1. The position that the author takes on the definition of a sport is that it doesn't really have one. You define the word yourself, and 'you know it when you see it', because no one can ever agree on what we should define the word as, and everyone wants their sport to be defined as a sport. There is as much or as little criteria as we would like.
2. It seems that it would only be important to have actual accepted criteria for what constitutes a sport for events such as the Olympics or the X games, where certain sports are honored in various ways and everyone can agree that that is their place. Professional football games and such would also be a good place, just so there are specific rules to be abided by in order to play fair.
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