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[–] BoracicBaronetYr 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I cringe at the reaction I might receive from shitlords for calling these sports but my two best sports are golf and bowling, (I play to somewhere between a 2-6 handicap depending on how often I've been able to play recently and average anywhere in the 210-225 range on walled house conditions in the two leagues I still bowl (don't have time to practice anymore, six games a week is what I get) either way, fairly respectable amateur status in both,) and some of my "competition" over the years were such disgusting fat pieces of shit that you would not believe.

Despite my initial disclaimer, you may or may not (probably not as likely here as the gen pop) be surprised to know that while they can "compete" because of sitting and eating permitted during the sports; particularly in golfing tournaments where carts aren't permitted (most except for seniors or like member-guest private club type stuff,) or long qualifying round bowling tournaments the fats are drawing pretty much fucking dead... even outside those scenarios, being unaesthetic and out of shape doesn't just fuck up your cardio abilities, they have too much dead mass (read: hanging fat) for their muscles to control in precise movements for games which require basically precision/repetition through muscle memory and fluid/controlled bursts of isolated muscle group exertion.

So like the rare fat who ccl how gross they are dirtybulktilltheydienever cut who can actually lift some pretty heavy shit, they may be able to compete in the arena of really great participants, but they can't be one of the great ones.

Examples of great bowlers and golfers: (prime) Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth. Peter Weber (most major titles of all time despite being a beloved headcase with substance abuse issues,) Mohamed Janahi (#3 ranked international bowler,) Mike Fagan (2015 PBA World Champion/2012 Masters Winner/2 time US Open runner up,) Kelly Kulick (Only woman to win an exemption onto the old PBA tour, first/only woman to win an open PBA (non-regional) tournament and in turn an open major.)

A bunch of pretty good, but never-were-great, professionals in those sports at least one who was probably held back from elite all time status by being a fat (and, of course, the character flaws it implies.) Not even going to name them: Bowler, Golfer, Golfer, Golfer, Bowler, Golfer, Bowler.

Point of this long winded rant, if it has a cogent point of any sort, is this: Yes, the fats making a mockery of those who actually try to optimize their performance in your sport is annoying. Yes, some sports require little enough sustained energy output rather than bursts of mass(see many, many NFL lineman before they became obscenely overpaid, and really still) or are coordination based enough that they can achieve a modicum of success for a while. However, you can console yourself with this; they will never be great, they will never be respected, the fat will impact them eventually to the point of removing them from competition (so many late 30s- early 40s regional tour bowlers drop out because of "genetic" bad knees and hips, for instance,) and whatever "skill level" they have is less than it would be if they had an discipline, for more reason than one. More than most, they are their own worst enemy, ours too.

Oh, also, even if that all weren't true (it is,) they still have to wake up in the morning and be fat... for the short time they retain that privilege of waking up.

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[–] mangiamerdeemorte [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I got yelled at for calling CrossFit a sport. But yeah, golf and bowling are also sports that require precision. Can't do it if you're fat.