Finally somebody wrote an article - Thank you Dan Wetzel. Here is an an excerpt:
"In some sports a clock is used to determine a winner, but the clock is not subjective. Besides, you can't have 53 guys racing down a ski hill at the same time. The clock is a judge, but it is an objective one.
Figure skating has none of this. Everything is about interpretation of success. It is about what the judge thinks, believes, feels. There is nothing absolutely quantifiable. Yes, the number of revolutions in a jump counts, but in the end if two people do the same jump, a human has to decide which one he or she likes better.
That is not a sport.
Figure skaters wear elaborate costumes in an attempt to appear more appealing, more flowing, more beautiful. The women (and even some men) wear makeup, they get their hair done, they wear jewelry, they play stirring music.
An ugly person would stand at a considerable, if not insurmountable, disadvantage in skating. Sasha Cohen would whip them every time."
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AWFULL, those of you who dont know...I LOVE FIGURE SKATING AND HAVE YET TO MISS a single skater this olympics. I will put the tension of watching a skater throw years of practice into one 2 minute display of talent, while doing something incrediblly athletic, up next to any sporting event. Ice skating, not ice dancing, is very intense and is a one shot single performance. Unlike football, baseball, and golf..there are not 18 holes, 4 quarters or nine innings. It is in my opinion, and the ratings over the past 12 years agree, that ice skating is truly a GREAT sport. Short program tonight was fantastic.
The most subjective sport is not ice skating...if you do the proper rotations, land on the right foot and use proper form then you score the points...but look at football
1. what is an athletic move to determine possession or fumble
2. the tuck rule
3. Late hit
4. did he have it...or was it moving in his hands.
HOCKEY
1. roughing
2. "with intent to cause harm"
BASEBALL
1.You think the ump actually sees which happens first the ball in the mit or the foot on the bag.
2. tie goes to the runner
3. ask Bobby Cox if baseball is not subjective
4. the strike zone
Oh yea...marathon running/ironman/tour-de-france. Humans are born with a certain VO2 max range. you can improve what you have but you cant jump from a 40 or 50 liters to a Lance Armstrong or Prefontain level in the 8o's. Basically long distance sports are only trully competitive to those genetically gifted. No matter how hard you train you will never reach the capacity of an Armstrong. SO these sports are'nt really sports but genetic showcases.
Guys,
And I mean Willy, B and the Mad Hungarian. auburn (notice "a" is not capital) has softened our friend. Post your thoughts.
So, drinking is a sport by your standards. If Willy drank 118 shots in Mexico, with judges, and after 15 he :
"half drank" one he is not penalized? Only as long if he finished 118? PENALTY?
If he didnt "cup: the shot?
Put his shirt on the wall?
Drink his complimentary Margirita?
And safely peddle home?
All rules of the game! Whats a sport?
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