Over the years my friends and I have often discussed criteria necessary to deem a competition a sport, and even though most of these debates occurred over countless pitchers of beer, we have been able to whittle down our standards to what we believe to be a fairly thorough list of items that must be met to satisfy our scrutiny. First and foremost there is an underlying assumption that physical activity is involved. Not the sweat you get while playing Halo, but the type that results from true physical exertion.

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