Be Good Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 NASCAR IS A SPORT STORY OVER!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 26, 2004 Author Share Posted May 26, 2004 NASCAR IS A SPORT STORY OVER!!!!! Over? Nothing is over until we decide it's over. Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandoFan Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 Maybe not so much if the contestants used water-proof basket-weaving machines. Â another reactionary-purist. Â Racing, game, event, sport, activity, competition.....Spin the semantics wheel, it won't matter either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 another reactionary-purist. Racing, game, event, sport, activity, competition.....Spin the semantics wheel, it won't matter either way. If it won't matter either way, then why do so many people, such as yourself, react to what someone wants to call it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 If it won't matter either way, then why do so many people, such as yourself, react to what someone wants to call it? I think it started the other way around. Any time one of us starts a NASCAR thread, it is filled with "Why is this in the "Sports Bar" when it's not a sport?", etc. That is the topic of this thread, which makes the debate OK. Me, I don't have a problem if you don't think it's a sport. I have a problem with all the comments that people feel they have to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Over? Nothing is over until we decide it's over. Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor? You know you're getting old when you have to put that in green so you won't get all the "It was the Japanese..." comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 27, 2004 Author Share Posted May 27, 2004 You know you're getting old when you have to put that in green so you won't get all the "It was the Japanese..." comments. Can you believe Animal House is 25 years old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Can you believe Animal House is 25 years old? Â Stop it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandoFan Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 If it won't matter either way, then why do so many people, such as yourself, react to what someone wants to call it? Because, generally speaking, correcting dopes is also a sport as well as a civic duty. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Because, generally speaking, correcting dopes is also a sport as well as a civic duty.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Because, generally speaking, correcting dopes is also a sport as well as a civic duty.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Because, generally speaking, correcting dopes is also a sport as well as a civic duty.  And this answers my question how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Sport, sure why not, if nothing else they are phenominal atheletes. There are very few if any even marginally obese pro car racers, baseball players on the other hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 27, 2004 Author Share Posted May 27, 2004 Because, generally speaking, correcting dopes is also a sport as well as a civic duty.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 TO human beings it sure is. The Car in racing is doing more work than the human body. Therefore, NASCAR isn't a sport to human beings. The bat is what is hitting the ball, a batter would look pretty f***ed otherwise. Sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 I think we've already established that auto racing is a 'racing sport'. Soccer is just a "kicking sport" that's been established. Racing Sports seems to me that would be a sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confederate_48 Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?id=1810792 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Sport, sure why not, if nothing else they are phenominal atheletes. There are very few if any even marginally obese pro car racers, baseball players on the other hand. So obesity is equated with not being an athlete? Fridge Perry was a pretty damn good athlete as is Warren Sapp. I believe both would be considered obese. Someone's weight has nothing to do with being an athlete. There are a lot of bodybuilders that are in shape and at the same time very uncoordinated and unathletic. What makes car drivers such great athletes just because they are mostly thin, sit on their ass for 500 laps, and turn a steering wheel really damn hard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?id=1810792 and? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Hose Jon Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Wow, i go home for the summer and look what happened while i was gone. Â i think i bring some credibility to this argument as the current NADA national champion. NADA site You have to have lots of athletic ability to play dodgeball. Sure anyone can play, but if you want to play on the top level you have to be agile as hell, be able to catch anything that is thrown at you( including balls traveling at 70mph at your face) as well as being able to throw as hard as you can. Â If you think it dosen't take athletic ability to play dodgeball then you can take a look at my arm currently. I will be seeing the doctor soon to see if i will be needing Tommy John surgery. Dodgeball is deffinatley a sport. Â It is also easy to play. I know that at pretty much every university there is a dodgeball club. At illinois state we have most of the top dodgeball players, and i know there are clubs at u of i and msu. Â also most local rec centers have some recreational dodgeball league. Â Or you could come to the outdoor national championships in june and play my team. However there is a $100 entry fee. Â Dodgeball is one hell of a time, and everyone should give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 28, 2004 Author Share Posted May 28, 2004 Wow, i go home for the summer and look what happened while i was gone. i think i bring some credibility to this argument as the current NADA national champion. NADA site You have to have lots of athletic ability to play dodgeball. Sure anyone can play, but if you want to play on the top level you have to be agile as hell, be able to catch anything that is thrown at you( including balls traveling at 70mph at your face) as well as being able to throw as hard as you can.  If you think it dosen't take athletic ability to play dodgeball then you can take a look at my arm currently. I will be seeing the doctor soon to see if i will be needing Tommy John surgery. Dodgeball is deffinatley a sport.  It is also easy to play. I know that at pretty much every university there is a dodgeball club. At illinois state we have most of the top dodgeball players, and i know there are clubs at u of i and msu.  also most local rec centers have some recreational dodgeball league.  Or you could come to the outdoor national championships in june and play my team. However there is a $100 entry fee.  Dodgeball is one hell of a time, and everyone should give it a try. What is the size of the court , number of players, main rules? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pale Hose Jon Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 it is the size of a tennis court with 6 players on each team. Basically if you get hit you are out and if you catch the ball they are out. From there you get into alot of specific rules but it is pretty simple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?id=1810792 NIce article. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 There's numerous other drivers who approach their physical conditioning just like their driving: serious and straight-forward, including veterans like the seemingly ageless Mark Martin, who may be 45 in years, but has the stamina and physical shape of a 25-year-old. There's others like Jeff Burton, who could easily take on someone twice his size. Â Jeff Burton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 I love this thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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