darts sport or game

[billyo]

i love watching the darts on telly but my mate says it's not a sport just a game, give us a clue

 

[noseall]

it is a sporty-game or pastime.

 

[billyo]

nice sound to that any more

 

[RF Lighting]

Why not add a poll to your first post?

 

[tim west]

when it gets the exposure, the money and the names playing its a sport.
they also say football is a funny old game but most would say its a sport.

 

[dave.m]

when it gets the exposure, the money and the names playing its a sport.
they also say football is a funny old game but most would say its a sport.

Tim,
Edit 'sport' for 'business'

 

[tim west]

very true, its a shame big money has entered into sport and ruined it.

 

[billyo]

every time the man in the street take a game or sport to there hearts the ad men move in then the prima donna's then the t.v.have it on wall to wall
and every kid wants his or hers 15 min 'sof fame we wonder iwhere it all went wrong

 

[JohnD]

professional football is a branch of showbiz.

 

[AndersonC]

I'm a keen darter, so an interesting post (note I said 'keen', not good!) Compare it to shooting or archery. You are hitting, or aiming at, a target from a fixed distance away from it. Is shooting or archery described as a game? It is played in olympic competitions so probably it gets the full 'sport' treatment.
Darts has come on a hell of a long way since the days of Jocky Wilson and Eric Bristow slogging it out in smoke filled clubs, with pints of lager as refreshment. The likes of Phil Taylor train in gyms just to get themselves fit enough to play on a stage in baking heat for a couple of hours. This has served well to raise the profile of the players.

The formation of the PDC has resulted in the darts players who choose to go 'pro' being in a better position than ever before with hundreds of thousands of pounds of prize money available on the circuit. This, in my opinion, makes this particular side of it a 'sport'.

But I suppose I wouldn't call having a few games of 501 with your mate over a few pints in the local a sport, it's more of a game then.

Now, let's cover some more "pub olympics" - what about pool and snooker?

 

[billyo]

or bar billiards if i only new the rules

 

[megawatt]

The likes of Phil Taylor train in gyms just to get themselves fit enough to play on a stage in baking heat for a couple of hours.

If I were him I'd ask for a refund of my gym subscription

 

[Shutpa]

If darts is a sport then so is snooker. Must get to the gym to get in training for my match tonight.

 

[billyo]

Bolo, is there a bar in your gym