April 05, 2004

Did you ever wonder when fantasy sports games would go out of control?: Well...wonder no more...

posted by MeatSaber to other at 12:16 PM - 8 comments

its not so much a sport, as it is a fantasy.

posted by garfield at 01:47 PM on April 05, 2004

Have we addressed the Cheerleader athletes/Cheerleading sport yet in the locker room? Calling forksclovetofu!

posted by scully at 02:02 PM on April 05, 2004

Have we addressed the Cheerleader athletes/Cheerleading sport yet in the locker room? Calling forksclovetofu! I don't think ANYTHING can be a sport if it's done on the sidelines of a sport. And this "fantasy" game is really creepy. If it had debuted on April 1, I'd have thought for sure that it was a joke.

posted by grum@work at 02:58 PM on April 05, 2004

its kinda like a 'who's hotter' tournament bracket.

posted by garfield at 03:04 PM on April 05, 2004

Doesn't work on Linux. Bastards. (And it thinks I'm using OSX for some reason.)

posted by salmacis at 03:52 AM on April 06, 2004

as a limey I'm probably not qualified to comment on this one but I will anyway. We've never had much luck with cheerleading at our sporting events, it just looks embarrassing. It's one of those things that only Americans can do, like wear a cowboy boots, drink Budweiser and vote for Dubya! Anway, IMO, cheerleading is not a sport, i'm sure it's hard work and requires dedication and skill but whatever way you define sport it aint. Cheerleading is an entertainment and who ever said that sport should be entertaining? Equally darts isn't a sport (it's a bar game) and snooker and pool aren't sports (anything you can drink beer while doing is not a sport!).

posted by Pete at 05:58 AM on April 06, 2004

Pete: Perhaps you do not realize that cheerleaders here have escaped the sidelines and compete in free-range cheerleading events where they lead cheers for ... uh, not sure on this point ... Our Lord Jesus? I think it has as much claim to the word "sport" as gymnastics and diving, and more claim than ice dancing or curling. (One of these days, I'm going to start the Florida curling team.)

posted by rcade at 08:34 AM on April 06, 2004

Florida curling team: Is that the people who do Grandma's hair?

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:24 PM on April 06, 2004

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