Is darts a Sport??
13 August 2004, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by fast bloke
so javelin (run about 20 yards and throw a big pointy thing, repeat three times and take the next two or three days off) is a sport,
but darts (walk up and down to the board seventyeleven squillion times and throw three pointy things several hundred times) is not?
but darts (walk up and down to the board seventyeleven squillion times and throw three pointy things several hundred times) is not?
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13 August 2004, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by fast bloke
so javelin (run about 20 yards and throw a big pointy thing, repeat three times and take the next two or three days off) is a sport,
but darts (walk up and down to the board seventyeleven squillion times and throw three pointy things several hundred times) is not?
do javelin throwers break sweat?
but darts (walk up and down to the board seventyeleven squillion times and throw three pointy things several hundred times) is not?
do javelin throwers break sweat?
BUT!!! *Anyone* can land a dart in a dartboard (except some wimmin
), but not everybody can throw a javelin 80+ metres!! Now if they had Distance Darts - that would be a sport!!
13 August 2004, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by TelBoy
BUT!!! *Anyone* can land a dart in a dartboard (except some wimmin ), but not everybody can throw a javelin 80+ metres!! Now if they had Distance Darts - that would be a sport!!
), but not everybody can throw a javelin 80+ metres!! Now if they had Distance Darts - that would be a sport!! not everyone can finish a game in 9 darts, but some wimmen can throw a javelin 80+ meters (well 70+ meters anyway)
13 August 2004, 10:34 AM
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No, exactly. That's the difference between a *game* requiring skill and a *sport* requiring exceptional athletic ability (as well as skill, obviously). 
13 August 2004, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by TelBoy
No, exactly. That's the difference between a *game* requiring skill and a *sport* requiring exceptional athletic ability (as well as skill, obviously).
Darts:
Skil - yes...alot of it.
Competition - yes
Physical exhertion - yes
Mental exhertion - yes
Is it on a sports channel - yes
Can you buy darts in a sports shop - yes
Darts is a sport.
13 August 2004, 11:19 AM
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Darts:
Skill - yes...alot of it.
Competition - yes
Physical exertion - wouldn't know the meaning of it. Unless drinking is included.
Mental exertion - yes
Is it on a sports channel - yes, but then so is fookin SNOOKER!!
Can you buy darts in a sports shop - yes, but they're pointy and dangerous, ie not toys.
Darts is a game if ever i've seen one.
Skill - yes...alot of it.
Competition - yes
Physical exertion - wouldn't know the meaning of it. Unless drinking is included.
Mental exertion - yes
Is it on a sports channel - yes, but then so is fookin SNOOKER!!
Can you buy darts in a sports shop - yes, but they're pointy and dangerous, ie not toys.
Darts is a game if ever i've seen one.
13 August 2004, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by RichWalk
I beleive the expression used in common parlence is 'a game of darts'
"A sport of football" NO!!! "a game of football"
Great argument, pat yourself on your back....
I'm going to watch the sport.....NO!!....I'm going to watch the game.
Think....!!
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13 August 2004, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by TelBoy
Darts:
Skill - yes...alot of it.
Competition - yes
Physical exertion - wouldn't know the meaning of it. Unless drinking is included.
Mental exertion - yes
Is it on a sports channel - yes, but then so is fookin SNOOKER!!
Can you buy darts in a sports shop - yes, but they're pointy and dangerous, ie not toys.
Darts is a game if ever i've seen one.
Skill - yes...alot of it.
Competition - yes
Physical exertion - wouldn't know the meaning of it. Unless drinking is included.
Mental exertion - yes
Is it on a sports channel - yes, but then so is fookin SNOOKER!!
Can you buy darts in a sports shop - yes, but they're pointy and dangerous, ie not toys.
Darts is a game if ever i've seen one.
You should have watched the worlds. They were physically more exherted than alot of other so called sports!!! I would have really struggled playing for 6 hours under those conditions.
I didn't think it was a sport....then I watched it a few times.
13 August 2004, 01:06 PM
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Wasn't by readers of "Darts Magazine" was it perhaps?
I think most people would be physically exhausted standing still in a sweaty pub for 6 hours, under big spotlamps with a camera aimed at you, with or without throwing darts. Though I hardly consider standing in a pub to be a sport.
I think most people would be physically exhausted standing still in a sweaty pub for 6 hours, under big spotlamps with a camera aimed at you, with or without throwing darts. Though I hardly consider standing in a pub to be a sport.
13 August 2004, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by darts_aint_sport
Wasn't by readers of "Darts Magazine" was it perhaps?
I think most people would be physically exhausted standing still in a sweaty pub for 6 hours, under big spotlamps with a camera aimed at you, with or without throwing darts. Though I hardly consider standing in a pub to be a sport.
I think most people would be physically exhausted standing still in a sweaty pub for 6 hours, under big spotlamps with a camera aimed at you, with or without throwing darts. Though I hardly consider standing in a pub to be a sport.
So, we agree that aspect of it is tiring. Along with competition, skill involved and a prize to win I believe we have the formula for sport.
It was a non darts affiliated group. General sport. They recognised the achievevment of one man winning 11 out of 13 world titles. The man 11 times out of 13 baring in mind he is just a pub fatty....he's made big money and alot of fame by being the absolute BEST out of xx billion people that are on this planet consistently for 13 years.
I'll pay him, and the sport the respect it "now" deserves.
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13 August 2004, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by darts_aint_sport
If you mean the aspect of standing up for 6 hours, it would certainly hurt your feet yes. Physical exertion, no.
So to sum up, you know nothing about darts at all.
Fair enough.
You can go back to your original user ID now.
13 August 2004, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Senior_AP
"A sport of football" NO!!! "a game of football"
Great argument, pat yourself on your back....
I'm going to watch the sport.....NO!!....I'm going to watch the game.
Think....!!
Great argument, pat yourself on your back....
I'm going to watch the sport.....NO!!....I'm going to watch the game.
Think....!!
calm down dear its only a commercial..........
13 August 2004, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Senior_AP
So to sum up, you know nothing about darts at all.
Fair enough.
You can go back to your original user ID now.
Fair enough.
You can go back to your original user ID now.
13 August 2004, 01:49 PM
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so...just to check:
darts players love it as a sport and get paid
darts fans love it as a sport and enjoy watching
most other people dont care
and some bloke on a web site changes his name to suggest its not a sport at all.
darts players love it as a sport and get paid
darts fans love it as a sport and enjoy watching
most other people dont care
and some bloke on a web site changes his name to suggest its not a sport at all.
