Is bowling a sport or not?

[rr2418]

This was one of the topics on the Jim Rome show today. Jim says that bowling is not a sport but a recreational activity. I've been bowling for 30 years and I really never considered bowling to be a sport. I guess to me when I think of a sport, I think of a physical type game like football, basketball, and baseball, to name a few. But, to be competative, you have to be skilled and have coordination. It also doesn't hurt to be in good physical condition. What do ya'll think?

[samikeyp]

yes.

KEDA's response to thread in 5....4.....3....

[ALVAREZ6]

Bowling = hobby

[Summers]

It's more of a sport than poker and I can't surf through the sports channels without finding a poker tournament. I find that extremely annoying.

[mouse]

If grown men hitting a little white ball into a very small hole in the ground is a Sport?

Then why not a grown man tossing a huge hevy ball over 20 yards to knock down 10 heavy pins?

[Horry For 3!]

Bowling isn't a sport.

If it was then i'd be playing it because I am bad ass.

[NZHayden]

its either the worlds biggest hobby or a sport

[smeagol]

Sissy Sport

[Shelly]

Ask Sequ.

[samikeyp]

Sissy Sport

so it is a sport!

[sickdsm]

Nifty 650

[j-6]

If car racing is considered a sport, I don't see how you can exclude bowling.

[midgetonadonkey]

If compe ive eating is a sport than bowling is one as well.

[lilmads]

If compe ive eating is a sport than bowling is one as well.

So true...
I wonder if cheerleading is a sport?

[Horry For 3!]

If compe ive eating is a sport than bowling is one as well.

Were you in any contests?

[ClintSquint]

"Damn right it is!"

[midgetonadonkey]

Were you in any contests?

Nope. Have you been in any drag shows lately?

[Horry For 3!]

Nope. Have you been in any drag shows lately?

Nope sorry, too good for that.

[midgetonadonkey]

Nope sorry, too good for that.

So you are still a closet queen I take it.

[TNT21]

I didn't think baseball was a sport!

[Horry For 3!]

So you are still a closet queen I take it.

Closet queen?

[midgetonadonkey]

Closet queen?

You know you spend your nights in your room alone, dressing in your mom's dresses and pantyhose, listening to Cher and Elton John.

[KEDA]

yes.

KEDA's response to thread in 5....4.....3....

here is my answer


Bowling is NOT a sport

although you have to have a good physical game, and being in shape really helps, especially in tournaments of 10 games or more. And the fact since I have lost weight, and started to lift weights, and I am throwing the ball better than I have in 5 years, I still believe it is a GAME, not a sport, a GAME PERIOD!!!!!!!!


Your bowling score is dictated by the lane condition, which is controlled by the man running the lanes. Many tournaments I have either been shut out or had an unfair chance of winning because the bowling center (Astro) has shut out the right handed bowlers, by either making the pattern VERY difficult or making the left side of the lane more accessable to the pocket.

Also, I dont consider it a sport because the person that wins isnt allways the best bowler there. I realize this is the case in other sports, but you dont live and die by getting breaks like bowling. I have thorwn many good shots just to get hosed by an 8 pin or a "stone" 9 or a messenger pin that has missed.

So, to make a long story short, NO I dont consider bowling a sport!


Racecar driving, yes
Golf, yes
Tennis, yes

Bowling NO!

its kind of funny that Im bashing bowling when I have a bowling avatar, and my sig is promoting a ball.

[KEDA]

"Damn right it is!"

By the way

R I P Chris Shenkel

I spen many saturdays after bowling junior league sitting in my dads office watching him and Bo Burton Jr. do the telecast!

[ClintSquint]

By the way

R I P Chris Shenkel

I spen many saturdays after bowling junior league sitting in my dads office watching him and Bo Burton Jr. do the telecast!

Me too. Miss him.