Philosophy
What is the difference between games, sports, and athletics? While surely not all games are sports, can we say that all sports are games? Not all athletic activities sports, but are all sports athletic activities? What about competitive ballroom dancing? It is a competition and physical, but is it a sport? Is it a game? Are the dancers athletes? How about body building? Is it a sport? A game? If so, would that make beauty pageants sports? Surely, the contestants train for it in similar ways. There is strategy involved. But it doesn't seem like we should call the contestants athletes, or should we?
- Should Computers Be Allowed On The Sidelines?
Laptops and iPads are now used extensively in sports. From scouting to playbooks, like everything else it is all going electronic. If allowed during games, coaches and players could analyze opponents' tendencies and pick up on weaknesses with statistical...
- Is Cheerleading A Sport?
A federal judge has ruled out competitive cheer as a sport. Athletic programs at colleges and universities across the country have been considering it as one in order to meet Title IX requirements to fund male and female sports at commensurate levels....
- Reclaiming Sports
A number of sports stories in the news lately. Today, the trial began for a football coach from Louisville, Kentucky charged with reckless homocide for running his team so hard in the heat and depriving them of water that two of the kids ended up in the...
- Age Limits And The Olympics
If the Chinese gymnasts were underage (and there seems little to suggest they were not), then that would be problematic because China would have knowingly broken the rules to give themselves an advantage. But should that advantage be given to all? If...
- It's "madness" For Sure
"College Sports Spending: The Real March Madness? by Sean Gregory March 21st, 2013 Time Who pays the bills for college sports? At most public institutions, it’s students and taxpayers. And in an era of rising tuition costs, and economic uncertainty,...
Philosophy
What's the Difference?: Athletics, Sports, and Games
What is the difference between games, sports, and athletics? While surely not all games are sports, can we say that all sports are games? Not all athletic activities sports, but are all sports athletic activities? What about competitive ballroom dancing? It is a competition and physical, but is it a sport? Is it a game? Are the dancers athletes? How about body building? Is it a sport? A game? If so, would that make beauty pageants sports? Surely, the contestants train for it in similar ways. There is strategy involved. But it doesn't seem like we should call the contestants athletes, or should we?
- Should Computers Be Allowed On The Sidelines?
Laptops and iPads are now used extensively in sports. From scouting to playbooks, like everything else it is all going electronic. If allowed during games, coaches and players could analyze opponents' tendencies and pick up on weaknesses with statistical...
- Is Cheerleading A Sport?
A federal judge has ruled out competitive cheer as a sport. Athletic programs at colleges and universities across the country have been considering it as one in order to meet Title IX requirements to fund male and female sports at commensurate levels....
- Reclaiming Sports
A number of sports stories in the news lately. Today, the trial began for a football coach from Louisville, Kentucky charged with reckless homocide for running his team so hard in the heat and depriving them of water that two of the kids ended up in the...
- Age Limits And The Olympics
If the Chinese gymnasts were underage (and there seems little to suggest they were not), then that would be problematic because China would have knowingly broken the rules to give themselves an advantage. But should that advantage be given to all? If...
- It's "madness" For Sure
"College Sports Spending: The Real March Madness? by Sean Gregory March 21st, 2013 Time Who pays the bills for college sports? At most public institutions, it’s students and taxpayers. And in an era of rising tuition costs, and economic uncertainty,...