1. Andriesen mentions all of the criteria that make up a sport such as scoring, racing, whether it requires physical effort, taking turns, but he never actually defines his personal opinion. He states that whether an activity is considered a sport is to be determined by each individual. He does compare the Olympic sport curling to requiring "about the same level of effort as sweeping the back porch". This could mean that he is slighting curling as a sport, or he is simply stating that effort isn't an important fact in curling because the sport is still a competition and timing is involved. I think he is implying that an individual my consider an activity to be a sport if it requires one, many, or all of the criteria he has suggested, but that each individual is left to decide that on their own.
2. It might be important to have accepted criteria for what constitutes a sport if you're having a discussion about this topic. I think that everyone is entitled to their own opinion of what a sport is and I will respect that. I think a sport should require physical effort otherwise I would consider it a game. I think that sports can be games, but games cannot be sports. Sports are competitive, but contests are not sports. Knowing the criteria for what a sport is will only benefit you in an argument, otherwise the information can only be applied by the individual.
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