Nascar Is Not A Sport Essay
What is a sport? According to google a sport is “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment”. However in my opinion a sport doesn't need to be physical to be called a sport, i think it's just a activity that its competitive. You also don't necessarily need multiple people to play a sport in my opinion, i think that competing with yourself to improve a specific aspect such as time. People will always argue over what activities are and are not sports because it's personal opinion.
First let's talk about hunting, the activity of tracking and killing an animal. Hunting is a sport because there are several different ways to compete with yourself, …show more content…
NASCAR is racing, people all using similarly efficient cars to compete the laps required then cross the finish line first. People consider nascar to be a sport because of how entertaining it is to see humans competing at an equal level to judge the skill of each person individually. There really is only one main goal in nascar, simply win the race. This means there are very few things to actually judge each race on other then the winner and fastest times. Some would argue that being forced to sit in a very hot uncomfy car for a hour so makes it seem like it's physically demanding enough to be considered a sport as well. It has been considered a sport since 1948, and most likely will never see a …show more content…
Fishing a activity in which people use a fishing pole and bait to lure in and hook fish. Fishermen have to have great knowledge of fish spawns as well as good knowledge of the traits of each fish to understand where and how to catch them. Fishing is normally judged by the size of the fish, you take the baseline average size of a species then give points based on how much larger the fish is. The second way to judge fishing is by the pure quantity of a specific species caught in which they are ranked by the total number of fish caught in a given time. When fishing for large fish, most often in the ocean, be prepared for a struggle because fishing can also be a physically demanding sport. Fishing is considered a sport because of how much it relies on knowledge and physical strength to beat your opponents in the specific goal
First let's talk about hunting, the activity of tracking and killing an animal. Hunting is a sport because there are several different ways to compete with yourself, …show more content…
NASCAR is racing, people all using similarly efficient cars to compete the laps required then cross the finish line first. People consider nascar to be a sport because of how entertaining it is to see humans competing at an equal level to judge the skill of each person individually. There really is only one main goal in nascar, simply win the race. This means there are very few things to actually judge each race on other then the winner and fastest times. Some would argue that being forced to sit in a very hot uncomfy car for a hour so makes it seem like it's physically demanding enough to be considered a sport as well. It has been considered a sport since 1948, and most likely will never see a …show more content…
Fishing a activity in which people use a fishing pole and bait to lure in and hook fish. Fishermen have to have great knowledge of fish spawns as well as good knowledge of the traits of each fish to understand where and how to catch them. Fishing is normally judged by the size of the fish, you take the baseline average size of a species then give points based on how much larger the fish is. The second way to judge fishing is by the pure quantity of a specific species caught in which they are ranked by the total number of fish caught in a given time. When fishing for large fish, most often in the ocean, be prepared for a struggle because fishing can also be a physically demanding sport. Fishing is considered a sport because of how much it relies on knowledge and physical strength to beat your opponents in the specific goal