--------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us.'
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us.'
lol so point being anything can be made into a sport, even the most ridiculous pointless things. So something like paintball is a more valid sport than many others.
I think the point is that it's all based on perception.
The term "sport" has such a broad definition that it can be applied to just about every game or competition out there. If you think paintball is a sport then good for you, but other people may not be so inclined.
I think a sport needs to be team-based, have codified rules governed by a central officiating body and be played by more than a niche community in a limited area.
So, by these qualifications, paintball is a sport. It's team-based, has a governing body and is fairly wide-spread.
But the game you made up that one summer called "Bleep-Bloop" and six people know about it is not.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'Make us your slaves, but feed us.'