“not all athletic events are sports.”
If strength and skill were the only qualifiers to denote a sport, then where is my applause when I get my butt out of the chair, crack open a beer, and snap the cap 15 feet into the garbage can? I mean, strength and skill, right?
Good points. In my mind, a sport is an atheletic event that is objectively defined. For example, bowling and darts are objective, but not atheletic. They are realy games of skill. Figure skating, snow boarding, and gymnastics, require a huge amount of athletic ability, but the subjective scoring makes them an athletic event as opposed to a sport or game of skill.