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LanternWaste

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3. Fits well within the definition

Reply to Garion_55 (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 05:14 PM

Mar 2019

Unless one limits the definition to 'physical sports'... as both chess and bridge have been included in the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) list of recognized sports.

But I get it... when we're uncomfortable with language, we often rationalize denials to ourselves for comfort.

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New Mexico becomes latest to allow video games as a sport [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2019 OP

I have been playing video games since the late 1970s Garion_55 Mar 2019 #1

I've been playing video games (PC mostly) since the late 1980s. They are a cerebral sport. DRoseDARs Mar 2019 #2

Fits well within the definition LanternWaste Mar 2019 #3

But in high school, those are clubs, not sports rpannier Mar 2019 #4

Call it a 'skill' but not a sport. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #5

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