Friday, July 22, 2005

Poker is a sport

Here's more food for thought related to the chess is a sport debate. This article from the Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal considers whether poker ought to be considered a sport. Here are a few of the juicier quotes:
"I think if you start calling poker a sport, then you might have to call the CEO at Chrysler an athlete because his job is just sitting and thinking and doing strategy,"...

"It's very, very competitive -- and it's an endurance test as well. It's mental and physical endurance. If you think it's easy to sit there for 13, 13-½ hours for five to six days in a row, you're sadly mistaken."...

"We consider chess a sport, and if you're going to consider chess a sport, then poker is a sport,"...

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