- The activity MUST require hand/eye coordination (This eliminates soccer along with non-physical activites like chess and spelling bee competitions)
- There must be a projectile involved, i.e.; a ball, puck or gloved fist. (This eliminates video games and competitive eating)
- The person MUST be the athlete. (This eliminates all driving activities, where the car is the athlete, as well as all animal related games like rodeo, horse racing and cock-fighting)
- There must be legitimate potential physical contact with other people and/or legitimate injury potential (This eliminates asinine entries like bowling, croquet, golf, fishing, pool, tennis)
- The game must either be American by birth or America must have stolen it from its birth nation (goodbye rugby, cricket, running with the bulls and karate)
- The activity MUST have national appeal across all of America, not just regional pockets of popularity. (This eliminates lacrosse, rowing and fluffernutter eating)
- The game cannot be played in water (All swimming related activities, diving and of course water polo are gone, as well as marco polo)
- Women can't be good at it (This kills softball, volleyball, roller derby and tennis)
- The activity cannot fall under the heading of "extreme, ultimate and/or adrenaline rush activities." Things you do to cheat death are not sports, they're just showing off. (Goodbye all motorbiking, rock climbing, fighting that isn't boxing, skateboarding and the rest)
- Can't be stupid (paintball)
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