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Someone enlighten me as to why people in motorsports are considered athletes.

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by TeamSarcasm, Mar 11, 2013.

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Are nascar/f1/le mans drivers athletes

Poll closed Apr 10, 2013.

  1. Athletes

    139 vote(s)
    69.2%

  2. Not Athletes

    62 vote(s)
    30.8%
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  1. Mar 12, 2013 at 10:49 AM
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    I don't think being paid is a prerequisite for being an athlete
     
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  2. Mar 12, 2013 at 10:54 AM
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    Ernest Hemmingway once said "There are only three real sports in the world: big game hunting, mountain climbing, and motor racing. Everything else is just children's games played by men."
     
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  4. Mar 12, 2013 at 11:14 AM
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    I like that. good quote.
     
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    Settle down dont get your feelings hurt cus I dont like Nascar or see it as a sport requiring athletic abilities.

    My bad for bashing Nascar, and getting out of topic. I'm out of this one.
     
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  6. Mar 12, 2013 at 11:18 AM
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    ex.1: Sport + Competitor = Athlete

    ex.2: Game + Competitor = Player
    (unless.. ex.3: Game = Sport /then + Athlete)

    ...shall we play a game of checkers?

    :confused::D
     
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  7. Mar 12, 2013 at 11:23 AM
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    What other professional sport/"athletic" event can a woman compete in....none.

    Game over, not athletes....
     
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  8. Mar 12, 2013 at 11:27 AM
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    I can say one thing, this thread shows who the douche bags are :rolleyes:
     
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  9. Mar 12, 2013 at 11:28 AM
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    Essentially what youre implying is a woman can't be an athlete.
     
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  10. Mar 12, 2013 at 11:30 AM
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    No, I meant playing professional sports with men. No ladies in MLB, NFL, NBA
     
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  11. Mar 12, 2013 at 11:38 AM
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    But I fail to see how people participating in a coed activity would make participants in said activity not athletes.
     
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  12. Mar 12, 2013 at 11:45 AM
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    What about the Iditarod? Two women have won that
     
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  13. Mar 12, 2013 at 11:56 AM
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    What about it..?

    What channel is the Iditarod racing league on?
     
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  14. Mar 12, 2013 at 11:56 AM
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    Only if the activity is not deemed to be a sport.
    /or the activity is not played by athletes..

    No sport, No Athlete, No Gender Bias either..

    And if my math does not add up, then it must be a multiplication problem... LOL!:D
     
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    What about curling?
     
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    Ok so now it has to be televised too? :rofl: I guess when ESPN dropped hockey it was no longer a sport?
     
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    Iditarod

    :rofl:
     
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  18. Mar 12, 2013 at 12:02 PM
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    I would love to watch you tell the Canadian or American women's hockey or soccer teams they aren't athletes face to face
     
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    ehhhhhh...:deadhorse:
     
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    "While the Iditarod has become by far Alaska's best-known sporting event"

    "The race is the most popular sporting event in Alaska"

    "Dog sled racing is a sport..."

    Google the words "Iditarod" and "sport" and see what you get
     
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