What is a sport?

I have had a few conversations lately regarding sports and leisure activities (athletic events). What exactly is a sport? What is an athletic event? Are the terms interchangeable, or do they describe seperate events? The following is the Selich definition of the two, and some examples of the two. Let me know what you think?

A sport is defined as a competition between a person (or group of people i.e. team) against a seperate person or team. The person or team will try to prevent the other person or team from scoring a definitive point while trying to score a point themselves.

I bolded the two words that I believe are the most important words in the definition. These two words seperate a sport from a an athletic event. I say atheltic event because some of these events take a tremendous amount of athletic ability. By nature they are all competitive. A sport is always an athletic event, but an athletic event is not always a sport.

Here is my breakdown:

Sport

• Baseball/Softball
• Football
• Basketball
• Hockey (Ice & Field)
• Rugby
• Polo
• Water Polo
• Lacrosse
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Cricket
• Fencing

Athletic (Leisure) Event

• Golf
• Bowling
• Gymnastics
• Figure Skating
• Swimming/Diving
• Wrestling ?
• Cross Crounty (Run & Ski)
• Track & Field
• Horse Shoes
• Boxing ?
• Skiing
• Snowboarding
• Cycling
• Equestrian
• Darts
• Billiards
• Handball

I put a question mark by boxing and wrestling because if there is a knock out or pin those are definitely definitive, but other than that the points are subjective.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!

Those words never sounded so good to Arthur Blank, owner of the Atlanta Falcons. In fact, I heard today that he has put a hit out on "Father Time" unless he agrees to skip over the last week or so left of 2007. The founder of Home Depot or Home Depot (however you say it) has his franchise player and PETA loving quarterback arrested for his role in an illegal dog fighting ring. After declaring his innocence, Michael Vick pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 23 months of hoping that Bubba knows about the product KY.

Arthur Blank also hired a new head coach this year. That is a fresh beginning for the franchise to start the year. The honeymoon did not last long. Bobby Petrino decided that after going 3-10, he did not like the NFL anymore. He took the open position at the University of Arkansas, replacing Huston Nutt. So Blank, starts the year with a new offensive minded coach to go along with his franchise quarterback, and finishes with neither. The year though did not get any better for Mr. Blank.

Earlier this month, Bill Parcells agreed in principle to take over the football operations for the Falcons. When Mr. Blockbuster Video found out that the Tuna was available he said, "Mr. Tuna sir please come join my sad sack franchise instead of the sad sack franchise in Atlanta. Besides we have better weather."

The Tuna replied, "Sure I love the ocean."

So with that statement Arthur Blank gets kicked in the Jimmy for the 3rd time this year. Please Mr. Blank, let Father Time live. The year 2008 is almost here. Besides, it can not get any worse this year. You could have Joey Harrington as a quarterback on your roster. Wait, never mind do with Father Time as you wish. You need 2008 more than the rest of us.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!