Race car drivers are not athletes
08-14-2008, 02:38 PM
#31
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Many years ago, before TV went entirely into the sewer, there was an athletic challenge show with athletes competing in a mini Olympics series. The athletes came from all sports from boxing and wrestling, to basketball and skying and weight lifting. All were pros to. Guess who lasted for the most shows of the series? The pro race car driver. Watching the heavy weight boxer trying to swim in the ??meter competition was painfull.
08-14-2008, 02:41 PM
#32
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Well, howza about synchronized swimming? Even worse, "rhythmic" gymnastics, you know the one with he hula hoop and a stick with a ribbon.
Not sports, not athletes. merely exhibitions.
Driving a car at 200+ for any extended period of time, reflexes, decision-making. Methinks so.
Not sports, not athletes. merely exhibitions.
Driving a car at 200+ for any extended period of time, reflexes, decision-making. Methinks so.
My partner's daughter just missed the Olympic team, but will likely make the '12 London games (she's 17). Yeah, she's in shape and has rescued more than one teammate from the bottom and drowing............
08-14-2008, 08:27 PM
#33
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An athlete is someone that engages in an activity has a chance of dying while participating in the the sport. Some sports do not require you to have any athletic ability, like playing cards.
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08-14-2008, 08:28 PM
#34
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Horse****. Top golfers like Tiger Woods are athletes, yet there is essentially zero risk of death from golf.
08-14-2008, 08:41 PM
#35
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He cant do anything else but play golf. No risk of death, Not an athlete. (my opinion) Look up the derivative of the word, "Athlete", and you will get my point. However, i do think he can have a chance of serous injury or death. walkng in the heat, getting hit by a stray ball (but if the spectators share the same percentage risk, that doesnt count), etc. I would classify golf at the low end of the athletic spectrum and Football, decathlons, skiing, etc, at the other.
You can be a sportsman, and not an athlete. When you depend on your skill fitness, endurance, courage and strategy to beat an opponent, thats an athletic sport.
mk
You can be a sportsman, and not an athlete. When you depend on your skill fitness, endurance, courage and strategy to beat an opponent, thats an athletic sport.
mk
08-14-2008, 08:42 PM
#36
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Oh, brother.
08-14-2008, 09:27 PM
#37
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Wait a minute. You can get very serious paper cuts from playing cards. You could get an infection and die. There is also a significant risk of dying of boredom. Does that make it qualify?
08-14-2008, 09:57 PM
#38
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He cant do anything else but play golf. No risk of death, Not an athlete. (my opinion) Look up the derivative of the word, "Athlete", and you will get my point. However, i do think he can have a chance of serous injury or death. walkng in the heat, getting hit by a stray ball (but if the spectators share the same percentage risk, that doesnt count), etc. I would classify golf at the low end of the athletic spectrum and Football, decathlons, skiing, etc, at the other.
You can be a sportsman, and not an athlete. When you depend on your skill fitness, endurance, courage and strategy to beat an opponent, thats an athletic sport.
mk
You can be a sportsman, and not an athlete. When you depend on your skill fitness, endurance, courage and strategy to beat an opponent, thats an athletic sport.
mk
08-14-2008, 10:26 PM
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08-14-2008, 10:41 PM
#40
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LOLOCOPTER.
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08-14-2008, 11:12 PM
#42
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Hey, now. Just because you have a "thing" for overweight boys... 
08-14-2008, 11:35 PM
#44
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I'll bet Kibort is wondering how his other foot tastes right about now!
08-14-2008, 11:39 PM
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I nearly had a heart attack when our youngest son, fresh out of Duke, announced he was moving to Vegas to play poker professionally.