What is and is not a sport?

I brought up this idea the "judges' opinions are subjective" with a figure skating woman I know who both teaches and covers the sport. She just about tore my head off.

The points that they use to judge the sport are completely objective---as objective as the home plate umpire who's calling balls and strikes.

I'm not including French judges in this, of course.

 

I worry that if we don't know what's a real sport, we might not know what a real SportsJournalists.com is!

 

I'd classify bullfighting and MMA as pre-arranged medical emergencies.

 

I'm pretty sure this will be met with snark, but I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at here. Where an event happens has nothing to do with whether that event is a sport. My point with the "dance contest" euphemism goes along the lines of what others have mentioned about how it's scored.

 

I'm guessing Schie got roped into covering a bowling event.

 

I'd go as far as to suggest Wii bowling is a sport. It has almost all of the physical requirements of real bowling.

And yes, I believe there's no question bowling is a sport.

 

Wouldn't a "real sport" be classified as anything that Real Sports would do a segment on?

 

Yeah, you'd bowl with her. Heh.

Especially if she can pat her head and rub her belly at the same time.

 

well, rub something ...

 

Nice.

 

she can "flick" her wrist, too? daaaaamn!