Nascar is not a sport

With all the hype and attention that is surrounding NASCAR recently, I would like to remind everyone that it is not a sport. I refuse to put people who drive cars in a circle for hours in the same category with people who run around and throw a ball around a field. People who drive cars around in a circle for hours are NOT athletes. NOT athletes. I understand that it takes some kind of skill and practice to drive at high speeds around the track, but they are not athletes. People who exert some kind of physical ability like running, jumping and throwing are athletes.
I don't understand the whole NASCAR thing, I'll admit. I don't understand how people could watch on TV or live cars driving around in circles. Especially cars that are no more than moving billboards. I especially don't understand why they have NASCAR on the radio. Where my dad lives in Virginia, they cover the races on the radio. With real sports I can understand listening to it on the radio, but in NASCAR the cars are always in motion, and it wouldn't be exciting unless there is something happening (like a crash). It seems like it is almost a completely visual experience.
Another thing that annoys me is arena football. Arena football is football played by guys who couldn't get into the NFL or CFL or NFL Europe. Saying that I can't get into any of those leagues, but would you watch me on TV? Then why watch second (maybe even third) rate football played on half the field and indoors. It just seems wrong. The quarterback will have 5 touchdowns a game, but the field is so small that all you can do is pass.
I used to play soccer when I was younger, and during the winter the thing to do was to play indoor soccer. Something seemed wrong with that, and the same thing bothers me about arena football. It is weird and I don't like it. Yes, that is what it all comes down to. Canadian football is weird also (with it's 55 yard, or centre line and it's 3 downs) but I've gotten used to it. And their players do try to play in the NFL, the Jets signed Ricky Ray of the Edmonton Eskimos a few years back after they won the Grey Cup. He didn't play, but at least he got the chance. I can't think of any arena football guys who got a chance besides Kurt Warner, because the quarterbacks in arena football have inflated passing stats because of the nature of the game, unlike the CFL.
Canadian football is a sport, arena football is not. Fuck arena football.