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Is snooker a real sport?

c_man

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?

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El Inho

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

TimeToShine

Ultimate test of mental fortitude IMO. Definitely a sport.

Kevin McCloud

Cant beat potting a tight pink.

Buona Fortuna

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Cant beat potting a tight pink.

Brown can be fun.

Donkey Oaty

Technically it is a fruit.

Turtwig

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

On topic, snooker is a sport.

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.

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.

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

RayM

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'.

My name is URL

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

frag420

Is it fúck!!

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

robman60

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?

looking_around

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

My name is URL

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.

_Kaiser_

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

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

vienne86

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.

jimboblep

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

Tzardine

Yes its a sport.

A boring as Sh1t sport. Needs more streakers.

strobe

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.

Dtp1979

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

Karl Stein

Is Ice Dancing a sport?

Is horse dancing a sport?

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.

looking_around

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.

Tarzana2

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.

yosser hughes

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

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

looking_around

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.

My name is URL

http://i.imgur.com/Bh2Abxl.jpg

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

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?