As I was browsing around for articles on tonights Bengals/Ravens game I ran across this article and this quote.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../
"I mean, this isn't a soft sport. We don't play chess. This isn't swimming. This isn't one of those kind of sports. It's football. It takes a man to play this game, and to play this game you have to have passion.''
I had to laugh.
Do football players ever run the mile or a 10K for time?
Why would they? A football field is only 100 yards long. I'm assuming the 40 became the standard because it's close to the distance a football player would need to run on a typical play.
Anyway, these threads are always the same. I don't understand why someone would be offended by swimming being bashed as a sport then in the next sentence declare "yeah, but X is definitely not a sport." Swimming, football, golf and bowling are all sports. They are just all very different sports. Every sport does not require great endurance, strength, strategy, etc., but they do all require skill and practice to do them well.
Do football players ever run the mile or a 10K for time?
Why would they? A football field is only 100 yards long. I'm assuming the 40 became the standard because it's close to the distance a football player would need to run on a typical play.
Anyway, these threads are always the same. I don't understand why someone would be offended by swimming being bashed as a sport then in the next sentence declare "yeah, but X is definitely not a sport." Swimming, football, golf and bowling are all sports. They are just all very different sports. Every sport does not require great endurance, strength, strategy, etc., but they do all require skill and practice to do them well.
