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re: Should Golfers be called athletes?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:32 am to moneyg
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:32 am to moneyg
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I'm not sure the act of driving a race car is athletic. I'd say it is not. I don't think whatever endurance component exists is really a determining factor in separating the good from the best. The act of swinging a golf club is absolutely athletic.
Gary Player is 78 and is a professional golfer. Not an athlete.
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Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:33 am to Schmelly
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Gymnasts don't directly compete against each other, they compete against the obstacles. Not a sport?
Plus the winner is determined by judges. Definitely not a sport.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:34 am to AudubonEagle
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Gary Player is 78 and is a professional golfer. Not an athlete.
he wrote me a check for $1.6mil so he's an awesome athlete
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:35 am to boom roasted
If it's played at the ncaa level or in the Olympics, then it is a sport. Golf is played at the ncaa level, therefore a sport. Case Closed.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:35 am to AudubonEagle
quote:if the NFL decided to let me take a snap, does that disqualify football as sport? What a dimbass argument
Gary Player is 78 and is a professional golfer. Not an athlete.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:36 am to ElPresidenteGrande
This is hopeless, lol
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:36 am to Schmelly
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if the NFL decided to let me take a snap, does that disqualify football as sport?
George Plimpton says hi
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:37 am to 777Tiger
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Gary Player is 78 and is a professional golfer. Not an athlete.
Gary Player at 78 can do more push-ups than 99% of the hacks on this message board. Dude is for sure and athlete.
And stop the fricking questioning of if baseball pitchers are athletes. Yes, they are fricking elite athletes.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:38 am to Schmelly
quote:Not a sport. It's a competition.
Gymnasts don't directly compete against each other, they compete against the obstacles. Not a sport?
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:39 am to 777Tiger
He took a snap in the NFL? That's it. Football players are non-athletes
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:40 am to The Sad Banana
quote:ok I can get with that. But it's still kinda ToMAYto/toMAHto
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Gymnasts don't directly compete against each other, they compete against the obstacles. Not a sport?
Not a sport. It's a competition.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:41 am to Schmelly
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That's it. Football players are non-athletes
yep, they've been conning us for decades, and to think I thought William Perry was such an awesome tailback!
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:42 am to tgrbaitn08
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So a business man negotiating a business deal does the same shite, does that make him an athlete too?
What about a lawyer? He bluffs for a living.
there isn't a score involved in either
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:42 am to 777Tiger
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:42 am to Schmelly
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And just because john daly was a fat slob, doesn't mean golfers aren't athletes
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him being able to play as long as he did at the level he did despite his physical condition just shows you how great of an athlete he was.
I know scratch golfers that weigh 275 lbs, smoke, drink and cant run a mile thats have been playing golf for 30 + years....no way I'm calling them an athlete.
But just because John Daly got paid to play golf, you're going to call him an athlete? I dont think so pal
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 9:43 am
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:42 am to SlowFlowPro
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there isn't a score involved in either
the hell there isn't
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:43 am to SlowFlowPro
Reel, reel, reel
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:43 am to SlowFlowPro
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there isn't a score involved in either
Um, yes there is. You either win or lose.....
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:45 am to Schmelly
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Gymnasts don't directly compete against each other, they compete against the obstacles. Not a sport?
Gymnast are athletic and they compete....they are competitors...not necessarily athletes.
eta: I take that back..gymnast are most def athletes...
This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 9:48 am
Posted on 4/9/15 at 9:46 am to MAROON
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Gary Player at 78 can do more push-ups than 99% of the hacks on this message board. Dude is for sure and athlete. And stop the fricking questioning of if baseball pitchers are athletes. Yes, they are fricking elite athletes.
My point was if you can play that sport at the very highest level after the age of 50, then that sport does not require you to be an athlete.
There are 9 players over 50 in the Masters.
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