Paintball....a sport?

[tmnothing]

ok if nascar is considered a sport then there would be no doubt that paintball is a sport. nascar is all about who has the most money to build the best machine to do all the work. at least paintball has some physical, atheletic competition involved.

[Teen]

if table tennis is a sport or pool(thats like saying sitting on my arse and watching tv is a sport) then paintball is more than a sport. its a way of life

[Maglover2k]

yes, its an extreme sport, not a normal sport like tennis or golf. Paintball is a competitive, interesting, and EXPENSIVE sport with all the big tournaments and companies. Tell the people at your school that.

Everyone at my school knows of paintball, about 1-2 people per class out of about 60 classes consider it a sport.

[paint_munkey]

dictionary.com definition of sport:

"Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively."

it explains itself.
yes, pb is a sport.

[Peach]

Yeah.. Good thing I scrolled all the way down.. Saved me a trip to the book :-D . But yeah... Anyone that says paintball is not a sport can goto www.webster.com and satisfy all the requirements and more.

[bunkermaster10]

Sport!

Paintball is of course is a sport. If The Winchester dog show is a sport then of course paintball is a sport. They show it on ESPN sometimes(dogshow).

[BobTheCow]

Teamwork is used to (as falconguy said) directly effect the outcome of the game, as well as the other team. Individuals' skills are refined by PRACTICING, there is COACHING and PRACTICING, there are major tournaments... it's a frickin sport.

[Hexis]

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Main Entry: sport
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 a : a source of diversion : RECREATION b : sexual play c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in

I added the bolding.

That makes Paintball clearly a "sport" by Dictionary definition.

[shartley]

[Hexis]

Originally posted by shartley
Then when you walk off the field you can say... "Did you have a good time playing.. sport?"

I love it. Well written.

[paint_munkey]

Re: Sport!

Originally posted by bunkermaster10
Paintball is of course is a sport. If The Winchester dog show is a sport then of course paintball is a sport. They show it on ESPN sometimes(dogshow).

lol. yeah, some of the stuff on espn could hardly pass for an activity.

[*captain_cox*37]

Look at all the sports in the world. Chicks claim that cheerleading is. But how can a sport be in a sport. You guys know what curling is? So stupid.

[BobTheCow]

yay for curling!! lol I remember watching that for like an hour at 2 o'clock in the morning during the last winter olympics... *sigh* yes, I'm pathetic...

And we have this same argument alllll the time at school about crew (rowing). In fact, I've found it harder to convince people that crew is sport, whereas a majority of people I talk to will eventually see paintball as a sport. Stupid ignorant people...

[Doug_7]

PB is definatly a sport. You get a workout from running around and it is a very physical game. For crist sake, some kids at my school think playing counter strike is a sport. (they are in the Counter strike "Porfessinal league").

[gamarada717]

Originally posted by shartley

I totally agree. Right now we're doing a little "sport" and teamwork study in a health class. I was able to convince my coach that paintball was a sport, but then we had to classify it as a team sport or individual sport. No doubt, it's a team sport. Well, not to him. He said that paintball is just you and your "paintgun". Still mad about that....