What is the difference between sports and games?

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Countless beers have been drunk and wings consumed arguing this very question and I give you my take. If it is commonly acceptable to drink a beer during it, it's more of a game than a sport. The line is a vibrant shade of gray however. Tiger Woods plays golf. I drive around a cart for four hours swinging a club, taking up enough grass to start a landscaping company and looking down the fairway every two seconds hoping the 19 year old college girl driving the beer cart is coming. Tiger Woods plays the sport of golf, and I play the game of golf. Darts and horseshoes are much more easily defined as games. Yes, people compete, but competition does not equal sport. People compete in chess and if you look at some of the greatest chess players out there "athlete" doesn't immediately jump to mind.

One friend will always try to say that "if it's on ESPN, it's a sport." He's selling it, but I ain't buying it. Poker is on ESPN and so is fishing. If those are sports then I may be one of the most elite athletes on the globe and I can't even get the mail without having to stop halfway down the driveway to catch my breath.

Sports require athletic ability, competion and physical exertion. Games are also competive in nature and may have quite a following or an elaborate association running them, but there is mild physical exertion and people with limited athletic ability can hold their own.

That's just one guys take on it.

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Tough question!

In my mind, a sport involves physical efforts and skills, while most games involve a combination of luck and skill. The line between them is definitely fuzzy. Is golf a game or a sport? There is physical activity involved that goes well beyond a simple deal or roll of dice, so I would classify it as a sport.

Some consider sports to be a sub-set of games, i.e., all sports are games, but not all games are sports.

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Great question to discuss when you have lots of resources at your disposal. In my consideration everything that needs lot of physical activity is termed SPORT. On the contrary GAMES require lot of skill and far less rigorous. But why do people say "Did you watch the GAME, yesterday"( was referring to a wonderful American Football game ). Its confusing the way we use this term SPORT.

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The distinction between a game and a sport is physical defense. By physical defense I mean your opponent is permitted to physically prevent you from succeeding. For example, golf cannot be a sport because another golfer cannot interfere with you in any way while you are attempting to make a shot. You are only playing against the course. The same goes for bowling, darts, and pool. All of these games require a great deal of skill, but should not be called sports.

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