looking_around wrote: » 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.
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'.
The Backwards Man wrote: » 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?
Dtp1979 wrote: » 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
My name is URL wrote: » http://i.imgur.com/Bh2Abxl.jpg Therefor soccer = not a sport going by the logic of some here
callaway92 wrote: » ....Can't tell if completely clueless or just pig ignorant. . . . arggghhh!!
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
frag420 wrote: » Is it fúck!! If you can play it in a pub then it's not a sport!
strobe wrote: » And now the video of him actually competing in the sport to the same level while smoking the cigarette, as not, rather than having a sneaky one whilst he is not involved? Come now, my friend... What is next? The proof that petrol is not flammable, consisting of someone lighting a candle, on a boat, 2 miles out to sea, but with a petroleum processing plant captured on the coastline in the background?
SEPT 23 1989 wrote: » working mens sports are not real:rolleyes:
ceadaoin. wrote: » But you need two hands free to play snooker and darts. You could smoke the cigar while you aren't actively playing, the same as that goal keeper. It would probably be easier to smoke while chasing a ball around a pitch
looking_around wrote: » you absolutely do not need 2 hands for darts!
ceadaoin. wrote: » Well you need to hold the darts somewhere, usually your other hand. I don't smoke so maybe it is easy enough to hold a fag at the same time.
looking_around wrote: » lol holding darts is difficult now XD. umm, how hard is it to hold a pen? I've seen a smoker hold a fag, pick up their phone with the same hand..answer..put it down..continue smoking. I've seen smokers do diy/building work..while still smoking >.>
My name is URL wrote: » The picture posted of the golfer smoking wasn't swinging a club while at it. Someone contended that it's not a sport if you can have a cigarette while 'taking part', the goalie is as much 'taking part' as the golfer is A load of cricketers were famous for smoking during matches back in the day. David Boon for example... there's a good chance he was pissed drunk most of the time too.
c_man wrote: » 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?
