what is a sport

                A sport is an organized activity where there is a winner and a loser.  Many people have a hard time deciding what games are considered sports and what games are not considered sports.  It is easy to say that football, soccer, baseball, and a bunch of other very popular games are sports, but some games are harder to identify. 

Some games that come into question for instance are poker.  It is not a very physical activity, but there is a clear winner and loser.  In my opinion I think that mental activity and strenuous thought can replace or be used instead of physical activity when it comes to defining a sport.  Another activity that was mentioned in class that could be questioned as being a sport or not is celebrity watching.  Celebrity watching, as in people stalking celebrities or paparazzi, could be considered a sport.  For people who just simply stalk celebrities, their idea of a “win” would be getting a picture with the celebrity or just seeing them in person.  It could also be physical activity to stalk a celebrity, but the physical activity might not be shared on both sides if the celebrity has no idea they are being stalked.  Because of the lack of mutual knowledge of the stalking, I do not believe that stalking a celebrity is a sport.  On the other hand, the game of paparazzi versus celebrities is a sport in my opinion.  There is a clear winner and loser.  The paparazzi gets paid for getting a good photograph which is considered a win, and the celebrity can either win or lose depending on the situation.  A win might be getting photographed doing something good or giving back to the community.  A lose, for example, would be getting photographed shaving all of your hair off and having a mental breakdown.  The physical activity comes in with the celebrities avoidance of the paparazzi and the paparazzi’s chasing of the celebrities.  It is somewhat organized because it is a job and a mission of the paparazzi to do this and both parties have knowledge of the situation.   These two examples show how I go through defining what things are sports and what are not sports.