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Is snooker a real sport?

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  • 16-01-2015 8:02pm
    #1
    c_man
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    Well this week being the Masters and all, I've been loving it. Chill out in the evenings, maybe a small smoke, and switch to Eurosport when the BBC finishes their coverage. But then I've got a workmate bitching about it, like saying it shouldn't be on the sports section of the news, it isn't a real sport etc. So what say you AH?

    Is snooker a real sport? 266 votes

    Yes it is. I'll smash your face with a cue
    0% 0 votes
    No it's not. But darts is.
    84% 226 votes
    Other
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    El Inho
    Registered Users Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭El Inho


    Involves skill, training and competition. Is as much a sport as any.


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    TimeToShine
    Registered Users Posts: 4,881 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    Ultimate test of mental fortitude IMO. Definitely a sport.


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    Kevin McCloud
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,797 ✭✭✭Kevin McCloud


    Cant beat potting a tight pink.


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    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Kevin McCloud wrote: »
    Cant beat potting a tight pink.

    Brown can be fun.


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    Donkey Oaty
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    Technically it is a fruit.


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    Turtwig
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    Meh if Chess is a sport Dungeons and Dragons is a sport. Just saying. .

    On topic, snooker is a sport.


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    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    A guy told me one time, that if you dont have to change your shoes, then its not a sport.


    Personally I love snooker and I used to play it a lot.


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    looking_around
    Registered Users Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭looking_around


    no, and neither is golf, chess, darts or "e-sports"

    imo sport should be anything that is physical/brings up the heart rate/makes you sweat etc

    and thats not just my opinion! :O

    oxford dictionary, sport = 1An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

    idk what darts/snooker etc should be..but it aint sport.


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    yosser hughes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,881 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    It's a s much a sport as Golf is. So if you class golf as a sport then snooker and darts are too.
    I don't class any of them as sports, they are pastimes, or hobbys


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    RayM
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    I like snooker, but I couldn't give a damn whether it's a 'real sport' or not. I've never understood the mindset that seeks to diminish snooker (or darts, golf or F1) on the grounds that they aren't 'real sports'.


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    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,068 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    It's more of a sport than fcukin poker is anyway


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    frag420
    Registered Users Posts: 6,158 ✭✭✭frag420


    Is it fúck!!

    If you can play it in a pub then it's not a sport!


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    robman60
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    I don't see why the label of "sport" even matters. I'm a big snooker and darts fan and this discussion raises its head every now and then, with the pundits declaring unequivocally that they're sports. Personally I don't see why it matters if they're outwardly deemed as sports or not. Is there some unwritten rule that sports are better than games?


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    looking_around
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    RayM wrote: »
    I like snooker, but I couldn't give a damn whether it's a 'real sport' or not. I've never understood the mindset that seeks to diminish snooker (or darts, golf or F1) on the grounds that they aren't 'real sports'.

    F1 actually involves physical exertion and therefore is a sport :P


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    My name is URL
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    looking_around wrote: »
    no, and neither is golf


    oxford dictionary, sport = 1An activity involving physical exertion

    idk what darts/snooker etc should be..but it aint sport.

    Well if you're gonna use dictionary definitions then virtually anything can be described as sport

    Physical exertion just means the use of energy against, or for, inertia.. and I'd love to hear a rational argument for how that doesn't apply in golf or snooker.


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    _Kaiser_
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    Poll causing me internal conflict.. I like snooker AND darts!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA1K_tvNio0


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    vienne86
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    yosser hughes wrote: »
    It's a s much a sport as Golf is. So if you class golf as a sport then snooker and darts are too.
    I don't class any of them as sports, they are pastimes, or hobbys

    Nah - golfers have to go the the gymn and stuff these days.

    I look upon sport as entertainment anyway and it doesn't really matter about the physical exertion etc involved.


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    jimboblep
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    "There are only three sports mountain climbing, bull fighting and motor sport everything else is merely a game" Hemingway


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    Tzardine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,884 ✭✭✭Tzardine


    Yes its a sport.

    A boring as Sh1t sport. Needs more streakers.


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    strobe
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    There's a simple and reliable test. Nothing you can play just as well, while smoking a cigar, is a sport. Snooker, not a sport. Darts, not a sport. Chess, oh you better believe that's not a sport. Computer games, now stop would ye. These things are games. Tremendous, marvelous, highly skilled games that you can play perfectly fine while smoking a cigar, but games none the less.


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    Dtp1979
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    looking_around wrote: »
    F1 actually involves physical exertion and therefore is a sport :P

    F1 is one of the most physically demanding sports in the world. Snooker is a game, not a sport. Same as golf, chess, darts, snakes and ladders etc


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    Karl Stein
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,689 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Is Ice Dancing a sport?

    Is horse dancing a sport?


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    #24
    Tarzana2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭Tarzana2


    Neither snooker or darts are sports. They're games. :)

    Snooker is an example of an excellent game.

    Darts is an example of an utterly crap game.


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    looking_around
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    Karl Stein wrote: »
    Is Ice Dancing a sport?

    Is horse dancing a sport?

    just say dancing.........
    and I don't think competitive dancing comes under "sport", but it probably should.


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    Tarzana2
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    TimeToShine wrote: »
    Ultimate test of mental fortitude IMO, definitely a sport.

    That's not really a sign that it's a sport though.

    Chess is a game and it requires much mental fortitude.


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    yosser hughes
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    vienne86 wrote: »
    Nah - golfers have to go the the gymn and stuff these days.

    I look upon sport as entertainment anyway and it doesn't really matter about the physical exertion etc involved.



    Look he's fat AND smoking a cigar! He's a successful golfer. I doubt he spends any time in the gym


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    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,756 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    yosser hughes wrote: »
    Look he's fat AND smoking a cigar! He's a successful golfer. I doubt he spends any time in the gym

    Yes because golf isn't a sport


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    #29
    looking_around
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    yosser hughes wrote: »
    Look he's fat AND smoking a cigar! He's a successful golfer. I doubt he spends any time in the gym

    anything you can do "unfit", can't be a sport, imo.


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    My name is URL
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    http://i.imgur.com/Bh2Abxl.jpg

    Therefor soccer = not a sport going by the logic of some here


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    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    I left my oul lad's house earlier today with him in watching snooker as happy as Larry. He phoned me half an hour later to say he needed a lift as he wrecked his jeep trying to se how far it would go up a hill in the ice in 2-wheel drive.

    The question is; does Barry Hearn need to do more to put the excitement back in snooker or is my Dad an idiot?


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