Poker a Sport?

[lefty rosen]

If Bridge is a sport then Poker is one too. Now do I really consider bridge a sport? That's another question.

[TimM]

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As I've said before, if participating in _______ is likely to make you fatter, then _______ is not a sport.

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A few times I've played poker so long that I forgot to eat, so maybe it qualifies.

[Oski]

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My sports law professor would argue that a sport is anything that involves a ball. (hockey being a unique exception).



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If you want to get a gold star in your class, you can point out that hockey was initially played with a ball.

The story goes that (don't remember exactly) near Detroit, a rink owner was tired of the ball breaking windows as it flew wildly out of the rink. He confiscated the rubber ball and cut it into a puck.

[ArchAngel71857]

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Just giving you your cue. I guess by now the only cue you respond to is when I am giving it to you doggystyle, I snap my fingers and you turn around in time to wear a beautiful string of pearls.


So, I spent most of time thinking of sports that had no balls. &lt;SNAP&gt;.</font>

He responded to every other suggestion as entertainment, so he would call it entertainment or a game. I brought up boxing, which he said was entertainment, then of course I brought up Wrestling (me thinking of Olympic, Greco-Roman, REAL wrestling. Something about two men, sweating, heaving, in leotards, trying to pin the other man down and climb on top. Sounds good to me. The rest of the ignorant class was thinking WWF) to which he responded "WWF is not a sport!" and pretty much I just started browsing the web. <font color="white"> looking for your necklace </font>.

-AA

[RollaJ]

So is marbles a sport? Roley Poley? Ga-Ga? Dodge Ball? Do ball bearings count?

[GrannyMae]

<font color="white">oooo, granny LOVES doggy style. woof </font>

heaving, in leotards

wow, that's got to be a mess, huh?

btw, greco-roman wrestling is the number one spectator sport amongst gay men. if it were not for them, the sport would be dead. out of curiosity, how many leotards do you own? be honest.

[Pyramid Poker Chief Member]

[bwana devil]

if you can smoke while you do it, it's not a sport.

poker, disc golf, pocket pool.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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My sports law professor would argue that a sport is anything that involves a ball. (hockey being a unique exception).



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If you want to get a gold star in your class, you can point out that hockey was initially played with a ball.

The story goes that (don't remember exactly) near Detroit, a rink owner was tired of the ball breaking windows as it flew wildly out of the rink. He confiscated the rubber ball and cut it into a puck.

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It's not cold enough in Detroit to have much for outdoor hockey.

[RollaJ]

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A marble is not a ball, it is a marble.

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Thats assinine, it is indeed a small glass ball.

So, in the Napoleanic era I guess war involving cannon balls was a sport as well