OT: is chess a sport?

pokerplyr80 · #1 01-24-2018, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

On a related front, is a jockey an athlete? Or a race car driver?

I don't consider chess a sport. I do think horse and car racing are sports, but participating in them doesn't make an athlete. It's hard to say exactly where the line is, but I wouldn't count sports like golf or bowling either among those whose participants should be considered athletes.

drcy · #2 01-24-2018, 02:06 AM

Chess isn't a sport, but neither is nuclear physics, brain surgery or building the Great Pyramid of Giza-- so not being a sport isn't necessarily a knock.

Peter_Spaeth · #3 01-24-2018, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I don't consider chess a sport. I do think horse and car racing are sports, but participating in them doesn't make an athlete. It's hard to say exactly where the line is, but I wouldn't count sports like golf or bowling either among those whose participants should be considered athletes.

Perhaps the fact that golfers and bowlers wear street clothes contributes to that perception?

packs · #4 01-24-2018, 10:32 AM

At least in golf they make the players walk the course. I wish they made them carry their own bags too, but what can you do. Anyone who's ever walked a course with their bag on their back knows you've got to be in some kind of shape to do it.

frankbmd · #5 01-24-2018, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Perhaps the fact that golfers and bowlers wear street clothes contributes to that perception?

You're overlooking proper golf attire and bowling shirts, but ..........

Athletes drinking beer while golfing and bowling would be considered antithetical athletes I suppose.

As would my participation in the 1976 Olympic trials as a sailor.

ALR-bishop · #6 01-24-2018, 10:43 AM

What about eating 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes ?

Peter_Spaeth · #7 01-24-2018, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

What about eating 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes ?

I don't think Frank could do that. Not in his bowling shirt anyhow.

Leon · #8 01-27-2018, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I don't think Frank could do that. Not in his bowling shirt anyhow.

I have had lunch with Frank. I don't think he could eat more than 60 hot dogs in 10 minutes. (on a good day!!)

frankbmd · #9 01-27-2018, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Leon

I have had lunch with Frank. I don't think he could eat more than 60 hot dogs in 10 minutes. (on a good day!!)

Leon,

You know full well that we ran out of esophageal lubricant (mustard) that day.

When your spouse tells you to "take a hike", they are merely encouraging your pedestrian training.

I refer to my spouse as a NASCAR driver. Even though she has never driven a car with a large number on it, she always wins the race to the next exit.

My Olympic career started and ended in the "Windy City" in 1972.

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Hanging over the gunnel (also called hiking) of one of these puppies for two hours is not for the faint of heart either.

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The reward for my participation was multifunctional. Not only did I become equipped for cleaning fishing, but it also was a useful deterrent for my pedestrian training in Chicago and it also came in handy for opening beer bottles before the days of twist off caps. I never used it to spread the mustard, but I could have.

Paul S · #10 01-24-2018, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

What about eating 72 hot dogs in 10 minutes ?

That takes some guts.

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