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Originally Posted by ShopVac
So...slightly changing topic, as talking about Biles' "free vacation to Japan" and robbing another member of making the Olympic Team is getting old.
I dislike events (stretch to call it a sport) that are 'judged'. Creates an element to the game that is biased. Watching a few minutes of the men's gymnastics (cause the wife made me)...there was a comment about a deduction because he changed what he was planning to do. WTF does that even mean, why should a Judge know what the exact routine is beforehand. A judge should be watching and analyzing what they see, not stating 'oh, he should have done a triple twist with that double back...and changed it to a double - double'...deduct. I think back to that French skating judge that did the quid pro quo with the other judge.
Race a person, race a clock. Compete head to head, or as a group. That's a sport. Ski jumping should be how far you are in the air...not how good you look doing it.
Change my mind.  |
The definition of sport has been debated forever. There are many definitions by many sources. If you don't think judged competitions are sports, so be it. I would even think of trying to changing your mind.