What Are You Doing RIGHT NOW? Part ELEVEN: Through the Wormhole...

[www1221]

Oh, so riding a bike is a sport, but Nascar isn't? That seems fair.

Yes. Are they powering the car with their body? Nope. I can drive in circles for hours too. But I sure as hell cant ride a bike like the cyclist do.

[MagicMurderBag7]

Oh, so riding a bike is a sport, but Nascar isn't? That seems fair.

Well riding a bike is doing something active. NASCAR is only really active for the pit crew. The drivers just sit there.

[SheSaidSheSaid]

Your twitter account is about a sport and cycling is a sport. Just like Kotaku and any number of video game developers/publishers are suggested for me. Also have you been reading things about Lance Armstrong? Because by default it will suggest accounts based on your web history.

Yes I have. All right then. He's also followed by about a dozen of the accounts I follow (which makes me raise my eyebrow a little bit at those dozen people).

Oh, so riding a bike is a sport, but Nascar isn't? That seems fair.

Well, you need to be a very well-conditioned athlete to be a professional cyclist. Is that true of drivers? I know many of them are anyway, and that's cool, but is it outright necessary for the job itself?

I think that might be the crux of it for a lot of people.

[Witticus]

Oh, so riding a bike is a sport, but Nascar isn't? That seems fair.

Riding a bike takes actual power and endurance. NASCAR is a competition, but not a test of stronger human beings.

[nascargo19]

Yes. Are they powering the car with their body? Nope. I can drive in circles for hours too. But I sure as hell cant ride a bike like the cyclist do.

Remember they are also driving 3 times as fast as you do on the highway.

[Munnchy]

The only DLC I've ever won was for DC... Not a single RB track....

[dragoninforcer]

Remember they are also driving 3 times as fast as you do on the highway.

3 times zero is still zero.

[dog037]

What about Quidditch.

[grumblevolcano]

The only DLC I've ever won was for DC... Not a single RB track....

Oh yeah, you won the Pitbull pack

[SheSaidSheSaid]

3 times zero is still zero.

Winz.

I won the Iron Maiden pack. Didn't even want it. Wound up giving it to Cipher (one of my main RB forums regrets). I did get a few free codes from Ryan and also one from Clapton, which was cool and very much appreciated.

And I've always thought for something to be a sport it needs two things. It needs to be competitive, and it needs to require athletic ability. Poker is competitive, but does not require athletic ability = not a sport. Pro wrestling requires athletic ability, but is not competitive = not a sport. (I bring those two up only because I've seen them both called sports)

I just don't have nearly enough ****s to give to examine NASCAR in that same way, as to whether it requires athletic ability (obviously it's competitive).