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    In sports, the outcome of the game must depend on the exe... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Card games and chess are not sports because the physical manner of moving the body is irrelevant to their outcomes.

    In sports, the outcome of the game must depend on the exercise of physical skills.

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    Suits draws on his definition of games to provide a definition of sport. He defines sports as ‘games of physical skill’ (Suits, 1988, 2), incorporating the elements of his earlier definition of game and adding further elements that are distinctive to sport as compared to other types of games. In particular, a game becomes a sport by meeting the following criteria: ‘(1) that the game be a game of skill; (2) that the skill be physical; (3) that the game has a wide following; and (4) that the follo

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