People who dont like sport

Lyaiera

Well, the Olympics says show jumping is a sport, so I'll take their word over yours.

anncoates

Chana Gorgeous Cellar wrote: »

I love sport, couldn't do without it... That said I have an intense hatred for soccer, brought on mostly by the antics of the sissy pricks on the pitch..

To be fair, the diving and messing is far more evident in the top leagues, and even in England its only gradually come in over the last 20 years.

In general, it has to be a lower contact sport because its played to feet so players would just be taken out of it. Doesn't mean it doesn't require physical fitness and strength.

MrCreosote

Lyaiera wrote: »

Well, the Olympics says show jumping is a sport, so I'll take their word over yours.

Technically it's an Olympic Event rather than an Olympic Sport. Interesting that they don't have any motor"sports" in it though isn't it?

FairytaleGirl

It depends on the individual I think! I love watching gymnastics! Particularly men's. The amount of sheer strength they must have to do even a low graded move is unreal.

Football on the other hand.. SNORE.
The game itself bores me to death, what makes it worse is the amount of money theyre paid, and the asshole attitude most of them have to go with it. Completely alienating sport to me. Anytime it happens to be on and I catch another glimpse of some mammys boy throwing himself on the ground in faux pain to try and get one over on the other team my blood boils. Theyre paid extortionate for this crap and doctors/nurses are pulling 12hr shifts saving lives for alot less.

Also 12men kicking a ball around a field? I could look out my front window any day of the week and see a bunch of teens doing the same thing!

krudler

MrCreosote wrote: »

So do lots of other things- flying a plane, typing a response on boards.ie. Those things don't make them sports. The main distinguishing feature of a sport is the physical exertion- which must come mainly from the human participant, not the horse or the petrol.

What about competitive air racing? stuff like the Red Bull races and the like? If it's done in a competitive environment it'd fall under being a sport.

Santa Cruz

Kettleson wrote: »

Cricket is a great game, you can play it to the highest of levels whilst still putting on weight.

It's all the stops for tea and the Vicars wife's baking that does that

Super-Rush

FairytaleGirl wrote: »

It depends on the individual I think! I love watching gymnastics! Particularly men's. The amount of sheer strength they must have to do even a low graded move is unreal.

Football on the other hand.. SNORE.
The game itself bores me to death, what makes it worse is the amount of money theyre paid, and the asshole attitude most of them have to go with it. Completely alienating sport to me. Anytime it happens to be on and I catch another glimpse of some mammys boy throwing himself on the ground in faux pain to try and get one over on the other team my blood boils. Theyre paid extortionate for this crap and doctors/nurses are pulling 12hr shifts saving lives for alot less.

Also 12men kicking a ball around a field? I could look out my front window any day of the week and see a bunch of teens doing the same thing!

11 men actually.

I couldn't imagine a world without football.

Doctor DooM

YbFocus wrote: »

Watching a bunch of que3rs running abouta field for an hour kicking a ball about the place?
Boring as hell..


Mod: User banned.

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

I just call them f*g***s

Mod: Poster banned.

I don't like sports, in general. Haven't since I was a child.

This thread is showing why.

I applaud the actions of the local mod, but the fact remains the mentality of some fans of sports appears to be neanderthal in nature. It will remain an excluding factor as long as people saw posts like the above and didn't think "it's 2014, where do people get off thinking sexuality is an insult". I've seen this kind of rubbish since I was a small child and it put me off sport then to the point where I can only see it objectively (more on this later).

Of course, most people think this is because certain sports promote tribalism, which isn't of itself a bad thing and can certainly be fun. But the thread is about why some people don't like sports- imagine you were gay and just read that.

sligoface wrote: »

I love sports myself, never was much good at any of them, but I love watching them. Still I can see why some find the games completely meaningless, because when you really look at it, they are. One group of people trying to put a ball into a net more times than another group of people within a predetermined time limit, what's the big deal? It's only when you follow the sport for a long time and get to know the characters, see the plot twists and bits of amazing skill or luck that you get addicted in a way to the drama and theatre that manifests during each season. I also think some resent the favoritism and accolades and money athletes get, perhaps are turned off by the macho bs involved, or just were never good at them and some people only like things they are good at and think stuff they suck at is crap.

I play competitive video games and I can say exactly the same thing about that. It's funny, I actually think it is a human need for that kind of feeling of belonging and excitement and we find it where we can naturally.

Columbia wrote: »

Sports is entertainment, and like all forms of entertainment there will be people who get it and people who don't.

You can't force people to like something, but I do feel sorry that they rarely get to feel the sort of ecstasy you have in this video (the clip from 0:56 to 1:14)

Of course for every moment like that, there's one which is the exact opposite...

As above, I get it all the time. Go to 26:45 in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meoCyFt0FPw

And we organise and do things ourselves and I've met the best in the world at my pass time. I'll walk for health and do this for fun

anncoates wrote: »

Perfectly understandable not to like it but it's amusing when people always have to make some snide comment about its supposed conformity, while ironically they're usually into something just as stratified and incomprehensible to others, like films or gaming.

Its like a rule that the comment always has to be in the form of a deeply corny, bitter play on words too, like sportsteam or teamball.

Well, I hope this post has explained why. When you've spent your life being called inferior or for some reason gay (like that is an insult) for not liking sport, you're going to strike back. Human nature. How many people thought the video I posted above was stupid or silly or not getting the point? You're part of the problem too. And that's where the "roundball" thing comes from, its a frustrated attempt at making people think straight in general. Your sport is not special. You're not special. Or... all of us are, really.

Personally, I just don't care about most sports. I don't think anyone should have to care about anyone elses passtime.

bnt

Seriously? Arguing over the definition of a sport? I can't wait until the Winter Olympics gets under way, to see what you lot make of some of those sports. I mean, Curling is just pushing big stones across the ice, very little physical exertion involved apart from the occasional bit of "sweeping".

Then there's the bobsleigh and related sports, in which gravity does most of the work. Amy Williams won a gold in Vancouver 2010 for sliding down a hill, face-first on a glorified tea tray ... but it was so hard on her body that she's had to retire from that sport, and will be in Sochi as a commentator only.

Lyaiera

MrCreosote wrote: »

Technically it's an Olympic Event rather than an Olympic Sport. Interesting that they don't have any motor"sports" in it though isn't it?

I don't know why you make a distinction about the Olympic event rather than Olympic sport. All that is is categorisation of different sports under a hierarchy. "Equestrian" is the technical Olympic sport.

I don't know what motor"sports" is. Is that a particular competition? Either way the Olympics do recognise motorsports, they're just not in the main summer or winter programme.

galah

Not a massive fan, but don't mind watching any sort as long as I'm not required to keep up with the people who are in it. Don't care whether bod hurt his toe or if some random club got into some random makey-uppy league or not, or what any of the players had for breakfast...also, the worst in any sports on Tele is the commentary, the half time analysis, and the post play ramblings. Pointless...

Lyaiera

Doctor DooM wrote: »

I don't like sports, in general. Haven't since I was a child.

This thread is showing why.

I applaud the actions of the local mod, but the fact remains the mentality of some fans of sports appears to be neanderthal in nature. It will remain an excluding factor as long as people saw posts like the above and didn't think "it's 2014, where do people get off thinking sexuality is an insult". I've seen this kind of rubbish since I was a small child and it put me off sport then to the point where I can only see it objectively (more on this later).

Of course, most people think this is because certain sports promote tribalism, which isn't of itself a bad thing and can certainly be fun. But the thread is about why some people don't like sports- imagine you were gay and just read that.



I play competitive video games and I can say exactly the same thing about that. It's funny, I actually think it is a human need for that kind of feeling of belonging and excitement and we find it where we can naturally.



As above, I get it all the time. Go to 26:45 in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meoCyFt0FPw

And we organise and do things ourselves and I've met the best in the world at my pass time. I'll walk for health and do this for fun



Well, I hope this post has explained why. When you've spent your life being called inferior or for some reason gay (like that is an insult) for not liking sport, you're going to strike back. Human nature. How many people thought the video I posted above was stupid or silly or not getting the point? You're part of the problem too. And that's where the "roundball" thing comes from, its a frustrated attempt at making people think straight in general. Your sport is not special. You're not special. Or... all of us are, really.

Personally, I just don't care about most sports. I don't think anyone should have to care about anyone elses passtime.

You're attacking sports for things that happen in video games (including competitive video games just as much. Look at what the Penny Arcade guys have been saying over the past year. Look at all the controversies over the treatment of women in the fighting game community and at events.

People in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones.

Cienciano

MrCreosote wrote: »

For something to be classified as a sport, the exertion has to come directly from the person's muscle.

So motor-"sports", horse racing, showjumping etc are powered by petrol or animals, so they are games or pastimes rather than sports.

MrCreosote wrote: »

Nope, they steer them. They don't power them though.

Horse carrying person- not a sport. Person carrying horse- sport. See the difference.

No point giving out to me about it- I don't make the rules about what's accepted as a sport or not.

I think you'll find that you did make that rule. Using your definition, chess is more of a sport than horseracing. Surfing isnt a sport either

srsly78

*ahem* Professional darts.

Xidu

I don't like watching sports match. Don't understand people sitting there watching sports with a beer in hand and carrying a big belly. No offence, i could be very wrong, but in my opinion, maybe they should spend that time to excise themselves.

MrCreosote

Cienciano wrote: »

Using your definition, chess is more of a sport than horseracing. Surfing isnt a sport either

Chess is indeed more of a sport than horseracing.

Competitive surfing is a sport- the points are scored for the ride, not for the wave. It's all about what the surfer does.

srsly78

With darts it's the athletes drinking beer with a big belly.

anncoates

Doctor DooM wrote: »

I actually think it is a human need for that kind of feeling of belonging and excitement and we find it where we can naturally.

I think this is a very good point, not so much for people that like sport casually but people that form a passionate social attachment to any community including sport.

I do think though that you're falling into the group you criticize by making generalizations about Neanderthals and getting so defensive about what looked like trolling comments.

Doctor DooM

Lyaiera wrote: »

You're attacking sports for things that happen in video games (including competitive video games just as much. Look at what the Penny Arcade guys have been saying over the past year. Look at all the controversies over the treatment of women in the fighting game community and at events.

People in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones.

Yes, we all know about that one event that every single prominent member of the FGC came out against in disgust two years ago but is continually thrown in our faces.
In this thread there alone there was 2 cases of casual bigotry related to sport that, unless a mod deleted them, not one person before me even thought to comment on.

Anyway, I think you're missing my point. Competitive gaming is no different from sport in that respect. It's the same. I find the same buzz from it. It does have the same problems, I just don't think gaming is better or more important than sport, whereas I hear the opposite from sportsy obsessed people all the time. I was explaining where the defensive attitude comes from.

DEFTLEFTHAND

srsly78 wrote: »

*ahem* Professional darts.

Looking forward to the BDO worlds starting on BBC today.

Cienciano

MrCreosote wrote: »

Chess is indeed more of a sport than horseracing.

Competitive surfing is a sport- the points are scored for the ride, not for the wave. It's all about what the surfer does.

He doesn't power it, he just changes direction. Skiing isn't a sport in your book either, that's just gravity.
Your definition makes no sense, there's too many sports out there to have a simple rule to say whats a sport and what's a game/passtime.

eirebread

This thread has no worth to it in my opinion.

Some people just don't like sport, their loss.
Why bother discuss this?...

anncoates

Xidu wrote: »

I don't like watching sports match. Don't understand people sitting there watching sports with a beer in hand and carrying a big belly. No offence, i could be very wrong, but in my opinion, maybe they should spend that time to excise themselves.

Do you have to be involved in film making or acting to justify going to the cinema?

marketty

I'm totally indifferent to most sport. I just can't get into it, I've even tried following rugby or gaa for a while because I felt I was missing out. The commentary, analysis, TV and radio discussion etc is just utterly inane and pointless especially with soccer. My god how people can talk at such great length about fúck all I'll never know.
I do enjoy watching some of the cycling coverage, because I took it up myself a couple of years ago and have some appreciation of it because of that.
What bugs me and has caused rows before is certain members of the family who at the weekend will be rushing through dinner or in a hurry to get home from somewhere so they can sit in front of the telly and watch poxy soccer. It is more important to them than time spent with family

MrCreosote

Cienciano wrote: »

He doesn't power it, he just changes direction. Skiing isn't a sport in your book either, that's just gravity.
Your definition makes no sense, there's too many sports out there to have a simple rule to say whats a sport and what's a game/passtime.

He still has to power the direction changes himself, same as in downhill skiing. As opposed to so-called motorsports.

It's a simple rule- so-called motorsports and animal events are not sports, darts/chess/cards etc are. Gun sports are the only tricky ones- sports in my book (and the OEDs!), but lots of people might disagree.

Lyaiera

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Yes, we all know about that one event that every single prominent member of the FGC came out against in disgust two years ago but is continually thrown in our faces.

The fact you think it's a single event shows how bad the gaming community is. I've never once heard someone in sports say, "we raped them" in reference to a competitor. Try paying attention to how women, gay people, trans people and anyone who isn't white is treated in the gaming scene. Pay attention to games and see how unrepresentative they. Gone Home winning Game of the Year awards left right and centre and the amount of gamers spewing bile and hate about it is deplorable, all because it happened to represent something outside their small little world.

In this thread there alone there was 2 cases of casual bigotry related to sport that, unless a mod deleted them, not one person before me even thought to comment on.

You're not supposed to comment on stuff like that, you're supposed to report it.

Anyway, I think you're missing my point. Competitive gaming is no different from sport in that respect. It's the same. I find the same buzz from it. It does have the same problems, I just don't think gaming is better or more important than sport, whereas I hear the opposite from sportsy obsessed people all the time. I was explaining where the defensive attitude comes from.

It's not a defensive attitude, it's a downright hostile attitude. I've stopped going to gaming conventions because of how inhospitable they are, including to people who dare to not conform to the gaming stereotype about sports. I was at a convention in Belfast and was berated by someone for asking for a rugby match to be put on on an unused TV in a bar the convention was using.

And the sport versus gaming thing is a perfect example of the hypocrisy of gamers. Gamers were treated badly so they get their jollies from treating other people badly.

Cienciano

Some people love sport, some people dont. Some people love opera, some don't. Some people love ballet, some people love ricky gervais, some people love eating meat, some people love travelling, some people love kids, some people love justin bieber.
People like different things. It's not rocket science.

Xidu wrote: »

I don't like watching sports match. Don't understand people sitting there watching sports with a beer in hand and carrying a big belly. No offence, i could be very wrong, but in my opinion, maybe they should spend that time to excise themselves.

Watching a sport, especially at it's highest level is entertaining for most sports fans. Watching a big match in the pub with a beer with a few mates is great fun.

Doctor DooM

anncoates wrote: »

I think this is a very good point, not so much for people that like sport casually but people that form a passionate social attachment to any community including sport.

I do think though that you're falling into the group you criticize by making generalizations about Neanderthals and getting so defensive about what looked like trolling comments.

Both the posters in question were long term posters with post counts in the thousands. On the surface, they do not appear to be trolls. To me, personally, they thought there was nothing wrong in what they said.

Now I assume people reported the post but I read the whole thread and not one person thought to say "maybe you shouldn't be calling people who don't like sports gay? That's bad on multiple levels."

As someone pointed out it happens in other passtimes too, including mine and it's something we need to stop.

Just to clarify- I don't think sports fans are neanderthals- I do think the tribal nature of them does attract individuals who are damaging to the whole and can't see the forests for the trees, and I was trying to explain that the defensive nature of non sports types comes from a lifetime of dealing with aggressive nature. I'm not saying it is right, but perhaps it is understandable?

irish bloke

uch wrote: »

Katie Taylor, enough to make anyone watch sport, stunning when she keeps her mouth closed

Could think of a lot better examples then Katie to be honest

Doctor DooM

Lyaiera wrote: »

The fact you think it's a single event shows how bad the gaming community is. I've never once heard someone in sports say, "we raped them" in reference to a competitor. Try paying attention to how women, gay people, trans people and anyone who isn't white is treated in the gaming scene. Pay attention to games and see how unrepresentative they. Gone Home winning Game of the Year awards left right and centre and the amount of gamers spewing bile and hate about it is deplorable, all because it happened to represent something outside their small little world.

I'm not going to sit here and defend gamers, especially what we call "stream monsters". They're our version of what I was discussing and yes, we need to find a way to deal with them.

If you like I could link you several examples of where I personally call out aggressive or bigoted comments on the Irish Fighting Game Youtube channel. We don't just sit there and take it.

Oh and some of us lose respect instantly for people who use "rape" in that sense. There's plenty of other terms like "beasted" or anything.

That said, I have lost in international tournaments to both female and transgendered people. In return, I would say pay attention to the make up of the actual FGC internationally, and you will see a mix you don't see in many others.

You're not supposed to comment on stuff like that, you're supposed to report it.

"It's not a defensive attitude, it's a downright hostile attitude. I've stopped going to gaming conventions because of how inhospitable they are, including to people who dare to not conform to the gaming stereotype about sports. I was at a convention in Belfast and was berated by someone for asking for a rugby match to be put on on an unused TV in a bar the convention was using.

And the sport versus gaming thing is a perfect example of the hypocrisy of gamers. Gamers were treated badly so they get their jollies from treating other people badly.

So you went to Q-Con- a celebration of gaming and anime- and asked them to show you something that wasn't gaming or anime?

Can I suggest going to a pub and asking them to throw on an episode of attack on titan and see how anyone there would react to it?

12barblues

Cienciano wrote: »

He doesn't power it, he just changes direction.

yes he does, read up on it...

Lyaiera

Doctor DooM wrote: »

So you went to Q-Con- a celebration of gaming and anime- and asked them to show you something that wasn't gaming or anime?

Can I suggest going to a pub and asking them to throw on an episode of attack on titan and see how anyone there would react to it?

When I was there the SU bar in Queens wasn't exclusively for con attendees.

And again you're showing the hypocrisy of gamers. They might get treated badly for asking for anime in a pub (and I've never heard of a pub playing DVDs in my life) so it's ok to berate me for asking for a rugby match on TVs that weren't being used.

Unearthly

FairytaleGirl wrote: »

It depends on the individual I think! I love watching gymnastics! Particularly men's. The amount of sheer strength they must have to do even a low graded move is unreal.

Football on the other hand.. SNORE.
The game itself bores me to death, what makes it worse is the amount of money theyre paid, and the asshole attitude most of them have to go with it. Completely alienating sport to me. Anytime it happens to be on and I catch another glimpse of some mammys boy throwing himself on the ground in faux pain to try and get one over on the other team my blood boils. Theyre paid extortionate for this crap and doctors/nurses are pulling 12hr shifts saving lives for alot less.

Also 12men kicking a ball around a field? I could look out my front window any day of the week and see a bunch of teens doing the same thing!

The wages are easily explained. Football is watched by billions over the world. This kf course brings in huge revenue of money because so many pay to watch it through various means.

And who are the most important people who provide this entertainment? The players.

Its a bit like complaining that Tom Cruise and Will Smith get paid too much despite them being the biggest reason for bringing in the money

Doctor DooM

Lyaiera wrote: »

When I was there the SU bar in Queens wasn't exclusively for con attendees.

And again you're showing the hypocrisy of gamers. They might get treated badly for asking for anime in a pub (and I've never heard of a pub playing DVDs in my life) so it's ok to berate me for asking for a rugby match on TVs that weren't being used.

No, you're not reading what I'm saying.

I don't think it's ok at all. I think everyone should be working on it and challenging it where they find it.

Otherwise I wouldn't have posted here at all and I would have just sat with smug satisfaction.

Jogathon

Doctor DooM wrote: »

In this thread there alone there was 2 cases of casual bigotry related to sport that, unless a mod deleted them, not one person before me even thought to comment on.

But on a positive note, no one thanked those posts until they had been moderated. So the casual bigots are in the extreme minority.

My opinion, I love sport. Have played camogie and soccer all my life, until my knee fecked up again. Going to play next year in goal so can't wait for that! Watching sports on the tv depends on the game. I would prefer to watch something else unless its a pivotal game. Rugby and Gaa are more exciting than soccer to watch, possibly because there are so many soccer games to watch that you wouldn't leave the house if you tried to watch them all. I don't quite understand the person who is lazy and plump, yet obsessed with sports. Get out and move!

I also love to read good, intelligent books but enjoy no thinking, chick lit too. Music is not a passion, but I enjoy listening to it.

People are different. I love people and their differences.

calanus

MrCreosote wrote: »

I know the performance and stamina they need. I have experienced the same thing driving from Tralee to Dublin, even though the g forces at 120k are a little less than on the Nurburgring. Here's the thing though- just because it takes some energy to do, or makes you tired does not make it a sport. And fanboys calling it motor"sport" trying to get some kudos for it do not make it a sport either. Why not? Because the car is being propelled by a f*ck off big engine!

I'm not saying it's not interesting or exciting- that's up to an individual to decide. All I'm saying is that it is not a sport.

That's not really a convincing argument that shows how F1, IndyCar, Rallying is not a sport. By saying "oh hey, I get tired doing the exact same thing driving along the motorway in my car the same as those guys so it isn't a sport". The same can be said of football which is by your definition a sport. "oh hey, I get tired doing the exact same thing kicking a ball around the park the same as those guys so it isn't a sport".

The problem you have with the car being propelled by an engine is almost trivial though. Besides the intense stamina required to drive the cars at those speeds you also need countless hours of experience in order to drive at any level. The skill that is required to read the course, know when and how to overtake etc. only comes after years of practice. Perhaps focus less on the fact that it is motorsport and more on the fact that it is a form of racing. 20 or so people in machines pitted against eachother to see who can make it around a course first which is the same goal as Olympic racing events and cycling.

Corruptedmorals

I'm not into mainstream sport, but I'm obsessed with women's gymnastics. There's a reason why it's up there with athletics as the most watched Olympic sport, it's mind-blowing all the time.

anncoates

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

I I'm obsessed with women's gymnastics. There's a reason why it's up there with athletics as the most watched Olympic sport,.

Maybe there are also reasons for it that are less rooted in Corinthian spirit.

Capt'n Midnight

anyone got that Frankie Boyle quote about sport ?

anncoates

Not Boyle but a nice quote...

"I feel that those who aren't fans of football, or some other sport, are genuinely missing out on a whole dimension of life's spectacle – the cathartic, masochistic, joyful experience of getting involved in and keyed up about something that really doesn't matter at all, yet churns you up and makes you scream and shout the way the truly important things in life fail to."

riffmongous

Unearthly wrote: »

The wages are easily explained. Football is watched by billions over the world. This kf course brings in huge revenue of money because so many pay to watch it through various means.

And who are the most important people who provide this entertainment? The players.

Its a bit like complaining that Tom Cruise and Will Smith get paid too much despite them being the biggest reason for bringing in the money

And why are almost all the clubs millions in debt and annually loss making then?

Corruptedmorals

anncoates wrote: »

Maybe there are also reasons for it that are less rooted in Corinthian spirit.

Ha I should hope not on the women's side, most are 16. Is that not what the women's volleyball is for?

TroutMask

I hate sports. Always have. Sometimes I like watching extreme sports like street luge, but that's about as far as it goes.

Napper Hawkins

I feel sorry for people who take a dislike to metal. They are really missing out on something special. I don't think there is anything that can quite match the agony or ecstacy of an epic metal gig. I have been through every range of emotion and back, watching various metal gigs over the years. Experiences that the metal haters simply miss out on.

I love literature (non sporting, don't like sports books at all), film, video games, etc. But, for me, none of these can match the *intensity* of emotion produced by an epic metal gig. Why? Because when an epic gig is occurring, part of you is thinking: "My god, this is real! This is actually happening!". Fictional tales lack this ingredient. This, I believe, is the difference in intensity. Real people are creating this story. This drama.

It may sound like I'm saying that metal is better than literature, etc. I'm not. Its all relative. I just don't know why some people choose to deny themselves the enjoyment of listening to metal.

:-)

TroutMask

I do, however, love metal

anncoates

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

Ha I should hope not on the women's side, most are 16. Is that not what the women's volleyball is for?

Women's beach volleyball.

The great underrated sport of our time.

Muise...

Sports with teams and rules bore me -I only like the ones with the human against his/her own body/gravity/air/water. I get a silly catharsis in which I'm so entranced by an athlete in action that I think I've just run/dived/leapt too.

Ironman76

Im sure even non sporting fans would enjoy this. A goalkeeper nobody ever heard of writes himself into football folklore when he scores for Carlisle Utd in the dying seconds to keep them in the football league. Its things like this that make me love football.

Rocket19

MrCreosote wrote: »

For something to be classified as a sport, the exertion has to come directly from the person's muscle.

So motor-"sports", horse racing, showjumping etc are powered by petrol or animals, so they are games or pastimes rather than sports.

Haha...ok..I'll pop you up on my horse then; get you to complete a clear round of 1.10m jumps (a cinch by professional standards), and you tell me it's not a sport!

Also, tell me if your muscles don't hurt :P

ongarboy

Chazz Michael Michaels wrote: »

I feel sorry for people who take a dislike to sport. They are really missing out on something special. I don't think there is anything that can quite match the agony or ecstacy of an epic sporting encounter. I have been through every range of emotion and back, watching various sports over the years. Experiences that the sports haters simply miss out on.


It may sound like I'm saying that sport is better than literature, etc. I'm not. Its all relative. I just don't know why some people choose to deny themselves the enjoyment of following sport.

:-)

I have very little interest in sport but can understand why others love it. Even with the little interest that I have, I still vividly remember as a 15 year old, the World Cup 90 Ireland vs Romania penalty shoot out and felt the agony and ecstasy of the tension and outcome as did the whole country who were watching. I guess I envy those who can feel that sort of way anytime they watch their favourite team or sports person playing.

However, I am not choosing to deny myself the enjoyment of sport. It just doesn't interest me unless it's some major event (my county playing in the All Ireland or Ireland competing in the Olympics/World Cup etc). It would be like saying to you OP, you are choosing to deny yourself the enjoyment of ballet, chess, bingo or needlepoint if you didn't like those activities.