re: Should Golfers be called athletes?

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Athletes are highly skilled at a some type of physical act that does not come natural to most people. Some of those skills are certainly more desirable and challenging than others, but trying to qualify the definition is pretty useless since there are so many exceptions that you cannot have a general definition.

350lb offensive lineman is not the same as a 230lb running back

NASCAR driver is not the same as a track and field runner

Weightlifter is not the same as a gymnast

Fencing, curling, archery, synchronized swimming, equestrian jumping are all Olympic sports

Trying to define an athlete is an excercise in futility. Instead, the argument should be one that ranks the skill set required, both physical and mental, for a sport.

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