Quote from blackjack007:
high level of difficulty does not make something a sport. pool (billiards) and playing violin are difficult; i wouldn't call them sports either.
one absolute requirement is some level of athleticism. when an activity has 70 year-olds playing it, like golf, it ain't a sport any more than bingo is.
Hmm, it is subjective, huh. Lawn bowls.....croquet.........darts, in which even world class competitors are downing pints.
Way i figure, basketball barely counts, as to be world class, you must be crazy tall; golf? Dont have to be rich to play it, but it helps. They both have such a level of elitism, (tall, rich) that I have a hard time calling them "sports".
Maybe sport could be better defined by whether average joe could try there hand at it, and maybe, given talent, skill, could make it to top level; genetic freaks and the super rich-doesn't make a sport to me.