Cornhole is a game where opponents, standing side by side, try to toss a bag full of corn kernels (or just a bean bag) onto the inclined plank opposite of them, or preferably, through the hole. The other team members are opposite of them trying to do the same.(see visual aid) Here's a link explaining the full rules:
http://www.playcornhole.org/rules.shtml
Not a whole lot of athleticism here; and as far as it's appeal to spectators, it's considerably more entertaining when the opponents are wasted. This might explain it's popularity at various social gatherings such as frat parties, family barbecues, hippie festivals, and dive bars.
If the game of horse shoes could be considered a sport, then Cornhole definitely has a chance. The option of knocking an opponents bag off the plank gives the game a 'shuffleboardesque' quality, a feature that horse shoes lacks despite the two games' similarities.
Realistically, let's face it, Cornhole will never make it into the Olympics. At best, a cornhole tournament might one day get televised at 3 AM on one of the more obscure ESPN channels with sponsorship from Lunesta. I highly doubt that at anytime soon people will be discussing the 'Michael Jordan era' of Cornhole; most of the world is still trying to wrap it's head around curling, and has little time for anything more trivial.
No, no, NOT a sport!!! By the same principles that I mantain curling is not a sport. And I revert to my note about games that are encouraged to be played when you're drunk (see any backyard barbecue in Ohio)=>NOT A SPORT. Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed a game of cornhole or two in my life, but the most athleticism required is in fashioning the cornhole board (someone has to use a saw, hammer and nails at some point!!).
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