Is a programming competition a sport?

David Smith a Microsoft Student Ambassador at Michigan State University asks on his blog whether or not a programming competition could be considered a sport or not. What do you think? 

--Eric (Grand Valley State University)

Comments

• Anonymous
  March 27, 2005
  Absolutely not, unless your programming competition involves running around from one computer to another, and doing push ups and sits ups in between builds :)
  
  A sport requires not only mental ability, but physical ability (a minimum, typing doesn't count) as well. So no, programming is not a sport, neither should poker, chess... be considered sports.
  
  From what I heard, racing requires a great deal of physical ability to control the car, so I would consider racing a sport.
  
• Anonymous
  March 27, 2005
  Quick answer: No.
  
  Longer answer: Let me think about it for a second...no.