True Or False: "Bowling Is A Sport"

[arwalden]

What about billiards?

[Goldmund]

1. And golf?

[Beaverhausen]

2. and boxing?

[BulletproofLandshark]

3. What about darts?

[achtung_circus]

4. It's an activity, no more. nt

[trof]

5. If it wasn't for the neat shirts I wouldn't even mess with it.

;-)

[terrya]

6. False.

You pick up a ball, walk a couple of paces and release said ball down a lane in the hopes of knocking over some pins. I think of bowling more as a recreational activity instead of a sport. Same as billiards.

[MADem]

7. Sure, it qualifies in a number of categories

Aside from the concept of hitting a target, you've got the weight-lifting dimension--16 pound balls, 12 ounce curls!

[ThorsHammer]

8. Pros yes, recreational no

IMO, no to billiards, car racing, horse racing, and poker as well.

[trumad]

10. Yes it is

hand, eye, coordination... If it's so easy try bowling a 200 game.

[ThorsHammer]

15. Sorry, that's what I meant, didn't word it well

It is a sport for those who play seriously and the pros, but is just entertainment for most of us others. It's like basketball - shooting by yourself isn't a sport, but playing in a game is.

[Squatch]

9. And NASCAR?

[DelawareValleyDem]

11. Of course it is

Remember what Homer taught us - "If horse racing is the sport of kings, then surely bowling is a...very good sport also."

[B Calm]

12. Bowling & Golf are not sports, they are games.

[MrSlayer]

13. False and False.

Both are games of skill.

[B Calm]

16. You said it, they're games!

[Magrittes Pipe]

14. Bowling requires far more athletic ability than does golf.

[ohiosmith]

17. Nothing is a true sport if it doesn't have a substantial potential

for severe physical trauma and disabling injuries.

[jedicord]

18. Ever drop a bowling ball on your toe?

Ouch!

[pnorman]

19. I learned more about bowling

by watching "The Big Lebowski", than I had learned in all my life (up till then).

pnorman

[Guy Fawkes]

20. If golf is a sport...

anything is a sport.

[MADem]

22. When you play 18 without a cart

...and without a caddy, golf is a sport.

[Spider Jerusalem]

21. Bowling is a game.

So is billiards. So is golf. And darts.

[kick-ass-bob]

23. what were you doing in the sports forum?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=215x7896#7964

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. More so than poker. Less so than football. More so than the spelling

bee that ESPN broadcasts every year. :hi:

[jswordy]

25. TRUE

As any bowler knows.

If building hot rod cars is a sport (ad that's what people call it), then bowling surely qualifies.

BTW...

sport:  

1.an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
2.  the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
3.  verbal wit (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"
4.  (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
5.  someone who engages in sports
6.  (Maine colloquial) temporary summer resident in inland Maine
7.  play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the palyroom"
8.  wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"