Quote (Terps @ Dec 13 2014 01:50pm)
But what are these strict guidelines based on? How accurate are they? What is to say a difficult maneuver performed somewhat well is better/worse than a simple maneuver performed flawlessly? Are five expertly-performed ollies better or worse than one satisfactory dolphin flip? It becomes a judgement call.
It depends on the sport of course, but in gymnastics or figure skating or boxing, for example, there are guidelines for all the issues you mentioned.
Quote (Terps @ Dec 13 2014 01:50pm)
Golf is not a sport. This is why non-athletes such as John Daly and Guy Boros are professional golfers: it requires only a precise skill, like competitive pen twirling, yoyo tricks, or spelling bees.
Many people instinctively believe that everything that takes talent or skill is a sport, but this is not the case. Competition is a test of talent between one or more people. Sport is a test of talent with athleticism between one or more people. If exhibiting a skill is a test of athleticism, then we are all athletes when we go to work at our respective jobs, and our children are athletes when they compete in a science fair or a pinewood derby.
Golf is a sport by all accepted definitions, including the definition from SportAccord, the official international organization for all regulated sporting events. Chess is too.
http://www.sportaccord.com/en/members/index.php?idIndex=32&idContent=14881Feel free to define sport as you wish, just know that you are using the word in a way that almost nobody else does and it's probably recipe for miscommunication and something to be avoided.
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