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    Quote Originally Posted by Aslan View Post
    Same thing with Nascar. Stupidest sport in the country that isn't professional wrestling....yet millions of hillbillies tune in every weekend to watch the equivalent of a Tyco electric slot car race.
    Professional wrestling is not a sport. It is entertainment. If you don't believe me just look up what WWE stands for. To be a sport, an activity must have a competition where each participant has some chance at winning. When each match has a script and a predetermined winner you are not watching a sport.
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    Quote Originally Posted by J Anderson View Post
    Professional wrestling is not a sport. It is entertainment. If you don't believe me just look up what WWE stands for. To be a sport, an activity must have a competition where each participant has some chance at winning. When each match has a script and a predetermined winner you are not watching a sport.


    Wait.....are you saying it's not real??



    What?



    WHAT??


    WHAT???
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    Quote Originally Posted by bubba809 View Post
    Wait.....are you saying it's not real??



    What?



    WHAT??


    WHAT???



    Next you'll tell me Roller Derby is scripted as well. I am an avid racing fan, but not of NASCAR. Drag racing is waaaaay better. The races only last a few seconds, and you're on to a new one. Great if you have a short attention span like myself!

    Aslan is right. The sport isn't going away. I've been doing this for 40 years. Bowling has always ebbed and flowed. Granted, the current ebb has been going on pretty long. Go to a house around Milwaukee on the weekend, and the places are usually pretty packed. I think if some of the houses pushed their youth programs a little harder, bowling could be brought back to what it used to be when I was a kid.
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    One of the weirdest sports (activities?) I've seen is tractor pulling. They actually have a series that travels across the US

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    O.K., thread is officially dead!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobLV1 View Post
    O.K., thread is officially dead!
    Should have been quite a few post ago
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    Dead no, derailed yes.

    Wasn't sure the thread was going anywhere from the get go though. So, maybe a good thing it got derailed.
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    Lock it up then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bubba809 View Post
    Lock it up then.
    Don't poke the bear. Once he gets on a "locking spree" he's bound to lock a thread where my wisdom has only begun to flow....and that's not good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aslan View Post
    Golf has suffered a downswing....
    Was that pun intentional or unintentional?
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