James RickardWhat makes a sport?
January 12th 2011 02:16
Although I do quite a bit of angling, I sometimes wonder about the legitimacy of fishing as a sport. What makes a sport? Is it simply competition between foes?
If that's the case, why don't we make worm harvesting a sport???
Before you scoff and wave me off, click on this page and think again.
After I found the above link I found this so, if competition is any barometer of a sport's legitimacy, it appears that worm harvesting or "charming" as it's called, is the real deal.
If that's the case, why don't we make worm harvesting a sport???
Before you scoff and wave me off, click on this page and think again.
After I found the above link I found this so, if competition is any barometer of a sport's legitimacy, it appears that worm harvesting or "charming" as it's called, is the real deal.
With awards given to the finder of the most worms and heaviest worm, someone must think it's a sport!
I began thinking about worms back in 2004 when I ran across this article In National Geographic Magazine.
Although the article talks more about the town itself than worms, one fact jumped out at me--that was the price people are willing to pay for worms.
I usually see a dozen worms go for around $2.50-$3.00. That may not seem like much but, it's a far cry from my youth when I saw young entrepreneurs selling their wares after a rainy night for around a buck and a half a dozen. That lasted until the kid across the street started selling worms also and prices plummeted to $1.00 per dozen. (No doubt, the kids learned something about supply and demand from that.)
Lest I bask in remembrance of my youth, I'll leave it to you. Is fishing a sport? What about worm charming?
I'll let you decide.
Remember to take the hooks outta yer pocket before ya sit down!
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