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    It is not the case that Sport is a species of game, defined as a game of physical skill with a stable wide following.

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    • 1.Wittgenstein's family resemblance argument entails that 'sport' lacks necessary and sufficient conditions and admits only overlapping similarities.
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    • 2.Suits's four-condition definition imposes an essentialist structure that Wittgenstein's analysis of 'game' itself was designed to undermine.
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    • 3.A definition of sport built on a definition of game inherits the original family resemblance problem rather than resolving it.
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    • 1.Chess, a paradigm case of sport in Olympic and international contexts, involves no meaningful physical skill beyond piece manipulation.
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    • 2.If chess counts as sport institutionally but fails Suits's physical skill criterion, the definition excludes recognized sports by fiat.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.A game becomes a sport if: (1) the game is a game of skill, (2) the skill is physical, (3) the game has a wide following, and (4) the following achieves a certain level of stability.
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    • 2.Suits's definition of sport incorporates his earlier definition of game and adds criteria distinctive to sport.
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