So curling is a recognized sport but darts isn't.....?

[Mark TKO]

Never watched curling before but just had olympics on and watched a few minutes of it.

So this is a fucking sport is it. Some guy or bird slowly releases a big clay pot or whatever it is and two others brush the ice as it goes down ??

And darts where two guys play a match of up to 3 hours sometimes throwing accurately for most of that time fails to get the recognition ?

I know which I think is the more skillful

And while I am on it then if pistol shooting is a recognized sport too then why not darts ? I mean yes the guys can shoot accurately but do they expend as much energy as a darts thrower - I think not.

Darts is a big money game now - curlers and pistol shooters will disappear into obscurity once olympics are over.

[HattonTheHammer]

curling requires both tactical and a very small amount of athletic ability.

I recognise all winter olympic events as sports as i do bowls, snooker etc. But i`ll be damned to hell if i ever recognise darts as nothing more than a pub game

[Mark TKO]

so pistol shooting then - you recognize that as a sport ?

[Drago]

i dont give a fk abt the winter games as its every 4 yrs inbetween no one in britain gives a fk! its like tennis no one gives fk in britain abt that unless its wimbledon!

hurling is the worst so called sport in history, its crown green bowling on ice for fks sake!

[Andre]

I give up, I don't get it.

[Andre]

Shooting something sliding down the ice then sweeping up the mess after wards there's a sport.

Wonder if darts could still be held in a drinking bar?

OR outside in the cold blizzard for the winter Olympics.


Or maybe underwater at the end of the pool as a water event.

Blindfolded darts for the specia never mind thats dangerous.

[AdamGB]

Athlete

[Mark TKO]

Hatton you've suddenly gone from comparing darts as a sport with curling and pistol shooting to comparisons with golf, football and tennis. Massive difference when trying to defend darts in that particular arena.

I never questioned those 3 sports - how could I ?


What I'm saying is if certain ones are accepted then others should be.

And yes golf does have resident fat bastards in the top 30

[HattonTheHammer]

Hatton you've suddenly gone from comparing darts as a sport with curling and pistol shooting to comparisons with golf, football and tennis. Massive difference when trying to defend darts in that particular arena.

I never questioned those 3 sports - how could I ?


What I'm saying is if certain ones are accepted then others should be.

And yes golf does have resident fat bastards in the top 30

All im saying is that its a sport that requires 0% physical ability, i completely accept the argument that daly isnt exactly in tip top shape but he still is required to hit a golf ball 300 odd yards.

The reason darts has such a bad rep is because of not only the competitors being in diabolical shape but that in large people that go to these events are watching a pub sport while drinking beer, smoking and being roudy.....the very thing a pub would associate itself with!!

[Andre]

so pistol shooting then - you recognize that as a sport ?

Not as a bar sport

Although some mobsters do here on occasions.


Im fukkin around as usual.

It is really tough determining a Game from a sport though.

[miron_lang]

How about billiards? Do you guys consider it as a sport?

[Andre]

How about billiards? Do you guys consider it as a sport?

Nuh.

[Gandalf]

Darts should be a recognised sport, it requires a lot of skill to become that good. It really doesn't matter if a few of the competitors are overweight, people who play golf are not normally primed to run marathons in under 3 hours either. I love darts and watching it can be fun.

Curling is shite, dunno why anybody would want to watch that TBH.

[HattonTheHammer]

Darts should be a recognised sport, it requires a lot of skill to become that good. It really doesn't matter if a few of the competitors are overweight, people who play golf are not normally primed to run marathons in under 3 hours either. I love darts and watching it can be fun.

Curling is shite, dunno why anybody would want to watch that TBH.

i think all of us outside of canada are agreed that the whole winter olympic thng is a load of shit

bring on global warming