Give this guy a piece of your mind !!!

What?

Are you mad because the writer said Billiards isn't a sport?

Well lets face it, there are millions that would agree with that writer.

However there are millions that would object to the writer.

Billiards is just billiards..............I think it would be better to focus on making it more popular than to worry about whether someone thinks it is a sport or not.

It's a game, but so is football, basketball, etc, etc. Who cares if they call it a sport or not?

True Billiards has some of the most sportsman like conduct ever, but it also has some very unsportsman like conduct.

It is what it is!
 
I'm a billiard enthusiast. I've played matches that have lasted into the night and the next day until my feet hurt and back is killing me and fingers are numb. I love this game and everything about it, inside and out, the smell, the feel, the emotion, the devistation of a tough loss. I consider it a lifestyle and a passion. I spend hours a day thinking about the game and even more money trying to satify my thirst for the every evolving hobby aspect of it.

I really don't consider it a sport. Technically its fallen into the category of "sport" over the last decade or so but their is a difference between this and football or basketball. Not to mention that I could care less if its a "sport" or "leisure activity".

Further more its a blog and pretty much an appropriate place for this douches opinion.
 
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Bishop said:
I'm a billiard enthusiast. I've played matches that have lasted into the night and the next day until my feet hurt and back is killing me and fingers are numb. I love this game and everything about it, inside and out, the smell, the feel, the emotion, the devistation of a tough loss. I consider it a lifestyle and a passion. I spend hours a day thinking about the game and even more money trying to satify my thirst for the every evolving hobby aspect of it.

I really don't consider it a sport. Technically its fallen into the category of "sport" over the last decade or so but their is a difference between this and football or basketball. Not to mention that I could care less if its a "sport" or "leisure activity".

Further more its a blog and pretty much an appropriate place for this douches opinion.
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I totally agree here. I love the game of pool, but I don't consider it a sport.

Which is not to agree with the blogger here that it shouldn't be on ESPN. I think ESPN has widely broadened it focus beyond the mainstream "sports" to a much wider category of competitive pursuits, and I think it's good. I think from the perspective of someone watching, there's no reason to make a distinction between sports and games. You're just sitting there on your @$$ watching it anyway. But from the perspective of playing, I wouldn't call pool a sport.

-Andrew
 
Olympics

Is that why they call it the Olympic Games, and not the Olympic Sports?

So people won't argue which ones are sports or not sports? After all they are all games aren't they?

Maybe we should just remove the world sport from our English language! LMAO
 
I've always had the view that Billiards, Pool and Snooker, ARE sports, but they all come under the term "Cuesports", especially with the WPA, WSA, both being recognized members of the IOC :)

Willie
 
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I tend to agree with Txplshrk, in that I don't care much whether it is credited as being a sport or not. However, for the sake of argument, I do think it can be considered a sport. The dictionary seems to say that if it's a physical activity requiring skill, then it's a sport. For example, dictionary.com's first definition of sport is:

an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.​

Shoot, if fishing and bowling are sports, according to the dictionary, then pool is definitely a sport. LOL. We tend to attach the requirement that a sport must provide exercise, when in fact that is not necessarily true.
 
Cuebacca said:
For example, dictionary.com's first definition of sport is:

an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.​

Shoot, if fishing and bowling are sports, according to the dictionary, then pool is definitely a sport. LOL. We tend to attach the requirement that a sport must provide exercise, when in fact that is not necessarily true.
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What I can't figure out is where in the hell does hot-dog eating contests meet this criteria :confused: :confused: :confused: :D :D :D :D :D

Maniac
 
What about the spelling bee that is on ESPN - does the writer feel that should be on?

BVal
 
My Webster's New World Dictionary says that a sport is: "any recreational activity; specif., a game, competition, etc. requiring bodily exertion"

When I look up recreation, I find: "any form of play, amusement, etc. used to relax or refresh the body or mind"

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According to these definitions, a book reading competition/club could be considered a sports club. Believe me.... there is exertion used to hold a book open and support it!! So, it requires physical exertion and is a relaxing form of amusement.

So, where does one draw the line between sport and non-sport? The dictionary obviously isn't going to help us.
 
Pool isn't really a sport, but that doesn't mean it is easy or physically non-demanding...

Hot Dog Eating
Bowling
Spelling Bee
College Bowl (glorified trivia contest)
Chess
Poker
Fishing

Just some of the other non-sports that ESPN runs on a somewhat regular basis.

Truth be told there is an extremely good reason why these programming choices are on Entertainment Sports Programming Network...

The channel (s) is on 24 hours and something has to fill those hours.

They learned that very early on and since then you have seen alternative programming.

I say more power to them.
 
seymore15074 said:
No way, if fishing is a sport, so is pool...lol
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And for me, they're so very closely related....in the day time I go down to the lake to look for fish, then at night I go to the pool hall to look for fish.....^_^
 
If you can do it while smoking and drinking it is not a sport.

It is a game and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

JMO
 
As a great philosopher once said: "Anything that one is capable of drinking a beer while playing, is not a sport."

Actually I can't remember who told me that, but I thought it was pretty funny. I love pool, BTW.
 
jon21588 said:
As a great philosopher once said: "Anything that one is capable of drinking a beer while playing, is not a sport."

Actually I can't remember who told me that, but I thought it was pretty funny. I love pool, BTW.
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Great minds my friend.:D
 
JesPiddlin said:
My Webster's New World Dictionary says that a sport is: "any recreational activity; specif., a game, competition, etc. requiring bodily exertion"

When I look up recreation, I find: "any form of play, amusement, etc. used to relax or refresh the body or mind"

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According to these definitions, a book reading competition/club could be considered a sports club. Believe me.... there is exertion used to hold a book open and support it!! So, it requires physical exertion and is a relaxing form of amusement.

So, where does one draw the line between sport and non-sport? The dictionary obviously isn't going to help us.
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But how is reading a book a competition? Now if there were a speed-reading competition somehow, then yes, I would consider that a sport, based on the definition of a sport. It is mostly a mental activity, but would require a physical skill; rapid eye movements that require practice to be good at.
 
exercise?

Cuebacca said:
I tend to agree with Txplshrk, in that I don't care much whether it is credited as being a sport or not. However, for the sake of argument, I do think it can be considered a sport. The dictionary seems to say that if it's a physical activity requiring skill, then it's a sport. For example, dictionary.com's first definition of sport is:

an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.​

Shoot, if fishing and bowling are sports, according to the dictionary, then pool is definitely a sport. LOL. We tend to attach the requirement that a sport must provide exercise, when in fact that is not necessarily true.
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if you don't think there is exercise involved in pool then you obviously haven't played pool at a high level in a tough gambling match for 12 or more hours, i know this probably sounds dumb, but how many miles do you think you walk in a night circling a 9foot table a thousand times in a night? ponder that for a second, and add in the mental stress of focusing like that nonstop for 12 plus hours!...........jeremy
 
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