What qualifies something to be a sport? An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against or other for entertainment. So something involving a ball rules and competitiveness, refs. Sports that are identified as “sports” but shouldn’t be a sport is NASCAR, hot dog, eating contest etc…… There could be a 24 hour agreement on what sports should be identified as a sports and what shouldn’t be a sport because everyone has their own opinions and imputes. But for something to be a sport like I said in the first sentence it has to be an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against or other for entertainment I could say Poker is not a sport because it’s not entertaining but the definition of a sport technically it is a sport because that’s their talent and they compete against each other to win money. It has to be somewhat entertaining and enjoyable to watch in my opinion to be a sport and have a lot of competitiveness or else it isn’t fun to watch because no one is into it.

Football, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, Hockey are in my opinion the main sports in our country and are the most entertaining to watch and have the most competitiveness between the two teams that are going against each other. The NFL is the most entertaining because of the fast pace and hitting involved and you never know what’s going to happen the next play, there’s a lot of suspense involved because a big play can happen any moment. Hockey, Baseball, Basketball are the same thing anything can happen and are very fun to watch and should actually be called a sport unlike other event’s like nothing hot dog eating contest, NASCAR, Poker, Ping Pong.

Sport’s that should not be considered a sport are Golf, curling, pole vault and roller blading should not be considered a sport just because the way the game is played. For it to be considered a sport and be somewhat interesting it needs to have athletic ability, strength, and endurance, strategy, competition and somewhat of defense for it to be qualified as a sport. In those sports that I named that don’t qualify to be a sport none of those sports require defense, athletic ability strategy and competition which is required in all sports because you’re competing against another person or team. Golf should definitely be a sport just because you’re competing and it requires strength and somewhat of athletic ability you for sure cannot be fat and have no clue what you’re doing because it takes some strength to hit a golf ball far and swing it fast. It takes talent to play football, baseball, hockey, basketball and I guess soccer but not as much talent for the three other main sports. It’s a proven fact that one of the hardest things to do is hit a 90 mph fastball just because you have such little time to react and make an adjustment if it’s off speed or a fastball. But also skating is also a hard thing to get down and football takes a lot of strength and conditioning to be good and need to have good hands and athletic ability same goes for basketball.

Finally I have made my argument on what qualifies something to be a sport and what should be a sport in the first couple paragraphs. The Sports I named that should not be a sport are Golf, Curling, pole vault and roller blading that shouldn’t be a sport. And the sports that are real and completive and the whole world loves are football, baseball, basketball, and hockey take real talent and athletic ability to be able to play and compete. Last “sport” that shouldn’t be a sport and is televised on espn is World series of poker which should never be on TV because all it shows is people dealing tokens and guys with sunglasses so that’s another one that shouldn’t be a sport. The only main sports on TV that people enjoy to watch and would pay money to go watch are Football, basketball, baseball, hockey that everyone enjoys.