Is darts a sport?

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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Randall » Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:01 pm

daveboygreen wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:00 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:56 pm
Rogg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:16 pmSkiing?
Is a sport when it's competitive
Darts is competitive, so you have now changed your mind and now thing darts is a sport then?
We aren't comparing the athleticism and skill of skiing to darts I'm sure
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Randall » Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:02 pm

I merely mentioned competitive as people do it for a hobby as well
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by daveboygreen » Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:03 pm

Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:02 pm I merely mentioned competitive as people do it for a hobby as well
As they do with darts.
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Randall » Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:05 pm

daveboygreen wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:03 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:02 pm I merely mentioned competitive as people do it for a hobby as well
As they do with darts.
You've missed the point
Competitively it's a highly skilled, athletic event which is a sport.
Socially it's still skilled but lacks the element that makes it sport.
Darts is a pub game played by alcoholics.
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by HalloweenJack » Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:10 pm

Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:52 pm
HalloweenJack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:02 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:57 pm
Ross, Bob wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:54 pm It’s a tie. So a needless discussion. Please remove it to the shithouse.
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Giant Haystacks is a sporting icon. I bet you used to love him.
An icon but not sporting
He was a sporting entertainer/ pantomime villain. A bit like Ted.
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Randall » Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:13 pm

HalloweenJack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:10 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:52 pm
HalloweenJack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:02 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:57 pm
Ross, Bob wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:54 pm It’s a tie. So a needless discussion. Please remove it to the shithouse.
Got 5 pages from it
Giant Haystacks is a sporting icon. I bet you used to love him.
An icon but not sporting
He was a sporting entertainer/ pantomime villain. A bit like Ted.
He was an actor
Ted is a Wally.
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Randall » Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:13 pm

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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by HalloweenJack » Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:43 pm

Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:13 pm
HalloweenJack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:10 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:52 pm
HalloweenJack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:02 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 5:57 pm

Got 5 pages from it
Giant Haystacks is a sporting icon. I bet you used to love him.
An icon but not sporting
He was a sporting entertainer/ pantomime villain. A bit like Ted.
He was an actor
Ted is a Wally.
Wrestling back then was shown on ‘World of SPORT’ even the stuff from America is shown on sporting channels. They don’t put it on the comedy channel.
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Randall » Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:45 pm

HalloweenJack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:43 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:13 pm
HalloweenJack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:10 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:52 pm
HalloweenJack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:02 pm

Giant Haystacks is a sporting icon. I bet you used to love him.
An icon but not sporting
He was a sporting entertainer/ pantomime villain. A bit like Ted.
He was an actor
Ted is a Wally.
Wrestling back then was shown on ‘World of SPORT’ even the stuff from America is shown on sporting channels. They don’t put it on the comedy channel.
I'm well aware of all that but anything scripted isn't sport
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by HalloweenJack » Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:00 pm

Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:45 pm
HalloweenJack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:43 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:13 pm
HalloweenJack wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 8:10 pm
Randall wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:52 pm

An icon but not sporting
He was a sporting entertainer/ pantomime villain. A bit like Ted.
He was an actor
Ted is a Wally.
Wrestling back then was shown on ‘World of SPORT’ even the stuff from America is shown on sporting channels. They don’t put it on the comedy channel.
I'm well aware of all that but anything scripted isn't sport
For the record i think scripted wrestling is complete and utter horse shit but rightly or wrongly it is still technically classed as a sport. For me watching the likes of Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy is akin to watching a pantomime.
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Randall » Wed Sep 27, 2023 6:08 am

Anythings official classification in the bonkers world of today is largely irrelevant as its almost certainly wrong.
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by ChrisW » Wed Sep 27, 2023 6:13 am

Does it really matter what you call something.
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Randall » Wed Sep 27, 2023 6:16 am

6 pages suggests so
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by sennafan24 » Wed Sep 27, 2023 6:37 am

Randall wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 6:08 am Anythings official classification in the bonkers world of today is largely irrelevant as its almost certainly wrong.
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Re: Is darts a sport?

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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Rogg » Wed Sep 27, 2023 2:51 pm

How about this?


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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Cooking with Sandra » Wed Sep 27, 2023 2:57 pm

Randall wins the poll. Darts is not a sport.
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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by Randall » Wed Sep 27, 2023 4:25 pm

Of course it isn't
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Re: Is darts a sport?

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Re: Is darts a sport?

Post by daveboygreen » Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:14 pm

Potter's Lake wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:11 pm
Another fucker that needs educating.
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