# What is sport?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sport/207845
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [October 16, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sport/207845 "2003-10-16T19:30:38Z")
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### Author: ![Irishlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3da27b/32.png) [@Irishlove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishlove)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-sport/207845/21 "2003-10-18T11:31:47Z")

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well thats a fair point scule, but do you really think that idly throwing rocks in a spare few moments (even if there are rules) is what people mean when they use the word sport? If you meet someone at a party and they ask what sports you play, is that the response they are looking for?

Maybe we have to agree to disagree here, but I would consider the throwing rocks example as a game, and I think a game has to undergo a certain evolution before it can truly be considered a sport.

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