Serious question Is Pool Sport or game??

[itsfroze]

i'd say a game since the luck factor between two strong players is always present, whereas in sports experience, physical fitness is the separator between the players

Wow, really, when a football bounces off the intended receivers helmet and the opposing catches the ball and runs it in for a touch down and the win.
You're saying that's not luck, just physical fitness?
I'll bet if you were betting on the team that lost you would say you were, unlucky!

 

[Mr. Bond]

yes it is...no it isnt...yes it is.... zzzzzzz

its mostly symantics, but here's another way to look at it:

in a "game", physical skill plays no factor in the outcome. ie chess, monopoly.

in a "sport", some attribute of the game depends on some sort of physical activity. ie swing a club, shoot a ball etc.

but in the end- does it really matter?

 

[nick serdula]

Money means nothing

If you play a game of chess for $100 it is still a game. Sporting is a word used to evoke the gamble. Pool can't happen without that.
Nick

 

[itsfroze]

A sport is where something has a chance of getting killed. For example hunting, fishing, falconry, drag racing,...

So, it does not fit THAT definition (not trying to imply that that is the only acceptable definition for a sport.)

This might be the funniest thing I ever heard.

So by that definition none of the events in the Olympics would qualify
as a sporing event.

Well maybe archery, somebody could walk in the way by accident just as
they let fly an arrow. LOL Just having a little fun.

Yes I read the part about that's not the only acceptable definition, guess
I'm just wondering how that definition is acceptable, is all?

 

[naji]

Wow, really, when a football bounces off the intended receivers helmet and the opposing catches the ball and runs it in for a touch down and the win.
You're saying that's not luck, just physical fitness?
I'll bet if you were betting on the team that lost you would say you were, unlucky!

There is luck in every thing, but it present it self in pool more than any sports therefor it is a game. with your example, if the players did not see or notice or quick to react they would have not converge.