Midget tossing has been nominated for the Highland games for next year. It's rough getting the little people to stand rigid while a big guy tries to toss them end over end. This has come about because of tree huggers not wanting to see trees cut down for willy-nilly reasons..

Also nominated- Jarts.

Jockeys don't sit in the saddle during a race....Or have people telling them what's going on during a race....or when to stop...or when to get tires...or when to pit.

The dont change 4 tires and fuel in less than 13 seconds! The dont run inchs apart with 42 others going 200 mph! They dont run a 36 race schedule over 40 weeks! Again drive 500 miles on the freeway and then do it running with 42 others fighting for the same spot in a 140 degree car.....Again let me know how that works for you!!!!!

I would say wrestling, here's why:

1) Obviously, cardiovascular conditioning is a huge part of the success of a wrestler. I've seen guys go out there who appear to be in great physical shape, and within five minutes, you can tell they're blown out. Those are the ones that either up their conditioning, or they're gone like the wind.

2) No off-season. This is significant because most sports have an off-season that allows their athletes to recover from accumulated injuries. Even boxers usually take a few months off to recover from their most recent fight. Wrestlers are in the ring virtually every night, year round.

3) ****ty pay and corrupt promoting on the indy level. Most independent level wrestlers work for peanuts, then spend their peanuts on gas, cheap hotel accomodations and bologna sandwiches just to get by. That is, if the local promoter doesn't screw them and skip town before they can seek their pay.

4) Injuries. Fact is, your average wrestler is nursing particular injuries most times he/she appears in the ring that the average viewer cannot detect. Get injured during a match? Unless your legs are about to fall off, you work around it. I once saw Shawn Michaels enter a match with Triple-H with a partially torn ACL. He wrestled a match that lasted about 12 minutes, one of the ballsiest performances I ever saw. Because nothing is really gauranteed in wrestling, the idea is to keep wrestling as long as you can. Due to the political climate, no one's spot is really assured. An unlucky wrestler might lose his or her spot in the time it takes to recuperate from an injury. So pump yourself up with painkillers and suck it up, soldier.

All good and valid points. But I don't consider pro wrestling a sport. Tough entertainment, but not a sport.

What its not real

i do it, and i do it DRUNK! nascar is only as arbitrary as it is boring.

sport? ok. toughest? no way in hell. are you kidding me? if you can reach over to the cup holder and open a miller tallboy, it doesnt count. thanks though.

SNOWBOARDING!!!! Yes those chapped lips are a killer!!! Might as well said ballet!!! Same thing! Only ballet IS tougher!!!

Fight-Club Scrabble.

Drivers don't change their own tires.....Jockeys don't have Metal objects around them and a thousand safety devices installed on their horse.Jockeys are sitting behind 1,200 pounds of horseflesh and on clip of the heels and they could be paralyzed.Drivers use a steering wheel..>Jocks steer with their 100 pound frames..Their the fittest athlete around. You Like Apples? Cause how do you like them apples?..hahahahahaha

You got me!!! Thats the hardest 2 minute workout around..Dam did I work up a sweat... I like apples, I feed them to horses RIP Dale Sr Im glad you cant get hurt with all that metal around you I will put 46 yr old Mark Martin up against any of your Jockys in a fitness contest!!!!

Ummmm..........

What it's not real???????? My whole life is changed forever!!!!!!

I know its not real, smartass.

But here's the thing. Pro wrestlers are athletes. Not actors, or stuntmen. I'm sure you won't argue that. Therefore, pro wrestling is a sport.

Whether it's real or not is irrelevant. Most definitions of sport call for it to be some form of pastime involving a measure of physical exercise. Look up sport in your dictionary. It will likely say something along those lines.

Being "real" or "not real" does not determine what is and isn't a sport.

Again: wrestlers=athletes. Therefore: wrestling is a sport.

DER-HER!!! Go get travis! pablo cruz is playin in atlanta!!!! YEEEEEEEHEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

EVERYONE GET IN THE TRUCK!!!!!!!

hey meet my wife and my sister! (theres only on girl standing there)

I would say gymnastics. Gymnasts have to have extraordinary strength, power, speed, agility, flexibility, nerve, durability, and endurance to even attempt the sport let alone excel at it. There is a high risk of injury and even if they avoid a major injury, gymnasts must have a high tolerance for pain. On top of the physical aspect, gymnasts must have high levels of focus, drive, motivation, and intense desire to excel at the sport. It is by no means a sport that you can give less than 100% to ever and be good at.

You also have to consider how much time an athlete must put into the sport to make it to the highest levels. Most elite level gymnasts train around 40 hours a week. I can't speak for everyone but I don't know very many 15 year olds putting in hours like that for any other sports.

Yea just a bunch of inbread hillbillies!!! Atleast we are strong in numbers..Daytona 240,000 plus of us, Bristol 160,000 and sold out...What are only the rednecks working now!!!!!! I could have sworn Pez Bush was at Daytona...Ihats the only smart thing he did!!!!!!! And that wasnt my sister, it was YOUR wife

EXCUSE ME? If you're trying to infer that if someone likes Nascar, they're an inbred Hillbilly, then get your head outta your butt. I like Nascar, and I happen to have an IQ of 145, I can speak, read, and write in THREE languages, I have been a soldier, a Sheriff's Deputy, Head of Security for a large midwestern company, and a few other jobs that require both quick, and ACCURATE thinking ability.

Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports (a common name for some card games and board games with little to no element of chance) and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors. Sport is commonly defined as an organized, competitive and skillful physical activity requiring commitment and fair play. Some view sports as differing from games based on the fact that there are usually higher levels of organization and profit (not always monetary) involved in sports. Accurate records are kept and updated for most sports at the highest levels, while failures and accomplishments are widely announced in sport news.

The term sports is sometimes extended to encompass all competitive activities in which offense and defense are played, regardless of the level of physical activity. Both games of skill and motor sport exhibit many of the characteristics of physical sports, such as skill, sportsmanship, and at the highest levels, even professional sponsorship associated with physical sports.

Sports that are subjectively judged are distinct from other judged activities such as beauty pageants and bodybuilding shows, because in the former the activity performed is the primary focus of evaluation, rather than the physical attributes of the contestant as in the latter (although "presentation" or "presence" may also be judged in both activities).

Sports are most often played just for fun or for the simple fact that people need exercise to stay in good physical condition.

Although they do not always succeed, sports participants are expected to display good sportsmanship, standards of conduct such as being respectful of opponents and officials, and congratulating the winner when losing.

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1 Terminology
2 History
3 Sociology of sport
4 See also
5 References



Terminology


Some how I fail to see the WWF fitting into those catagories!! Feel free to point any out!

You tell'em Elwoodsully and templter. I'm so mad I can't. LOL
I too was born and raised in Indiana. No Hillbilly blood in me, just Nascar blood.

Muay Thai kickboxing. It utilizes knees and elbows. The bodies most dangerous weapons.