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Old 03-10-2009, 07:59 PM
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lol ok good. I thought I was the only one to vote on this and then realize how old the thread is. I don't consider any form of driving a sport nor do I consider the drivers athletes. Are they athletic, yes. Does it take skill and talent, yes. I fairly strict on what I call a sport. I think it must be a game or event where the person's body is used as the means to win ie running the bases, running for a pass or a touchdown, skating on a ring. I just don't consider driving a car to be the same thing. I certainly don't mean to say that racing and the drivers are somehow below "traditional athletes". They are just on a different plane. It's neither better nor worse, just different. Does it really matter if any of this is a sport or not?
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