binary solo said:
Target shooting is a sport, and that requires less physical exertion than playing a video game. In fact the less you move in target shooting the better. And in some cases you spend the entire time lying on a mat. The general dictionary definitions for sport are really poor for encompassing all things that the vast majority of people do agree are sports, and they're even worse for things that are on the margins of what people agree are sports. For every argument there is against pro-competition video games being sports there are counter arguments that can be found in events that are widely accepted as sports, including sports that have been Olympic events for decades. |
Do you know how much physical exertion it takes to "hold still"? A lot actually. Have you ever held a shotgun or a rifle? Most are pretty hefty (compared to a game controller anyways) and require some strength to to hold and keep it trained on a target. There is definitely physical exertion in target shooting. The definition holds.