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Re: The fix is in: Rams go to SuperBowl
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:22:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Adrian Drake writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
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> > For that matter, why is pro-wrestling denied the status of "sport" on the
> > grounds that it's scripted, while Figure Skating and Gymnastics, which use
> > highly-coreographed routines, are applauded for the same thing?!
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> I suspect it's not the scripting that is the problem, it's that in wrestling,
> somebody knows who is going to win and tells the athletes that information.
> In your examples, while probably much more heavily scripted than the average
> wrestling match (often, only the finish is predetermined, and the wrestlers
> are free to do whatever stuff they choose during the match) the outcome is not
> known. Since the outcome is not known, it's a sport.
I'll buy that. My question was only a little serious, in any case! 8^)
Dave!
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| (...) I suspect it's not the scripting that is the problem, it's that in wrestling, somebody knows who is going to win and tells the athletes that information. In your examples, while probably much more heavily scripted than the average wrestling (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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