Footbag featured in todays (11/26/07) New York Times!!!!!!!

bdams19 · Post by **bdams19** » 29 Nov 2007 23:39

op makes me wanna punch babies

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 30 Nov 2007 05:12

i call it tea-baggin and yes its a sport.

PoisonTaffy · Post by **PoisonTaffy** » 30 Nov 2007 08:01

Me and my friends call it poopsack when it smells accordingly.

Frank_Sinatra · Post by **Frank_Sinatra** » 30 Nov 2007 08:54

This thread keeps getting better, and my respect for DonC keeps growing.

More exclamation points in the title, please.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 30 Nov 2007 09:18

so he calls it footbag in the title but defends it's name as hackysack

BUWHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 30 Nov 2007 10:25

DonC wrote:Our sport has finally made it to the main stream media!

DonC wrote:come on people. It's not a sport. It's a game. a great game. A fun game. A game some of you people are extremely good at. But a sport? Nah. Sports are organized and lame.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 01 Dec 2007 04:32

I'm pretty sure that this very same question and answer (or similar, since we haven't seen the word for word question and answer) came up a few years ago. I definitely have vague memories of a big US paper having "hackysack" as answer to a crossword. Anybody know what I'm talking about?

Benzilla · Post by **Benzilla** » 01 Dec 2007 06:22

PegLegHolly wrote:hackyfootsackybag

crazylegs32 · Post by **crazylegs32** » 06 Dec 2007 17:44

Its a game and not a sport unless you are competing. And I usually call it hacking.

DonC · Post by **DonC** » 06 Dec 2007 21:38

Amen to that.

Grade Zero · Post by **Grade Zero** » 06 Dec 2007 22:31

PegLegHolly wrote:hackyfootsackybag

*new vocab word aquired*

*video-game-like confirmation sound*

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 10 Dec 2007 01:06

crazylegs32 wrote:Its a game and not a sport unless you are competing.

Um, do you have any kind of an argument to back that up?

I say hacking a lot too cause "shredding" doesn't always suit. Kicking is another handy one.

And Don... oh dear lord....

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 10 Dec 2007 05:40

Sport is, by definition, competitive.

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 11 Dec 2007 00:23

So all sports are games when not in a strictly competitive environment?

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 11 Dec 2007 07:09

Sport- an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.

athletic- yes, most who play foobag are athletic and it really helps (a lot) as with most other SPORTS.

skill- obviously skill is required, we practice hours every day!

physical prowess (exceptional ability)- Yes, much physical ability is required, anyone who has played for more than a couple months would know that.

often competative- yes! we do have competitions and it CAN be scored!

WELL, THAT WRAPS IT UP! IT'S A SPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DonC · Post by **DonC** » 11 Dec 2007 19:49

You're all wrong especially that annoying Australian know it all- Jeremy.
Listen up fatcat and Allow me to explain:
There is a difference between a sport, and a competition.
Footbag is a competition- not a sport.
A competition is something where the results depend on the opinion of a judge. Like figure skating, diving and footbag. It is competitive but there is a subjective aspect to it as well.
A sport requires a clear cut winner- who has the highest score when the time runs out, who is the fastest, who had the best time and so on.

I could be wrong. Who knows. HACKY SACK!!!

Frank_Sinatra · Post by **Frank_Sinatra** » 11 Dec 2007 20:21

Here's a headline I just read in the New York Times:

DonC - the troll of tomorrow, today?

Post by **Zac Miley** » 11 Dec 2007 20:22

DonC wrote:You're all wrong especially that annoying Australian know it all- Jeremy.
Listen up fatcat and Allow me to explain:
There is a difference between a sport, and a competition.
Footbag is a competition- not a sport.
A competition is something where the results depend on the opinion of a judge. Like figure skating, diving and footbag. It is competitive but there is a subjective aspect to it as well.
A sport requires a clear cut winner- who has the highest score when the time runs out, who is the fastest, who had the best time and so on.

I could be wrong. Who knows. HACKY SACK!!!

You totally just pulled that out of your ass.

DonC · Post by **DonC** » 11 Dec 2007 20:33

Sorry but i didnt have time to cite any scholarly sources professor Isilwar.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 11 Dec 2007 20:38

I didn't say you had to cite sources.

I said you totally just made that up. What you said doesn't make any sense. "It's a competition but not a sport." Come on. Seriously.

In Ben's definition (that he obviously looked up) it says a sport is competitive. Meow.

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