Is Bodybuilding a Sport?

[StCapps]

Chess.

Not a sport.

Golf, Bowling, Darts and Curling are sports.
Chess, Checkers, Risk and Backgammon are games.

The difference? Physical exertion.

[Mercury]

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.

This is very true.

[TheReal_ND]

Painting is also a sport. There are subjective qualities that make some paintings worth more than others. It takes a lot of work to paint well or a lot of natural talent. Also they are very frequently critiqued. Critiquing is also a sport.

[Speaker to Animals]

Chess.

Not a sport, lack of physical exertion.

Golf, Bowling, Darts and Curling are sports.
Chess, Checkers, Risk and Backgammon are games.

The difference? Physical exertion.

Most definitely a sport.

Will probably be included in the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo. I doubt the Olympics will ever include beauty pageants, however.

[Mercury]

Chess.

Not a sport, lack of physical exertion.

Golf, Bowling, Darts and Curling are sports.
Chess, Checkers, Risk and Backgammon are games.

The difference? Physical exertion.

Why is physical exertion more important than objective scoring criteria in order to qualify, in your view, as a sport?

[TheReal_ND]

Battle rap. Another sport. Some rhymes are objectively more nuanced and the crowd determines who the winner is by the subjective quality of the sick burns dished out.

[StCapps]

Most definitely a sport.

Will probably be included in the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo. I doubt the Olympics will ever include beauty pageants, however.

Does moving chess pieces really cross the physical exertion threshold? You were shitting on bodybuilding and saying it wasn't a sport and chess has way less physical exertion involved yet you think it is a sport? Walk me through your reasoning on that one, the mental gymnastics required to believe both of those thoughts simultaneously are no doubt really impressive.

[StCapps]

Why is physical exertion more important than objective scoring criteria in order to qualify, in your view, as a sport?

This is the definition of the word "sport":

An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Therefore if an activity does not involve physical exertion, it isn't a sport. If an activity that involves physical exertion but doesn't involve an individual or a team competing against another or others, then it isn't a sport. If an activity that involves physical exertion does involve an individual or a team competing against another or others but isn't for entertainment, then it it isn't a sport. Only if all of these criteria are met would a physical activity qualify as a sport, by definition.

It's not rocket surgery.
/shrugs

[TheReal_ND]

Name one thing that doesn't require physical exertion.

[Mercury]

Why is physical exertion more important than objective scoring criteria in order to qualify, in your view, as a sport?

This is the definition of the word "sport":

An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Therefore if an activity does not involve physical exertion, it isn't a sport. If an activity that involves physical exertion but doesn't involve an individual or a team competing against another or others, then it isn't a sport. If an activity that involves physical exertion does involve an individual or a team competing against another or others but isn't for entertainment, then it it isn't a sport. Only if all of these criteria are met would a physical activity qualify as a sport, by definition.

It's not rocket surgery.
/shrugs

So, back to the original argument, beauty pageants and muscle-man shows are not sports?