# sport vs. game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-vs-game/9915>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 6, 2000, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-vs-game/9915 "2000-04-06T02:05:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-vs-game/9915/21 "2000-04-08T05:06:00Z")

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Is curling any more retarded than golf or baseball? I don’t think so.

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Gee, I don’t think any of us expected him to say that.

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**Author:** ![Doctordec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Doctordec](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctordec)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-vs-game/9915/22 "2000-04-08T01:41:00Z")

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Lex…

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> darts=sport  
> pool (billiards)=sport

## I disagree. Anything regularly practiced in a bar cannot be a sport. Not even skittles. Games, every one of them !

“If it’s free, it’s for me !”

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**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sport-vs-game/9915/23 "2000-04-08T02:06:00Z")

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This is an interesting one to be sure…

Methinks it’s an eye-og-the-beholder kinda thing, but thast won’t stop me from sharing what I’m beholding here:

A sport must have both of the following:

(1) Physical exertion  
(2) A score

Anything which has only one of these characteristics would be a game.

Now, I’m sure someone will come up with something I forgot which screws this up, but let me state NOW that anyone who decides to try and sully it with claims of full-contact chess with a point per victory, or tag keeping score of who remains “it” for the longest time will immediately be on my shit list… 😃

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Yer pal,  
Satan

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