Random CU Olympic Sports Thread

[cubuffs85]

Exactly, compare Ozell and Curt Schilling. Who is more athletic?

So golfers aren't athletes right?

 

[SuperiorBuff]

I don't care, I think poms are more like cheerleaders. But that's beside the point, if every football player was a accountant, would accountants be athletes?

Define what you think an athlete is.

 

[Quattro]

It's on ESPN though. So now the criteria for athletes is that's it's on ESPN and they have to be able to do what 99% of the population can't. Are bowlers athletes than?

You're really looking at this in a black/white perspective


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[Buffnik]

So golfers aren't athletes right?

I consider golfers to be lower on the athlete totem poll than competitive cheerleaders.

Case in point: Miguel Angel Jimenez is one of the greatest golf athletes of his generation.

 

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[cubuffs85]

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There's an athlete!

 

[SuperiorBuff]

There's an athlete!

What is your definition "athlete"?

 

[SuperiorBuff]

Yep, ignorance.

 

[Buffnik]

What is your definition "athlete"?

I would say that an athlete is someone who competes or trains in a sport for the broad definition.

But more specifically, an athlete is gifted with speed, strength, agility and endurance.

I feel there is a difference between athleticism and someone who is skilled at a sport (or has a specialized skill within a sport).

Only in the most general and broad sense would I put both Carl Lewis and Dick Weber (bowler) under the same "athlete" label.

 

[SuperiorBuff]

I would say that an athlete is someone who competes or trains in a sport for the broad definition.

But more specifically, an athlete is gifted with speed, strength, agility and endurance.

I don't have problem with this definition.

I feel there is a difference between athleticism and someone who is skilled at a sport (or has a specialized skill within a sport).

Only in the most general and broad sense would I put both Carl Lewis and Dick Weber (bowler) under the same "athlete" label.

I would absolutely include competitive cheerleaders under the athlete label.

 

[goalline]

do we need a poll?

athlete: cheerleaders

not athlete: golfers, burrito-eating gophers, chess players, dart players, poker, and accountants. These are all nice games and can involve cheating, but not athleticism.

 

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[sackman]

Just because they train just hard as any athlete doesn't mean they are athletes. Ballerinas can train just as hard for 3x as long and I wouldn't consider them athletes either.

Apparently having a differing opinion to you is ignorance.

No, in your case, it is ignorance. You try ballet sometime. It requires strength, agility, stamina, hand/eye coordination, balance, flexibility, and discipline. Those are all athletic traits. The ability to hit a round ball with a round bat is talent, not necessarily athleticism. The ability to throw a football 49 yards on a spiral is talent, not athleticism. Based on your comments, you really don't understand what athleticism is.