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spec·ta·tor sport

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spectator sportnoun

    a sport that many people find entertaining to watch

Wiktionary

  1. spectator sportnoun

    Something, especially a process or activity, which is a popular object of observation; an activity which a person prefers to watch rather than to participate in.

  2. spectator sportnoun

    An activity which consists of watching or observing.

Wikipedia

  1. Spectator sport

    A spectator sport is a sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its competitions. Spectator sports may be professional sports or amateur sports. They often are distinguished from participant sports, which are more recreational. Most popular sports are both spectator and participant, for example association football, basketball, cricket, tennis, rugby, golf, athletics and volleyball. Less popular sports are mainly participant sports, for example hunting. The increasing broadcasting of sports events, along with media reporting can affect the number of people attending sports due to the ability to experience the sport without the need to physically attend and sometimes an increasingly enhanced experience including highlights, replays, commentary, statistics and analysis. Some sports are particularly known as "armchair sports" or "lounge room sports" due to the quality of the broadcasting experience in comparison to the live experience. Spectator sports have built their own set of culture and traditions including, in the United States, cheerleading and pre-game and half time entertainment such as fireworks, particularly for big games such as competition decider events and international tests. The passion of some sports fans also means that there are occasionally spectator incidents. The North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) devotes much of their annual conference to research addressing the psychology behind a desire to view spectator sports, and how it might be leveraged to increase demand. Much of the research focuses on exploiting a need for vicarious achievement, and a desire within the spectator to project a public image through a declaration of team allegiance. Separation of the active and the passive, the line between sport and spectator, gives rise to the paradox of the spectator—described by French philosopher Jacques Rancière; which is to seek an opportunity to passively contemplate engaging in an activity, and in doing so, forfeit that life moment one might have used to actually engage in the activity.

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  1. spectator sport

    A spectator sport is a type of sport or game that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or individuals who watch and follow the event, often in a stadium, arena, or through media such as television and internet. These sports are typically popular and have large, dedicated fan bases. Examples include football, basketball, baseball, and soccer among others.

Wikidata

  1. Spectator sport

    A spectator sport is a sport that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its matches. For instance, American football, association football, baseball, basketball, Canadian football, cricket, field hockey, Formula One, ice hockey, rugby league, rugby union, team handball and volleyball are spectator sports, while hunting or underwater hockey typically are not. Spectator sports may be professional sports or amateur sports. They often are distinguished from participant sports, which are more recreational; golf and tennis can be either. Association football, also known as soccer, is by far the most watched sport on the planet. Spectator sports require venues or sometimes stadiums in which the fans may observe a game or event. The largest such facility on earth is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and thus is host to the greatest spectacle in all of sports every year, the Indy 500, with a single day attendance at 400,000. The increasing broadcasting of sports events, along with media reporting can affect the number of people attending sports due to the ability to experience the sport without the need to physically attend and sometimes an increasingly enhanced experience including highlights, replays, commentary, statistics and analysis. Some sports are particularly known as "armchair sports" or "lounge room sports" due to the quality of the broadcasting experience in comparison to the live experience.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spectator sport in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spectator sport in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of spectator sport in a Sentence

  1. Eddie Ray Routh:

    I asked him a couple of times, 'Hey, are you gonna shoot?' this isn't a spectator sport. It's a shooting sport. You shoot. And that's what got all, you know, wired up.

  2. Nazma Khan:

    If we keep living in our silos, we will never be able to break down barriers and stereotypes, social justice is not a spectator sport, so if we don't work for it, nothing will change.

  3. Jim France:

    Race fans are, and always will be, the lifeblood of NASCAR. Few knew this better than Bruton Smith, bruton built his race tracks employing a simple philosophy; give face fans memories they will cherish for a lifetime. In doing do, Bruton helped grow NASCAR's popularity as the preeminent spectator sport.

  4. Jockey Club:

    Horseracing is the second biggest spectator sport in Britain and we want to ensure a new generation of fans are constantly discovering the drama and excitement of its stories.

  5. Marc Levine:

    Democracy is not a spectator sport -- it requires the active participation of all its citizens, california is a national leader on expanding voting rights to its citizens. Those rights come with a responsibility by registered voters to cast their ballot and make sure that their voice is heard by their government. This is not a time to be complacent at the ballot box.

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