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Formally, [[:Category:Sports|sports]] are organized comparative activities requiring "commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means"<ref name="wiki"/>, which means that nearly all games are sports if their exists a social organization to support them. However, in common use [[:Category:Sports|sports]] are considered activities requiring physical effort - calling [[Chess]] a [[:Category:Sports|sport]] does usually not come natural while [[Soccer]] is typically referred to as a [[:Category:Sports|sport]] regardless of if a match is organized or not. The categorization on the wiki follows the common use of the term. | Formally, [[:Category:Sports|sports]] are organized comparative activities requiring "commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means"<ref name="wiki"/>, which means that nearly all games are sports if their exists a social organization to support them. However, in common use [[:Category:Sports|sports]] are considered activities requiring physical effort - calling [[Chess]] a [[:Category:Sports|sport]] does usually not come natural while [[Soccer]] is typically referred to as a [[:Category:Sports|sport]] regardless of if a match is organized or not. The categorization on the wiki follows the common use of the term. | ||
Revision as of 09:52, 4 January 2011
Formally, sports are organized comparative activities requiring "commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means"[1], which means that nearly all games are sports if their exists a social organization to support them. However, in common use sports are considered activities requiring physical effort - calling Chess a sport does usually not come natural while Soccer is typically referred to as a sport regardless of if a match is organized or not. The categorization on the wiki follows the common use of the term.
References
Acknowledgments
Sus Lundgren
Pages in category "Sports"
The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
