Curling is not a sport, it's for retards and janitors

Hello FanBoy, So we meet again. I have to admit i don't watch Curling nor care for this sport. But for this debate, i will be arguing why it not just a sport but it been recognized by the Olympics committee as a sport, and it has for a while now. Just a little history of Curling "Evidence that curling existed in Scotland in the early 16th century includes a curling stone inscribed with the date 1511 uncovered (along with another bearing the date 1551) when an old pond was drained at Dunblane, Scotland." (1.) https://en.wikipedia.org... Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, and shuffleboard. Curling has two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a circular target marked on the ice. "Curling has been an official sport in the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics. It currently includes men's and women's tournaments. A mixed doubles Olympic event was considered but rejected for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.[13] Mixed doubles has now been added to the Olympics in the most upcoming Olympic Games in 2018." (2.)https://en.wikipedia.org... The purpose of a game is to score points by getting stones closer to the house center, or the "button" than the other team's stones. Players from either team alternate in taking shots from the far side of the sheet. The game end or is complete when all eight rocks from each team have been delivered, a total of sixteen stones. If the teams are tied at the end of the game, play continues for as many ends as may be required to break the tie. The winner is the team with the highest score after all ends have been completed. "In international competition, each side is given 73 minutes to complete all of its throws". (3 )https://en.wikipedia.org... You could think of this as a Baseball-style scoreboard, it has 10, and every team needs to try to score in these round sometimes you get nothing or other time you could get in the double digits. A curling stone generally weights anywhere from 42 to 44 pounds. My opponent wants to claim that this isn't a sport or a real sport. but when in fact he is wrong, if Curling wasn't a real sport it would have no business in the Winter Olympics. He also wants to claim anybody could do this, he said: "This is an activity that can be done by anyone and is no different then lawn darts, horse shoe throwing, or darts, you can be a 400lb beer drinking, holding a smoke in your mouth type athlete". Yes, it true you could do this sport if you go to the skating rink, or have a flat surface, where the rock could slide. You can do this sport anywhere like in the street of your neighborhood. So, yes you could do this sport just like any other sport, you can ride a bike, you can play basketball or throw a football around, or you can run. But not everybody could be a professional athlete, you can't just ask the Olympic committee to be part of a curling team you need to qualify for it. By the way lawn darts, horseshoes throwing, or darts in'st an Olympic sport. Curling can be physically demanding: "Sweeping a stone can be highly physically demanding and whilst not every stone will be swept with maximum intensity, the ability to recovery quickly and sustain sweeping intensity throughout a game and tournament is paramount to success. Effective sweeping can require a combination of greater downward force and faster sweeping speed depending on stone speed and playing position, coupled with the ability to sweep on either side of a stone and a high level of team sweeping coordination and efficiency". (4.) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... So, no a 400-pound man or woman can not play this sport. Another aspect of my opponent claim is curling is made for the retards and janitors and only they could play, this is further than the truth, Curling actually has an upscale people playing this sport. Kind of like golf, or like Rugby, or Cricket. the wealthy like playing curling. Anyways looking forward to what have you next Fanboy...