, its simply playing a social GAME of football. But, when you put together a team of paid players, to compete against other paid players, its no longer just a game on the weekend, its now a SPORTING event, making the competition a SPORT.
You may as well just replied with "I think it's a sport cause".
We were discussing the validity of labelling pool a sport. Not what constitutes a 'sporting event'.
Just because someone bought a ticket to see the show, doesn't make the spectical a sport.
If you're not partisapating, you'd just be a spectator too!! Function of the activity determines whether or not its a sport, or a game, do you fail to understand the difference between those functions?
So you say that pool is broken and you’re fixing it by giving us more hours of pool?
Sorry dude, you’re just not making any sense here to me. I admire your passion but this is the second go around of this bullshit. Maybe you should start small and just have a well run tournament with a great stream and some world beaters and then work up from there? What’s wrong with that? Quit talking about it and do it already.
Oh Lord I wish you were right here!!! I could tell my wife I need to work out more, at least three to four days a week. And I need a bigger boat!
But, unfortunately, you’re completely wrong. Fishing is just a hobby. A freaking awesome hobby. But just a hobby. As they say, it’s a fine line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot.
Wow, again you have NO idea what your talking about, but you're very entertaining I'll say that!
Since you think you know EVERYTHING, how's this for a 16 player round robin....they're playing for $600k in prize money, $5k a match to the winners!!! Stick that in your pipe and smoke it!!!!
And just so you don't ask, they're NOT paying ANY entry fees!!!
Please, tell me AGAIN why I SHOULDN'T start with the TOP 16 BEST 10B players on the PLANET?????