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context: Just lost your event, huh?  Sorry about that >
  
  I hit a triple axel twistie flip but my left nut was hanging out of my leotard so the judges took points of my style score. Such bullshit. >
  
  The rules are clear.  Right nut exposure only >
  
  It's true.  The categories are as follows, in descending order of sportiness:
  Sports
  Athletic competitions
  Games >
  
  I 100% agree with this. Sports have an objective winner at the end of the contest. If we have to sit around and see who won by vote…it’s not sport. Things can be difficult and competitive, but not a sport. >
  
  Don’t go using DEFINITIONS and LOGIC. Those are just superfluous. Anyways back to my point… > > > > >
  
  Not a sport:
  Gymnastics
  Synchronized Swimming
  Diving 
  Fishing
  Figure skating
  Dancing >
  
  What are they? And how are baseball, basketball, football, or hockey not judged? There are judges that wear black and white shirts all over the place. >
  
  Judges decide the winners entirely by themselves. Referees do not, except in some sports like boxing and ufc which I brought up in my post why they are still sports, you should read it! >
  
  Referees judge specific components, they can decide if a play that resulted in points was legal or not and can change the score as a result.  
  There just isn’t an objective way to score events in the sports you mentioned. The team with more points still wins though. >
  
  I could make arguments that literally nothing in the entire world is objective. It's really easy. 
  I'm 99% British and 1% French.... let's face it... I'm British. Nothing is purely 1 thing so getting hung up on tiny technicalities is pointless. 
  Technically everything is physics but let's face it, chemistry and physics are two different fields of study even though chemistry is just an extension of physics... but they're both science.... is psychology science though? Sociology? Archeology? Literary theory? This is a nuanced subject, not black and white. >
  
  Queen to queen's level three. 
  What about Chess Boxing?
  I agree chess is a game.  Is boxing a sport? Many matches end in judges deciding the match. >
  
  Like the ufc yes, boxing can end in a judges decision. On the other hand, you have round upon round of direct (literal) combat between opponents that can immediately end a match in their favour by their actions alone. Compare this to gymnastics where the winner is decided entirely by judges and opposing teams are completelyunable to interact with their opponents.
  Very obviously not the same thing at all. It's not cut and dry, these two options aren't completely separate but part of a venn diagram where boxing is heaaavily on the sport side, not the "artistic competition" side. >
  
  What is a sport.
  Is it a reflection of ability?
  Is it a competition between 1 or more individuals/groups? 
  Is it something which is meant to provide entertainment value through the display of skill?
  Is it simply because it is a physical activity centred around a set objective?
  Is it due to the physical exertion from participating in the activity?
  By this logic you present, few to no sports are sports.
  Soccer has referees who can be biased, same with basketball, american football, tennis, etc. 
  Gymnastics have judges who can be biased same with sync swimming, figure skating, dance, etc.
  The only sports left really are running and hurdles, beyond that by your logic of judged sports not being sports, only an activity which contains no external judgement could be deemed a sport. E.g Running, F1, Chess and so on. >
  
  Referees aren't the same as judges since referees don't decide who wins based on their opinion of who played better. 
  Chess isn't a sport since it doesn't require physical exertion. If chess is a sport, then so is doing a crossword puzzle.