Is Bodybuilding a Sport?

[Mercury]

No - no athleticism involved.

BTW, almost all sports have refs, aka individuals who hand out points, subjectively.

What qualifies as athleticism, then?

The dictionary definition sounds pretty good: involving the use of physical skills or capabilities, as strength, agility, or stamina.

For a definition of sport, I'd add "in competition."

So athleticism (in competition) implies "sport" automatically?

[TheReal_ND]

The art is in figuring out how to win the numbers game. Score more points than the other team.

Sometimes judges score the points and just because there is an art in figuring out how to win over the judges doesn't mean these kinds of competitions aren't sports.

Are the Grammys a sport?

Yes because there is a subjective competition decided by judges. Doesn't matter that the actress may have given the judge a BJ it's still a sport even if you don't like it.

[Mercury]

Sometimes judges score the points and just because there is an art in figuring out how to win over the judges doesn't mean these kinds of competitions aren't sports.

Are the Grammys a sport?

Yes because there is a subjective competition decided by judges. Doesn't matter that the actress may have given the judge a BJ it's still a sport even if you don't like it.

Well, she may have been extraordinarily skilled...

[TheReal_ND]

That's where the athleticism comes in.

[MilSpecs]

No - no athleticism involved.

BTW, almost all sports have refs, aka individuals who hand out points, subjectively.

I don't know man, if you aren't dancing or at least wildly gesticulating along with your singing, you ain't going to win no karokee contest, drunk spectators or not. That qualifies as physical exertion even though it requires very little athleticism to pull off that exertion, it would still seem to qualify as a sport. The level of athleticism required to become skillful does not disqualify a physical activity from being a sport.

I've never seen a karaoke contest. There'd have to be some serious dancing to be athletic enough for to qualify as a sport.

It's funny, though: dancers are athletes but we don't think of dancing as a sport (unless it's one of those dance-til-you-drop contests). Even something like breakdancing (very athletic) isn't usually considered a 'sport.' Maybe because it's an art form? and we don't think of art as 'competitive.' Maybe it's the social mores of physical art forms. It bears thinking about.

[StCapps]

Sometimes judges score the points and just because there is an art in figuring out how to win over the judges doesn't mean these kinds of competitions aren't sports.

Are the Grammys a sport?

Yes because there is a subjective competition decided by judges. Doesn't matter that the actress may have given the judge a BJ it's still a sport even if you don't like it.

Physical exertion is a necessity for an activity to be considered a sport. The Grammy's don't meet that criteria.

[Speaker to Animals]

Are the Grammys a sport?

Yes because there is a subjective competition decided by judges. Doesn't matter that the actress may have given the judge a BJ it's still a sport even if you don't like it.

Physical exertion is a necessity for an activity to be considered a sport. The Grammy's don't meet that criteria.

Chess.

[TheReal_ND]

Not true.

[Fife]

The existence of "competition" is the least of all worries to a sportsman or sportswoman.

Life is competition, all day, every day, forever.

All of life is a sport. Whether you are in a pose-off, shooting hoops, fighting for your life in combat, swapping out chess-men, or solving equations, you better bet your country ass that there is somebody out there trying to beat you to that sweet cherry pi.

[StCapps]

I've never seen a karaoke contest. There'd have to be some serious dancing to be athletic enough for to qualify as a sport.

Well what singers do you know who don't dance during a live performance? That would be boring, hard to win over the judges with boring.

It's funny, though: dancers are athletes but we don't think of dancing as a sport (unless it's one of those dance-til-you-drop contests). Even something like breakdancing (very athletic) isn't usually considered a 'sport.' Maybe because it's an art form? and we don't think of art as 'competitive.' Maybe it's the social mores of physical art forms. It bears thinking about.

Some people think that if art is involved it is no longer a sport, but nothing in the definition of art precludes it from being expressed through sport. A physical activity can be both artful and sporting at the same time, these terms are not antonyms.