local article--poker isnt a sport--near clemson SC

[jschaud]

I don't think poker is a sport

By Scott Adamson
Sunday, July 15, 2007

Remember when you were in school and your mom would keep you home because you were sick, then when you returned you were behind on your assignments?

I ask because I’m obviously behind on my assignments.

I must’ve missed the day when poker became a sport.

You can scroll through Associated Press or go to traditional sports Web sites, and you’ll quickly find out all you need to know about the World Series of Poker.

For example, the event pays out $59.8 million, and the grand prize winner will rake in an impressive $8.25 million.

By the way ESPN has been showing most of the action, and if you want to see the finals, which are set for Tuesday, you can.

They’ll be broadcast on ESPN pay-per-view.

Pay-per-view!

This raises so many questions I have no idea where to begin.

First of all, these people are playing cards. They are not running complex pass routes or using their hand/eye coordination to hit a baseball or pulling up and smoothly releasing a shot that will send a basketball through a small cylinder from 22 feet away.

They are playing cards.

It has always been my philosophy — and perhaps it’s just me — that if you can sit at a table while drinking beer and eating Cheetos, you are not participating in a sport.

You are merely playing a game.

If the World Series of Poker is a sport, then so is Monopoly, Yahtzee, UNO, Chutes and Ladders, Clue, Candyland, etc.

In fact, if the World Series of Poker is a sport then so is playing video games.

And since video gaming is a sport I’m a bit upset that ESPN didn’t televise one of my recent accomplishments.

NCAA Football 2007 has a create-a-team feature, so through the magic of fantasy and technology I became head coach and puppet master of the Anderson University Trojans Division 1-A football team.

During the 2017 season the club finished 13-0 and defeated Michigan State 41-20 in the Rose Bowl.

Why was this not reported?

And where is my share of the $59.8 million?

Even more absurd that poker would be considered a sport is that it’s on TV.

What’s there to watch?

Dude looks at a card, dude puts card on a table, dude eats a Cheeto.

That’s not sports — that’s a 15-minute break at work.

Obviously someone cares or ESPN wouldn’t show it. And sadly, apparently there are people who will actually pay to watch this stuff on TV because it wouldn’t be offered on pay-per-view unless the “worldwide leader in non-sports coverage” thought it could make a buck.

I consider myself to be a man of the people and will always make a concerted effort to serve you, the reader.

However if you, the reader, think poker is a sport, we’re just going to have to agree to disagree.

But I’ll be glad to discuss the issue over a beer and bag of Cheetos.

I’ll even bring the cards.

http://www.independentmail.com/news/...k-poker-sport/

[holdme]

what a hair raising article
totally shatters core beliefs and values
and yes, obviously, it will be taken off of espn now

[SmartBugger]

He needs a hug.




But many things can be a sport. Video-games defidently can be a sport if you watch G4 TV and see how damn seriously those players play it.


Some people believe a sport must have some physically demanding aspect to it, others believe it can be any type of competition.

[jt082005]

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He needs a hug.




But many things can be a sport. Video-games defidently can be a sport if you watch G4 TV and see how damn seriously those players play it.


Some people believe a sport must have some physically demanding aspect to it, others believe it can be any type of competition.

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true enough. Even look at golf most of them are not really athletic (some not at all really). But, they have technique and so forth that make them better, or NASCAR...

And, I wouldn't call poker a sport, but with all the other crap on ESPN not like it matters

[AJackson]

Poker isn't a sport and I doubt many, if any, of it's participants that would argue that it is a sport. However it is a competition and the viewship of this competition is the same as sports, thus it's place on ESPN's schedule.

This sort of article is the equivalent to the comedic 'why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways'. It's simplistic and unoriginal and nothing more than a columnist trying to fill inches.

[Cactus Jack]

Not impressive.

Ice skating is a sport. Diving is a sport. Gymnastics is a sport. They even tried a few years ago to get ballroom dancing into the Olympics. It's not a sport if you ever hear the words, "we're waiting on the judges decision." At least with poker, you aren't going to hear a controversy over the Russian judging.

[jschaud]

I wanted to hear a few other opinions before I said anything. I pretty much feel the exact same. I just keep flashing back to the george carlin routine on sports.

[dwf76]

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I don't think poker is a sport

By Scott Adamson
Sunday, July 15, 2007



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I don't think Scott Adamson has any friends
By dwf76
Monday, July 16, 2007

[Cancuk]

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Not impressive.

It's not a sport if you ever hear the words, "we're waiting on the judges decision."

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?

[supafrey]

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what a hair raising article
totally shatters core beliefs and values
and yes, obviously, it will be taken off of espn now

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succinct and eloquent to the point of elegance.