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Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre
Lets say we try to define sex as a sport.
The immediate problem we run into is -
1 - Winning at sex is subjective. Just having sex is not a winning condition. There must be a degree by which one can compete with others - is that bar number of orgasms had, number of times had sex, number of places had sex in, etc etc? By which metric can one beat "competition" in order to become a world champion of sex?
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Panel of three judges as in diving or boxing to mediate scores on one or all of the above counts, depending on which variation?
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Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre
2 - Assuming one defines such a metric, how does one verify it? Is there a system in place which defines and specifies the conditions by which one can be agreed to have achieved the set goal, and can be relied upon to not be erroneous or otherwise biased? Other sports use either a points based system of definite moments, such as goals, baskets, shots on target, etc. In subjective disciplines an impartial panel of judges is chosen and their scores averaged to provide a fair representation.
3 - Assuming we have both of those things, to who do we turn if there is a disagreement with the set criteria, or if someone is suspected of illegitimate play (IE hiring prostitutes when the rules forbid it)? In a sport, there is a body, set of bodies, or a multiple of bodies that may run concurrent, independent, or joint events, to whom competitors can turn in the event of a need for external arbitration.
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Again, the independent adjudicators? You just need to draw up the criteria and bam, you've made a sport?