Are video games becoming a sport?
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Yes, the definition is 1. for sporting activities: relating to or used in physical or recreational activities
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a sport to play or watch \nPlay-Hockey\nWatch-football
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Well, as far as I am concerned, Football is still a Sport.\n\nBut the question you are really asking here is: Is the modern overpaid professional Sport (of all kinds, and not just Football) still Sport? \nHere I tend to agree with you. The millions and billions that are pumped into the modern mass media sporting events have ruined the spirit of true sportsmanship and turned the whole scene into nothing more than a branch of show business.\n\nNevertheless there are plenty of decent people left who play their Sport every week as amateurs without getting a single penny for it. That includes many good and decent footballers.
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hells yeah i would being in high school and on the football team I think that would be pretty sweet to play a high school football video game\n\nthe only probely is theres too many  teams and too many players
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it might be but im not sure, because professional football would be hard to compete with but i think after some time it would start to win some people over
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Lets see according to Ocean Staff competition means sport so a political party vs another political party to win an election is a sport.  The race to be the first in space was a Sport!!!.  The only reason Poker and Chess (which by the way are games of skill) are called sports is because they are broadcast on ESPN and ESPN II.  Why do you think that Spelling Bees are now called Sport.  Here are some more things that should be called Sport:\n\nBridge\nCanasta\nWhisk\nEuchre\nGo Fish\nCheckers\nParchissi\nMonopoly\nClue\nOperation\nHopscotch\nAny video game\n\nAnyway you get my point, competition by itself does not make sport, sport requires more than a battle between persons, places or things.  I cannot give it a definite explanation but I am sure that some of the people in this Yahoo Answer arena can.  By the way since we compete for best answer is this Yahoo Answer a Sport??
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Yes .. it is a sport ... and a silly one.
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Good question! For the same reason that Chess is considered a sport.
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I think is should be considered a sport.  reason: it is more of a challenge than people think.  Trying to avoid getting hit ( and believe me i have been hit too close to a place too many times) and trying to hit another person is very hard.  also it provides an adrenaline rush.  sure it is expensive but not where most people think it is.  most people think it is the gun when it is actually the paint.  in fact i think it should be added to the Olympics because there are teams all over the world that play the sport.  also a little history to show how fast it has grown.  it started in New Hampshire with just twelve people in 1980  a few years later there were companies investing in the sport now theres millions of players nd hundreds of companies.  its another great american sport.  thats why i consider it a sport
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I think it is already starting to happen: you hear the word "football" used more and more in American television, media, advertising and casual conversation.  I think the word is almost naturally gaining acceptance, albeit slowly.  I've noticed also that people are starting to refer to American football as NFL football, just to differentiate.  Given the power of global communications, ie the Internet, now, I think that over time the word football will come to mean only one thing everywhere in the world:  the game played with the feet...and that's as it should be... :-)
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I don't think boxing is going away as a sport. Not everyone's into ground and pound, however effective that may appear to be in a medium that encourages such tactics.
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Ladies playing sports or/and playing video games is the hottest thing ever!! i love when women sweat when playing sports! TURN ON!! love when they are playing video games and they start to move the controler round... lol
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While soccer has not caught on as a major professional sport like football, baseball, and basketball, it has had a major impact in colleges, high schools, and club and rec programs.  Many American youth now play soccer.  It may well be replacing baseball and softball as the first or most popular sport for youngsters.  "Soccer moms" are a political force.  They are the mothers who often work and drive the kids around to games and practices.\n\nSoccer is a growing sport in the US.  International success will help fuel its continued growth.
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It depends on how good they are. Some of the best play with the national teams. There is a professional league that is becoming more popular. I went to a game last summer and there were a ton of people there.
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Poker is not a sport, not even close.  Sports require training, skill, physical fitness, and athletic ability.  Poker is maybe a hobby or activity at best.\n\nI would say hockey requires a lot of luck.  I watched a lot of hockey growing up in Canada.  And a lot of goals are scored when the puck bounces or gets accidentally redirected.  There is a lot of skill involved, but also a lot of luck.
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Of course.\n\nIf you are an athletic person, you can play plenty of sports.  You may not be a pro in each of them, but you can certainly enjoy them.  I know plenty of soccer players who enjoy football, or tennis, or hockey, or baseball, or basketball, or volleyball.\n\nPlaying in one sport doesn't limit your ability to play others.  And 4 isn't a big number.
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Of course there is.   Sport is war.