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Beefy
12-18-2006, 08:04 PM
Which sport has the highest purses in history?

Beefy
12-18-2006, 08:04 PM
Captain threadkill should be arriving within nanoseconds. :D

ManU1959
12-18-2006, 08:16 PM
auto racing

Gaffer
12-18-2006, 08:18 PM
He's on his way. Or should I say he comes?

Anyway Horse Racing is my answer.

Beefy
12-18-2006, 08:27 PM
auto racing

Nope

Beefy
12-18-2006, 08:28 PM
He's on his way. Or should I say he comes?

Anyway Horse Racing is my answer.

Nope. But loosely along the same lines.

uscitizen
12-18-2006, 08:32 PM
The red carpet at the academy awards. Those women have some expensive purses.

Battleborne
12-18-2006, 08:34 PM
Probably something dumb like Golf,tennis or sailboat racing!:p

Gaffer
12-18-2006, 08:35 PM
Horse showing then. It has something to do with horses.

Beefy
12-18-2006, 08:37 PM
Horse showing then. It has something to do with horses.

No, nothing to do with horses, but something in common with horse racing.

Battleborne
12-18-2006, 08:42 PM
Horse showing then. It has something to do with horses.



Thats a pretty good guess...Cutting/Reigning has some of the highest purses...although I'm not so sure about the highest!

Battleborne
12-18-2006, 08:46 PM
It just donned on me after checking beefy's profile...gotta be Poker!!! albeit I can't really relate to it as a sport anymore than I do Chess!!!;)

Beefy
12-18-2006, 08:53 PM
It just donned on me after checking beefy's profile...gotta be Poker!!! albeit I can't really relate to it as a sport anymore than I do Chess!!!;)

Yes it is poker, and poker is a sport. Not in the classical sense, but it does require immense endurance, physical prowess, composure, the ability to manage stress, clarity for torturous amounts of time, and acute composure of the body. And for foreigners to come to the US to play poker for a living requires the same visa as any other athlete.

Cypress
12-18-2006, 08:54 PM
Lame.

Poker is not a sport.

Beefy
12-18-2006, 08:58 PM
Lame.

Poker is not a sport.

I forgive your ignorance, for you know not of what you speak.

ManU1959
12-18-2006, 09:37 PM
Yes it is poker, and poker is a sport. Not in the classical sense, but it does require immense endurance, physical prowess, composure, the ability to manage stress, clarity for torturous amounts of time, and acute composure of the body. And for foreigners to come to the US to play poker for a living requires the same visa as any other athlete.

if poker is a sport then chess is a sport.......and neither is a sport

uscitizen
12-18-2006, 10:06 PM
Poker is more of an addiction than a sport.

Why would gamblers anonymous exist otherwise ?

Beefy
12-18-2006, 10:20 PM
Poker is more of an addiction than a sport.

Why would gamblers anonymous exist otherwise ?

There's an element of risk in poker, but ultimately it is a sport of skill. Gambler's anonymous is not full of poker players, but gamblers who are incapable of controlling their betting. Poker is not a game of chance, it is a game of skill with an ELEMENT of chance, and necessary prowess of the body.

Damocles
12-18-2006, 10:54 PM
Captain threadkill should be arriving within nanoseconds. :D
:tongout:

Beefy
12-18-2006, 11:01 PM
A Little late on the comedown there slick.

Damocles
12-18-2006, 11:03 PM
A Little late on the comedown there slick.
Hey, I didn't want to give away the answer too quickly on your "sport" there... So I avoided answering it at all.

Beefy
12-18-2006, 11:36 PM
Hey, I didn't want to give away the answer too quickly on your "sport" there... So I avoided answering it at all.

What's with the quotations on "sport". It is a sport, as much a Guinness drinking.

Damocles
12-18-2006, 11:57 PM
I'd call it a skill rather than a sport...

uscitizen
12-19-2006, 07:29 AM
There's an element of risk in poker, but ultimately it is a sport of skill. Gambler's anonymous is not full of poker players, but gamblers who are incapable of controlling their betting. Poker is not a game of chance, it is a game of skill with an ELEMENT of chance, and necessary prowess of the body.

Please explain this prowess of the body thing.

Damocles
12-19-2006, 07:46 AM
Please explain this prowess of the body thing.
Gotta be able to bluff... If you can't control your body lying to strangers is difficult.

Cypress
12-19-2006, 07:50 AM
I forgive your ignorance, for you know not of what you speak.


Any game where you don't even have to lift your ass out of a chair is not a sport! :tongout:

uscitizen
12-19-2006, 07:53 AM
Gotta be able to bluff... If you can't control your body lying to strangers is difficult.
Then why are there not more women poker players ?

Is Bush a heck of a poker player ?
Naah, he doesn't know when to fold and cut his losses.
but he is a good liar ;)

Beefy
12-19-2006, 11:49 AM
Any game where you don't even have to lift your ass out of a chair is not a sport! :tongout:


Is NasCar a sport?

And Not only do you have to have control when you bluff, you have to have control when you have a monnster hand, and you have to have the ability to remain focused and razor sharp for up to 24 hours at a time.

Damocles
12-19-2006, 12:01 PM
Is NasCar a sport?

And Not only do you have to have control when you bluff, you have to have control when you have a monnster hand, and you have to have the ability to remain focused and razor sharp for up to 24 hours at a time.
Anything you can purchase in the game department of WalMart rather than at a Sporting Goods store is not really a "sport"...

While it may be a diversion, a contest, a game, a skilled event, an one can even have tournaments, it is not a sport...

Beefy
12-19-2006, 12:06 PM
Anything you can purchase in the game department of WalMart rather than at a Sporting Goods store is not really a "sport"...

While it may be a diversion, a contest, a game, a skilled event, an one can even have tournaments, it is not a sport...

Incorrect.

Damocles
12-19-2006, 12:09 PM
Incorrect.
Ahhh... So Monopoly is a sport then. They have tournaments that can last more than 24 hours where people can win a large pot, you must remain focused at all times during the tourney and you can buy it at WalMart in the toy section...

Beefy
12-19-2006, 12:15 PM
Ahhh... So Monopoly is a sport then. They have tournaments that can last more than 24 hours where people can win a large pot, you must remain focused at all times during the tourney and you can buy it at WalMart in the toy section...


Nobody plays Monopoly for $12 Million. And It is a game, and a good one at that, but does not require the same physical abilities as sports, such as acute and intense physical control of the body.

Damocles
12-19-2006, 12:18 PM
Nobody plays Monopoly for $12 Million. And It is a game, and a good one at that, but does not require the same physical abilities as sports, such as acute and intense physical control of the body.
Ahhh, but you are wrong. People play it in tournaments for rather large pots. However, the pot isn't what makes it a sport... If it were then gambling on horse racing (that is a sport but gambling on it isn't) would in itself be a sport. While the jockey and the horse are participating in a sport, gambling on it is not a sport...

It has much the same requirements as Poker does for a "sport" endurance, people play it for large pots at tournaments that last over 24 hours and the fact that you can buy everything you need to play the game with others at the toy section of walmart doesn't preclude it being a "sport"... So, I can see no reason, using your definition, that Monopoly shouldn't be considered a sport.

Damocles
12-19-2006, 12:22 PM
They even have a "World Cup of Monopoly" where the best in the world play for a nice large pot.

Cypress
12-19-2006, 12:24 PM
Anything you can purchase in the game department of WalMart rather than at a Sporting Goods store is not really a "sport"...

While it may be a diversion, a contest, a game, a skilled event, an one can even have tournaments, it is not a sport...


Any game where you don't even have to lift your ass out of a chair is not a sport! :tongout:


Is NasCar a sport?

And Not only do you have to have control when you bluff, you have to have control when you have a monnster hand, and you have to have the ability to remain focused and razor sharp for up to 24 hours at a time.



C'mon man! Be reasonable! A car-seat is not a chair, and that car seat is flying around a track at 200mph, and the difference between life and death is measured in miliseconds and by presicion driving!

uscitizen
12-19-2006, 01:22 PM
Then there is mans favorite sport.....
but then the object of that "sport" seems to be to wind up in the hole....

Beefy
12-19-2006, 01:24 PM
C'mon man! Be reasonable! A car-seat is not a chair, and that car seat is flying around a track at 200mph, and the difference between life and death is measured in miliseconds and by presicion driving!

I disagree.

Beefy
12-19-2006, 01:25 PM
Ahhh, but you are wrong. People play it in tournaments for rather large pots. However, the pot isn't what makes it a sport... If it were then gambling on horse racing (that is a sport but gambling on it isn't) would in itself be a sport. While the jockey and the horse are participating in a sport, gambling on it is not a sport...

It has much the same requirements as Poker does for a "sport" endurance, people play it for large pots at tournaments that last over 24 hours and the fact that you can buy everything you need to play the game with others at the toy section of walmart doesn't preclude it being a "sport"... So, I can see no reason, using your definition, that Monopoly shouldn't be considered a sport.

All right fine, Monopoly is a sport also. You've convinced me.

DigitalDave
12-19-2006, 01:41 PM
lol, though I love Poker, it isn't a sport. mbl, gotta love the effort man, but can't agree with you.. lol

BTW, I will be participating in a poker tournament this weekend. I've been to this tournament three times and have made the final table twice. First time was a money seat. I played looser the next few times and bet away my chips. The first time I was very loose in the beginning and conservative in the end. I survived long enough to get that seat after taking a bunch of chips from people in the beginning. It isn't just a simple game of luck, but it's not quite a sport.

uscitizen
12-19-2006, 01:42 PM
Poker does not require control of the body, a disconnect is required. Easy for sedientiary types.

Beefy
12-19-2006, 01:44 PM
It isn't just a simple game of luck, but it's not quite a sport.

Yes it is.

Anyhow, good luck at the tourney. Remember what Amir Vahedi said: "In order to survive you must be willing to die."

klaatu
12-20-2006, 04:32 AM
Claiming poker is a sport is liken to calling a Casino an Arena ....

uscitizen
12-20-2006, 07:51 AM
The players probably view themselves as entering a grand arena for a battle ;)