The age old question.
Bowling? Sport or not?
Golf? Sport or not?
Baseball? Sport or not?
Although one could make a sound case for the above three activities to be classified as just that, activities, the folks at your local newspaper stick them in the sports section of their bird cage liners and that is that.
Not so much with Ultimate.
Ultimate, for those of you out of the loop, is basically frisbee football. It is played on a big field, involves a ton of running and a lot a sportish strategy. The 26th annual No Borders Ultimate Frisbee Tournament was held last Sunday in Manotick Station, suburban Ottawa.
According to the Ottawa Citizen nearly 1,000 athletes participated yet not a word in their sports section. Instead the OC moved the story to the City Section.
Not sport.
Not true.
WFDS
Baseball = "running and a lot a sportish strategy" In my mind this is a sport, even though there may be some obesity issues within it. As for Ultimate I agree this is a SPORT and should receive recognition in local sport sections!
ReplyDeleteAs for the other 2... I am not convinced...
Ken M