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Originally Posted by jobu
i like the way you wrote these rules. very much like reading a rules book. reading over your i kept trying to think of sports that don't seem to fall into any of these categories. the ones that come to my mind are gymnastics and diving becasue of article 4 in rule iii. am i right with that statement or is there something i am missing? Also, since you made this up what is not a sport to you?
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You are right. Those are eliminated by Rule 3.4. It's designed that way.
Both him and I agree that to be a sport, there has to be an objective way of scoring through direct competition. Either man-to-man in a race or fight, team-to-team in a game, against a clock, against a specific target, and similar things.
Things like gymnastics, diving, figure skating, etc. have a subjective judging system. The ruling is based on the feeling of a judge. This can lead to problems such as what happened in the 2002 Olympics and what is happening this year as well.
Basically, if you are in direct competition with someone/thing, it's a sport. If someone judges you, it isn't a sport.