If you compete it's a sport so just get over it and accept it!
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I think you nailed it. It fits the definition of a sport, \n\n"an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition" .
643232
i know...how stupid!!!!!!!!\n\npeople who think gymnastics is not a sport should try it and see how long they last!\n\nMaybe Yahoo people thinks\n it is too uncommon......\n\nyou should file a complaint:)
160891
yes its a sport\nbeen skating for far far too long, don't get up as fast i once did from falls now.  skating with people better than you is one of the best ways to get good fast, but personaly i think "kids" are jumping into some complicated tricks too quickly without getting all the basics down.  i was by far my worst critic, but probably skated for several years, everyday, before i felt i was any good at it.  i suck now i think, just don't get out enough, but people that don't skate are still impressed.  but yeah if you can find and skate with people better than you, ask for pointers, don't get "the fear" and you should be fine.
48399
Why not?! It's a good form of exercise and a good form of sportsmanship...all is fair in love and war :-)
645307
sooooooooooo get over it........ and don't ruin what you've got now
619262
I really don't care what their favourite sports are or are not. That is their choice. They have the right to enjoy whatever sports they like just as the rest of us do. I'm not obsessed with America or it's people. There are good and bad everywhere. I do not see them as superior to me or my country in any way, shape or form. With that said I can see why others get annoyed sometimes. While there are many wonderful people there are also those that are surrealistic and cannot praise any other country or achievement or accept anything less than being dominant and it's a shame they give the majority a negative appearance. I was annoyed at their attitude to Australia in relation to qualifying. and not to unhappy that those responsible are eating their words or suffering from foot in mouth disease. Why can't we all just respect each other and our differences.
370900
To leap to a conclusion like that, you must be an incredible athlete.  You should try out for the Olympic conclusion-jumping team.
651947
I think it should be considered as a sport, for you at least. You actually take it seriously. I hate it when people give cheerleaders a bad name... even though I am not a cheerleader. For example, the other day someone asked: I need cheers for "cheer litting"\nYeah.... so I think that's great that you were nominated for that!
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What exactly is a sport?  To me, a sport is competition.  Nothing is more competitive than Nascar, especially when you factor in the setups of the cars, and the technology and research that goes into the "fine-tuning" of each component on the car.  What drivers have you been looking at exactly, when you say that they don't look athletic?  What exactly is your definition of athletic?  I can more than 20 of the regulars who are on a strict work-out program, several of which include running 5-10 miles per day.  Many of them are very intelligent.  Ryan Newman, for example, has a Masters degree in Aeronautical engineering from Purdue.  Although many of the drivers may not have graduated from a secondary institution, consider the hundreds of engineers that work the cars.  And you are calling Nascar drivers dumb?   As compared to what sport?  Baseball?  Football?  God forbid, the NBA, comprised of thugs?  To be competitive in NASCAR,  you have to have superb intelligence to setup the car for a specific track, and to make split second decisions on the track as well as in the pits concerning your race strategy.  Hundreds of a second are many times the difference between first and last.  What do you have to do in Football or basketball that requires intelligence?  Run fast or jump high?  Get 20 tattoos on your arms, grow an afro or braid your hair in cornrows while sporting a "grill" and belting out the latest 50 Cent rap?  I would bet $100 to a donut that the average IQ of a Nascar participants (when you factor in the drivers, crew chiefs, and team engineers) is double that of the average participant in any other of your major sports.   I think the thing that attracts me most to NASCAR is the fact that you have all 43 teams on the playing field competiting simultaneously.  When you run 200 MPH with someone to your left, right, behind, and in front of you only inches away, it is like a high speed game of chess.  And more importantly, in most cases, they are paid according to their performance.  And in my opinion, they aren't overpaid.
553403
Wear the cup! Once a team realizes you arent wearing one...guess what!
524092
I had this problem in my favorite sport as well...it doesn't matter what people think...if you love the sport, just go out.
609788
You love sports because you enjoy the competition and compassion that comes with it.
95384
I am not a cheerleader, but I think it is a sport, because, to me, sports are when it is someting that you are physically involved in something that causes you to move your body.
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The problem is that we the public care so much about sports and in some cases put the fiat of your favorite team above much more important events in our lives or in the world. I coach at the high school level and I need to give my self reality checks very often. The reason colleges and the pros can do these things is because we the fans allow them to and force them to do whatever they can do to win. If they win they get money and to win you need a good coach and facilities which means you need to raise ticket prices to pay for all this stuff. Once you have it you better win or you will be fired so that person does everything they can to build a winner. This steam all the way down to youth leagues where parents are coaching a sport which should be about fun but are now all about winning. Sports need to stay in high schools and the coaches should be examples of education first athletics second. To often this is not the case. The fans also need to look at this and stop demanding perfection from their coach, their kids, and their teammates during games. We are the ones (the public) who have made it this way.
26958
well i dont wrestle. i prefer to play basketball.  if i were to not make the freshman team and try out for the sophomore team it would go like this: i would practice every damn thing there is about the sport no matter what and everyday.
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I think it is good for young kids (elementary age)\nkids are too sedentary now, \nanything that would discourage kids from doing sports is bad (like coming in last place), praise for just participating is great\n\nthe kids that do better than the other kids know it and it is easy to enjoy something that you are good at, they need less encouragement
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Pride my friend. To much pride.  A lot of people after playing a sport for so long begin to think that other sports that are in contrast to theres are inferior. No harm in ignoring them and rockin out in what ever sport you play.  \n\n         I know where your coming from I played soccer for 12 years :)