{"id":113101,"date":"2026-04-23T09:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/golfers-and-nascar-drivers-are-not-athletes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:25:18","slug":"golfers-and-nascar-drivers-are-not-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/golfers-and-nascar-drivers-are-not-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Golfers and NASCAR drivers are not athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"hidden\"\/><!-- Arbitrary hidden heading for SumoMe to hook into --><\/p>\n<p>Professional golfers and NASCAR drivers might play their sports at an elite level, but that\u2019s not enough for Stephen A. Smith to call them athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Smith recently discussed where LeBron James ranks as one of the greatest athletes ever in terms of longevity. The conversation prompted listeners of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siriusxm.com\/hosts\/stephen-a-smith\">Mad Dog Sports Radio show on SiriusXM<\/a> to call in with other nominees, but when one person suggested Richard Petty, Smith seemed appalled at the thought. After dismissing Petty, Smith clarified the nominees have to be athletes, which he believes should exclude golfers and <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/tag\/nascar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR<\/a> drivers from consideration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on, man. That don\u2019t count. You driving a car!\u201d Smith ranted. \u201cI\u2019m being honest, it\u2019s a great sport. But come on, bro. Getting behind the wheel of a car is not the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith then asked whether a NASCAR driver is an athlete, and while many people would argue the answer is yes, he was asking the question rhetorically. And immediately after negating NASCAR drivers from the athlete conversation, Smith began to disparage pro golfers as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can be behind the wheel of a car in your 60s and 70s for crying out loud. A golfer is not an athlete. A NASCAR driver is not an athlete,\u201d Smith insisted. \u201cJust because you gotta walk the course for 18 holes for four days, that don\u2019t make you an athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re skilled players, they\u2019re elite at what they do. But athletes? Athletes? Are you kidding me?\u201d Smith continued. \u201cIs walking the latest sport that you want to turn into an Olympic sport? Because I guess that would make them athletic, right? Because they can walk. If you\u2019re out there doing stuff that grandmas and grandpas can do, I\u2019m not gonna look at you that way. You\u2019re skilled, you\u2019re phenomenally skilled as a golfer\u2026but that is not an athletic sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Stephen A. Smith, if it\u2019s something people can do in their 60s and 70s, then they\u2019re not athletes. And because a 60-year-old can drive a car or walk a golf course, Smith believes that proves NASCAR drivers and pro golfers are not athletes. But Smith seemingly ignored the fact that a 60-year-old can still throw a baseball, dribble a basketball, lift a weight, and do just about everything that a 25-year-old athlete can do, which by his definition, means there is no such thing as an athlete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA golfer is not an athlete,\u201d Smith maintained. \u201cNASCAR is a sport, are they athletes to because they can get behind the wheel of a car and drive 100 plus miles per hour around the track 500 times, you trying to tell me they\u2019re athletes too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephen A. Smith repeatedly leaned into this take throughout his two-hour show, wildly dismissing the strength, mental and physical stamina required by golfers and NASCAR drivers. 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