Austin Sports Guy

I don’t like NASCAR. I’ve never been to a race, and watching it on television is about as fun as a trip to the proctologist. Much like golf, it doesn’t translate well to television in terms of watchability.

 Regardless of my personal disdain of NASCAR, I’m always the first one to defend it when people claim it isn’t a sport. I don’t feel like getting into a philosophical debate about what is and what isn’t a sport; Arguments such as those can never be fully resolved and answered, and it’s impossible for most people to debate things such as this because people will always let their personal feelings get in the way of being objective and unbiased. To say NASCAR or any other form of auto racing isn’t a sport because you find it boring is ignorant. People who claim NASCAR isn’t a sport are usually the same people who say they watch race highlights to see the crashes. A good barometer to determine whether NASCAR is a sport is this: Put on a fire suit, strap yourself in a car, and drive 180 miles an hour with 42 other cars for the next four hours. Don’t even take in to account that the average temperature in a stock car is around 120 degrees. You won’t be affected by the heat, however, considering you’ll probably be dead by lap 3. There’s your answer as to whether or not it’s a sport.

 I’ve always been able to put my personal feelings aside and judge something objectively. It’s human nature to always have some sort of bias, whether conscious or subconsious. One can never be completely objective in judging sports or anything else in life. But most people make no effort to set aside their distaste toward things and judge them for what they are. NASCAR is a sport. The only determining factor in whether I’ll sit down to watch auto racing is the caliber of the gun that’s being held to my head, but never have I said it isn’t a sport because I find it boring. I wish others would do the same

Is digging his own grave as we speak.