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Is Bowling the only sport?
Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:03 am
Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:03 am
..that officials don't influence the outcome? BTW, neither of us bowl. But every sport we can think of is greatly influenced by the subjective judgment of an official.
In bowling a light tells you if you went past the foul line and you either knocked the pins down or you didn't, no gray area.
Just dinnertime discussion with my wife, are we right??
In bowling a light tells you if you went past the foul line and you either knocked the pins down or you didn't, no gray area.
Just dinnertime discussion with my wife, are we right??
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Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:09 am to andouille
Officials are basically irrelevant in tennis now. That's probably the only one that's close
Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:12 am to usc6158
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Officials are basically irrelevant in tennis now.
Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:14 am to dukke v
what's the wtf for? The challenge system means that officials basically don't matter 99% of the time
Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:21 am to usc6158
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The challenge system means that officials basically don't matter 99% of the time
The challenge system MAKES them relevant.
Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:22 am to usc6158
track sprinting
They have something electronic in the starting blocks to detect false starts. They have a camera at the end to detect close finishes. They have objective drug tests to control cheating.
That's only at the highest levels of course. Some high school meet is still doing to have somebody watching the start and holding a stopwatch.
They have something electronic in the starting blocks to detect false starts. They have a camera at the end to detect close finishes. They have objective drug tests to control cheating.
That's only at the highest levels of course. Some high school meet is still doing to have somebody watching the start and holding a stopwatch.
Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:31 am to andouille
I think officials inspect the balls of the bowler before the match commences. Which probably makes for an uncomfortable moment..
Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:55 am to andouille
golf
Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:59 am to taylork37
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golf
there are officials who walk around with the golfers to determine drops, if the player moved his ball etc.
This post was edited on 1/23/11 at 8:34 am
Posted on 1/23/11 at 8:02 am to taylork37
Big golf tourneys have officials behind every tree.
Posted on 1/23/11 at 8:19 am to LSUballs
The only ones I can think of as a maybe are dog racing and horse racing for the race itself but I'm sure there are officials who check the animals and jockeys before the race.
Posted on 1/23/11 at 8:28 am to KingwoodLsuFan
CURLING???????? 
Posted on 1/23/11 at 8:29 am to dukke v
Pole vaulting
Posted on 1/23/11 at 8:30 am to KingwoodLsuFan
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The only ones I can think of as a maybe are dog racing and horse racing for the race itself but I'm sure there are officials who check the animals and jockeys before the race.
There's a number of fouls in horse racing, like blocking other horses, that are subjective. Same with a sport like cycling
Posted on 1/23/11 at 8:30 am to KingwoodLsuFan
skee ball
Posted on 1/23/11 at 8:40 am to taylork37
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golf
ask Dustin Johnson.
Posted on 1/23/11 at 9:13 am to Priceless
Yea, but officials have little outcome on the game in most cases. A pro golfer will need what, maybe one or two drops a round?
And Dustin Johnson fricked himself over - its not like that was an interpretation by an official like you see in other sports (ball/strike, charge/block, holding, etc.)
And Dustin Johnson fricked himself over - its not like that was an interpretation by an official like you see in other sports (ball/strike, charge/block, holding, etc.)
Posted on 1/23/11 at 9:39 am to SprintFun
The Officials in Golf are there for clarification of the rules. The Officials don't call fouls on golfers. They interpret the rules and decide whether a penalty should have been assessed. Golfers call the penalties on themselves and if they don't they get DQ'd....looking at you Paddie and Camillo!!
Posted on 1/23/11 at 9:42 am to andouille
Bowling is not a sport.
Posted on 1/23/11 at 9:44 am to Bho
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