Super User Felix77 Posted April 7, 2015 Super User Posted April 7, 2015 This is interesting. At the pro level they sit in a chair for 8+ hours each day for as long as their chips last them. The winner could be there as long as a week when it's all said and done. I know fishermen who do exactly the same. Lol. I lean on the it's a sport side.
Super User buzzed bait Posted April 7, 2015 Super User Posted April 7, 2015 I see it as a repition thing. There is nothing another team can do to mess you up or take points away from you. I can practice jumping in the air high on a trampoline, does that make it a sport? No. I feel sports should be a team vs team competition or person vs person, with no judges. Officials, refs, and umps being excluded from that as they are there to keep the peace. And the arrogance of some of the girls who cheerlead is unbelievable. They commonly use cheerleading is harder than football, and how they are so much more athletic then everyone else. How in the actual heck do you think cheerleading is harder than football? I bet football players could do what cheerleaders do but cheerleaders couldn't do what football players do. Incredible athletes I don't think so, I am in gym class with some of these girls and they cannot even run around the gym for 5 minuets. 4 girls lifting 1 90 pound girl isn't very hard either. That's 22.5 pounds per person. If you can't do that then you need some help. good luck in the dating pool buddy, you're going to need it..... 2
Matthew2000 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Couldn't disagree with this appraisal more. An event is not compared in difficulty to other events, it's people doing the same exact thing. Based on your thoughts would bass fishing be a sport if it were compared to the NFL or NBA? Probably the heaviest thing you lift is a 5# fish and how many times a day do you do that. You can sit and rest at will but liken yourself as being in a sporting event, if so I find it hard to diminish cheerleading as not a sport. If officials are only needed to keep the peace you may want to try golf, might be the only sport where the individual calls penalties in themselves. On the college level there are usually no caddies, carry your clubs up and down hills in the hot sun and see how easy that is. I don't consider bass fishing a sport. I do believe it takes a good amount of skill to do though. Some of not even near 1/10 of them are truly athletic. And you must not watch very much golf because there are definitely refs around all the time. Trust me I've been there golfing. My grandfather works on a golf course and I am very close with the owners and have much respect for the game. I have walked my fair share of holes and it's not a breeze but it's nothing that's making me break out in sweat dying for water.
Matthew2000 Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 good luck in the dating pool buddy, you're going to need it..... I have a girlfriend.....
Super User SirSnookalot Posted April 8, 2015 Super User Posted April 8, 2015 I don't consider bass fishing a sport. I do believe it takes a good amount of skill to do though. Some of not even near 1/10 of them are truly athletic. And you must not watch very much golf because there are definitely refs around all the time. Trust me I've been there golfing. My grandfather works on a golf course and I am very close with the owners and have much respect for the game. I have walked my fair share of holes and it's not a breeze but it's nothing that's making me break out in sweat dying for water. Matthew I played golf over 50 years, mainly as a recreational payer with some club amateur tourneys. I've attending pro tournaments, Majors and Ryder cup. True in tournament play there are officials on the course, mainly to give their opinion for certain rulings. An example would be a shot with an obstruction that is not part of the course ( tv cameras, wires, grandstand seating, etc.), the official is there to tell the player where to take relief. A tournament golfer a pro or amateur and avid recreation players call penalties on themselves with out the official, at least they should be. To quote (paraphrase) Roger Maltbie, " You wanna play this game, you gotta know the rules". Whether a puff of wind moves the ball after the club has been grounded at address, or a fisherman hooking a fish outside the mouth, that isn't legal. There is not always an official on the sport or tv cameras around, this where the honor of the sportsmen comes into play. Didn't Dottie get hooked outside the mouth one time without credit being taken, did I recall that correctly?
Matthew2000 Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 Matthew I played golf over 50 years, mainly as a recreational payer with some club amateur tourneys. I've attending pro tournaments, Majors and Ryder cup. True in tournament play there are officials on the course, mainly to give their opinion for certain rulings. An example would be a shot with an obstruction that is not part of the course ( tv cameras, wires, grandstand seating, etc.), the official is there to tell the player where to take relief. A tournament golfer a pro or amateur and avid recreation players call penalties on themselves with out the official, at least they should be. To quote (paraphrase) Roger Maltbie, " You wanna play this game, you gotta know the rules". Whether a puff of wind moves the ball after the club has been grounded at address, or a fisherman hooking a fish outside the mouth, that isn't legal. There is not always an official on the sport or tv cameras around, this where the honor of the sportsmen comes into play. Didn't Dottie get hooked outside the mouth one time without credit being taken, did I recall that correctly? So people being able to lie and not doing it makes it a sport ?
bassinOUT89 Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 Youre arguing with a child snook. It's not going to go anywhere. 1
Super User SirSnookalot Posted April 9, 2015 Super User Posted April 9, 2015 Youre arguing with a child snook. It's not going to go anywhere. We all have shortcomings and I guess that's one of mine. 2
Matthew2000 Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 Youre arguing with a child snook. It's not going to go anywhere.I am completely able to have a discussion/debate over a topic. Me being a child has nothing to do with this subject. I have been very exposed to many horrible things throught my life that have made me grow up a little faster than other kids. That's a very ignorant comment considering you don't know the first thing about me.So next time don't degrade my opinion as a person because I'm younger than you. Thank you. Have a nice day!
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted April 9, 2015 Global Moderator Posted April 9, 2015 Well this is circling the drain. LOCKDOWN!!
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