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	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Off-Topic Discussion > Parking Lot > Nascar Log in Nascar Pages : [1] 2 NY_Skinsfan 05-20-2005, 06:51 AM Heard something I thought was quite funny on the way into work last night... NASCAR stands for Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks. If I'm late on the joke, sorry, but it actually got me thinking... Can something that is non-athletic still be considered a sport? Let's say, fishing or hunting for example....aren't they considered sports? Hell, there is even the term sportfishing...must be a sport then. What does everyone think? Does a sport have to be athletic in nature to be a true sport? If not, if fishing is considered a sport so couldn't chess right? Discuss..... Redskins8588 05-20-2005, 07:22 AM I think that if there is any form of competing then it is a sport. Yeah I would consider chess a form of a sport... TheMalcolmConnection 05-20-2005, 09:26 AM I agree. I think sports are either athletic or non-athletic. Just like Redskins8588 says, it's the competition that makes it a sport. TheMalcolmConnection 05-20-2005, 09:27 AM Actually after reading the dictionary definition of sport, anything that doesn't require athletic ability AND skill is not a sport. JWsleep 05-20-2005, 03:01 PM Is driving an athletic skill? I'd say yes--so it's a sport. I don't think chess is. BUt maybe if driving is an athletic skill, so are video games. And that's gotta be wrong--no offense to gamers, but football is a sport, Madden isn't. ANyway, until they have vidoe gaming on ESPN... TheMalcolmConnection 05-20-2005, 04:28 PM Going by the dictionary again, athleticism's true definition would not warrant driving being a skill either. Athleticism's definition lends the idea that the exertion should be a strenuous effort and I wouldn't think that driving lends itself to that. TheMalcolmConnection 05-20-2005, 04:29 PM And of course, I'm just playing devil's advocate. You can go by what the dictionary says or not. I'm just trying to give a logical argument. skinznut 05-20-2005, 05:07 PM Going by the dictionary again, athleticism's true definition would not warrant driving being a skill either. Athleticism's definition lends the idea that the exertion should be a strenuous effort and I wouldn't think that driving lends itself to that. Neither does golf. :) TheMalcolmConnection 05-20-2005, 05:11 PM Very true. By that definition, golf is definitely not a sport. INTEresting... :) TheMalcolmConnection 05-20-2005, 05:12 PM I guess that's the difference between games and sports.