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WHats a unheard of sport
#1
WHats a unheard of sport
a real one, I probably never heard of..

I do not consider Soccer a sport. It is a game. and it is a professional game played by athletes, but it is not a sport.
Football, americanskii, is a sport, but it isn't a game. likewise played by athletes.

Therefor,
since rugby and soccer and basketball are the only real team sports I can think of I am searching for others.

cricket and baseball do not qualify, despite the involvement of regulations, athletes and a field.

volley ball is a sport.. But I am looking for something exotic, foreign, rare, potentially new...
baffle me
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#2
RE: WHats a unheard of sport
Aussie Rules

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football

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RE: WHats a unheard of sport
No clue what you just said, but if I ever invaded St. Maarten or some other such country, I might create a league for American-style football that doesnn't have the 4-down limit, and awards 1 point for a touchdown and nine points for a conversion (totalling 10).
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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#4
RE: WHats a unheard of sport
Your last name isn't Killingsworth, is it?
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#5
RE: WHats a unheard of sport
I heard of ausie rules. but I don't know how to identify it. thanks.
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RE: WHats a unheard of sport
(July 12, 2016 at 12:23 am)Complidudaaldo Wrote: I do not consider Soccer Football a sport. It is a game. and it is a professional game played by athletes, but it is not a sport.

1. It's not soccer, it's football.

2 it's a fucking sport.
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RE: WHats a unheard of sport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdktf6ZepI0
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(July 12, 2016 at 12:29 am)Bella Morte Wrote:
Quote:I do not consider Soccer Football a sport. It is a game. and it is a professional game played by athletes, but it is not a sport.

1. It's not soccer, it's football.

2 it's a fucking sport.

damn skippy!

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#9
RE: WHats a unheard of sport
Define "sport"
Define "game"

You seem to have completely arbitrary definitions for these two words. Until you clear this up, I choose not to engage in this farce. Indubitably
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RE: WHats a unheard of sport
Bella morte. you wanna bank on it?

what is the difference between a Game and a Sport? it isn't athletes, rules, setting, money or physical expenditure. It's the parameters of the task.
what does a sport have that a game doesn't, or what a sport has that a game doesn't. that is what we are looking at.

game = material accomplishment
sport = spiritual accomplishment.

fight an Odinist about it.
+it is a perplexing experience

American football is not a material experience. Or your head is not in the game. and your out of personal experiences are an element of spirituality in actuality. the experience demands it of you, and you're simply dressed and on the field otherwise. IN soccer your not playing if your in your head.

fools, monkeys and unsportsmanlike players do get paid to participate.
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