| Re: Sports vs. Activities
It's an age-old argument, but for me it comes down to two things: One, "activities" like figure skating and diving have been institutions in the world of sports for many, many, many years; and two, it takes an incredible amount of physical skill to do both.
There are obviously ethical dilemmas in any judge-based sport, as seen in figure the skating the past decade or so, but I have absolutely no problem calling figure skaters athletes. The stuff they pull off is incredible. |