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Message: [QUOTE="cuseincincy, post: 809279, member: 331"] He's right in that they are not athletes. Is car racing a sport? I'd say yes and so is horse racing. But neither jockeys or drivers are athletes in my mind. Juts because you participate in a sport or game does not make you an athlete in my narrow mind. Iw as goign to look up the definition of athlete then decided I didn't really care, I have my own definition in my head and will go with that. Tennis players? Yep they're athletes, but not table tennis. Bowlers? Nope. Golfers" Probably not, its a game and a sport but I don't think of them as athletes. The necessity of hand eye coordination and endurance do not make someone an athlete. And yes I do think baseball players are athletes but the whole 95 mile an hour fastball thing is over rated. Just because soemthing is hard does not make it an athletic activity. Playing the field is athletic but not hitting. Just MO [/QUOTE]