Is poker a sport?
Deadspin.com posted a funny article about how this "World Series thing" was bullshit. How could people call it a sport, blah blah blah.
So I was a little surprised by the responses. Here is the definition.
sport: ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spôrt, sprt) n.
1. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
a. A particular form of this activity.
2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3. An active pastime; recreation.
4. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks.
An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport.
A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport.
5. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport.
6. A gambler at sporting events.
7. Biology. An organism that shows a marked change from the normal type or parent stock, typically as a result of mutation.
8. Maine. See summercater. See Regional Note at summercater.
9. Obsolete. Amorous dalliance; lovemaking.
Now I have an opinion about this, but given the "definition" of sport, what do you all think? Or maybe the question wouldn't be if it was a "sport" as much as a quality game that demands respect, and mental endurance to succeed. I don't see chess as a sport, so that should give you some idea of where I stand. But...I don't see bowling as a sport either, and I DO see golf as a sport.
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