Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>They don't get more for degree of difficulty<< Basketball players get more points for shooting from behind the three point line. Football teams can get two points for running a play rather than kicking the extra point. I love this debate! Because no one can truly win. It's just like competitive eating.
Originally Posted By Ursula I'm not saying the non-sport people are NOT amazing. They are just not participating in a sport.
Originally Posted By iamsally Boy, you guys are on a roll. In the time it took me to find my dictionary, 10+ posts.
Originally Posted By Terminus It is amazing and can be very dangerous. It requires athletism that most people in the world don't have. But it's still ONLY judged. I hate that. Make it so you get points for each difficult manouvre or for HOW long you can skate and do tricks or something measurable, and I'm on board. But the fact that the French girl was the best at her triple back flip off of whatever, but the Russian and English judges are mad at the French because they wouldn't sign a new trade accord so the French girl loses (yay!) isn't really fair. It's the judging and not some other measurable way of winning that I have a problem with, I guess.
Originally Posted By Terminus >> Basketball players get more points for shooting from behind the three point line. Football teams can get two points for running a play rather than kicking the extra point. I love this debate! Because no one can truly win. It's just like competitive eating. << It's still measurable. More points for more difficulty is fine, as long as it's defined in the rules. More points because your pinky finger was straighter, and less points for this other person because his knee wobbled is not cool. Fair measurability! I'm sticking to it!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan And what is it with golf and tennis. The audience has to be all quiet. That's a sport? Then sitting in a library is a sport. Why must everyone be quiet when a golfer is about to make a shot, but people can scream and carry on when a batter is at the plate?
Originally Posted By Terminus How do you earn points sitting in a library? What's the score? I agree having to have it "quiet" is silly, but it has nothing to do with my arguement.
Originally Posted By Ursula >> Basketball players get more points for shooting from behind the three point line. Football teams can get two points for running a play rather than kicking the extra point. I love this debate! Because no one can truly win. It's just like competitive eating. << But the three-point line is defined. Just like the goal posts are defined. Either you make it or you don't.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>How do you earn points sitting in a library? What's the score?<< <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE2SfDWOK8U" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...SfDWOK8U</a>
Originally Posted By Ursula I agree. Tennis is a sport but would be more so if they introduced hedgehogs.
Originally Posted By Ursula <<<<<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...SfDWOK8U>>>>" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...>></a> This is really, really funny. (Only because I work in a hideous cubicle and we're not to have sound ON for our computers.)
Originally Posted By Ursula (Hey, 2oony, say something profound or they'll send us to Play Pen, aka, the Mark of Death.) I can undertake someone's arguement if favor of the American pastime called NASCAR in that the prime function is to always turn left.
Originally Posted By Terminus Last Comic Standing: Judged American Idol: Judged Any of the dancing shows: Judged ..by Judges or by American Public... Still judged. Nope.
