This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
Nice sport, no sport.
Poker is not a sport. I know it’s the new “thing”, that it fills Canadian broadcasting quotas, and that it’s cheap to produce, but for the love of god stop flooding my television with it. Just play the highlight loop and put poker on where it belongs, ri
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Here Here!Sure it’s competitive, but unless it’s physically demanding – it’s a GAME not a SPORT.Bowling = game, billiards = game.golf = gray areafigure skating = sport.
Put it on the gameshow network!!!! While you’re at it, stop simulcasting presidential debates or state of the union addresses as well. Christ, ctv, atv, asn, cbc, newsnet, newsworld???? People with cable already have those stations on top of cbs,abc,nbc, cnn, etc..Keep golf to the golf channel. It’s not a sport.
Time to turn off the tube and go for a stoll or something. Anything but relying on the idiot box for your entertainment.
Amen. Personally I’ve seen times when poker is on 3 different channels at the same time. Don’t get me wrong, poker night with the guys is fun but watching it on tv is like watching paint dry.