Is this the most dangerous sport in America?

[TigerVols]

This sport has had about 50 people participate, and millions of Americans watch...and of the 50, these injuries have been documented:

Torn Meniscus requiring replacement
Fractured Tibias in both legs
Fractured Toe
Foot injury requiring hospitalization
High-ankle Sprain
Ruptured Achilles
Scratched Cornea
Cut foot
Ruptured Biceps
Food poisoning
Fainting

Yep, I'm talking about Dancing with the Stars!

Alas, too bad for Jewel -- she broke her legs instead of chipping her teeth.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-03-05-dancing-dropouts_N.htm

 

[jps]

pgysical activity, I suppose. sport, though? seriously? not. a. sport.

 

[Mr7134]

I know it's not a sport but, dancing is hard on the body.

In fact, ballet is taxing. Ballerinas get all kinds of ****ed up. People probably think that’s amusing, but ballet really is very hard on the body.

Well, so I’ve heard anyway.

 

[slappy4428]

This sport has had about 50 people participate, and millions of Americans watch...and of the 50, these injuries have been documented:

Torn Meniscus requiring replacement
Fractured Tibias in both legs
Fractured Toe
Foot injury requiring hospitalization
High-ankle Sprain
Ruptured Achilles
Scratched Cornea
Cut foot
Ruptured Biceps
Food poisoning
Fainting

Yep, I'm talking about Dancing with the Stars!

Alas, too bad for Jewel -- she broke her legs instead of chipping her teeth.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2009-03-05-dancing-dropouts_N.htm

Are you suggesting she needs her peg lateral fixed?

 

[sportschick]

I know it's not a sport but, dancing is hard on the body.

In fact, ballet is taxing. Ballerinas get all kinds of ****ed up. People probably think that’s amusing, but ballet really is very hard on the body.

Well, so I’ve heard anyway.

I had an aunt who did ballet until she got pregnant when she was about 20. Her feet are all kinds of messed up. She's had to have multiple surgeries and has to wear weird specially made shoes, all because of her toe shoes.

 

[Oz]

pgysical activity, I suppose. sport, though? seriously? not. a. sport.

You're right. It's not near on par with sports like cheerleading.

 

[jps]

pgysical activity, I suppose. sport, though? seriously? not. a. sport.

You're right. It's not near on par with sports like cheerleading.

sure it is. right on par with many of the physically taxing, non-sport activities.

 

[93Devil]

No ball
Scoring done subjectively
Cannot be traced to an activity done by Greek soldiers to aid in battle

Not a sport.

 

[Football_Bat]

Speaking of Jewel ... these guys call BS.

 

[sportschick]

No ball
Scoring done subjectively
Cannot be traced to an activity done by Greek soldiers to aid in battle

Not a sport.

Subjective scoring? So gymnastics, ice skating these are not sports?

 

[DanOregon]

Not surprised there are that many injuries, they go from zero to four to six hours of training a day working in dancing shoes and straining joints and ligaments that haven't been strained like that before.

 

[Mark2010]

It's far more dangerous than, say, curling.

 

[93Devil]

No ball
Scoring done subjectively
Cannot be traced to an activity done by Greek soldiers to aid in battle

Not a sport.

Subjective scoring? So gymnastics, ice skating these are not sports?

I hate to say it, bit no, they are not.

When you have some asshat deciding a winner on their own personal opinion, I just cannot call that sporting.

People who skate and do gymnastics do amazing things, but the way their "sport" is set up now, I would call it an exhibition more than anything.

Equestrian (I forgot to mention a clock) is a sport more than diving for example.

I know, flame away.

 

[jps]

No ball
Scoring done subjectively
Cannot be traced to an activity done by Greek soldiers to aid in battle

Not a sport.

Subjective scoring? So gymnastics, ice skating these are not sports?

correct. I'm right there on the subjective scoring bandwagon.

 

[sportschick]

I think both of you are full of ****. Baseball? Who determines balls or strikes? OH, an umpire. By your reasoning, not a sport then.

 

[jps]

sc, it's certainly not a clear, defined break between sport/non-sport. but in baseball the score isn't subjective. scoring system is the same every time for every player, every team. even the yankees. there are officials in every sport that decide rules. human element is involved. doesn't change the actual scoring, though.

 

[Boomer7]

What the hell does the involvement of a ball have to do with anything? What an absurd criterion. Swimming, cycling, ski racing, speed skating -- all not sports? (I assume track counts because of the "Greek soldiers" criterion, which was clearly a joke. Right?)

 

[RickStain]

In baseball, umpires are there to decide whether an objectively written criteria has been met.

Objective standards of victory based on physical feats will always be the gold standard for deciding what is a sport and what isn't.

 

[Boomer7]

In baseball, umpires are there to decide whether an objectively written criteria has been met.

You can say the exact same thing about diving and gymnastics.

 

[RickStain]

In baseball, umpires are there to decide whether an objectively written criteria has been met.

You can say the exact same thing about diving and gymnastics.

You could say it. But you'd be ignorant of the rules of those competitions if you did.

Half of a gymnastics score is the so-called "E-score," or evaluation score. It is based on subjective, not objective, criteria.

Diving is a little closer. They have relatively objective standards (things like height at apex of jump, whether the diver held body in one of four positions, etc.) but the judges are expected to give subjective scoring based on them, there is no standard.

This is worlds different than having a human decide whether a ball passed through a predefined three-dimensional space.