classifying video game addiction as a psychiatric disorder?

I heard this the other morning. My first thought, what about all the golfers, baseball players, hockey players, etc. figure skaters, swimmers, joggers, that practice for hours on end to be good at what they do. They might as well label them addicted. Obviously, I don't agree with this. There are many types of obsessions, and some may be a little healthier than others, but I certainly wouldn't call it a psychiatric disorder.

Erm, pretty soon they are gonna be considering internet addiction as some sort of psychological problem. When I was a child, before being introduced to the internet, I loved playing video games, and would spend hour upon hour playing them. But I always got outside and played and did other social interactions. Once the internet was introduced into my life, I was the same way, spent hours on the computer, but still was socially interactive with persons in my area, and still am to this day. Not a single thing is wrong with me, and I'm still a functioning human being (well once we get passed the waking hours and am fully charged for the day..lol). Now I could see if the the child had no friends, and was basically a loner all the time, and had nothing but video games on the brain. Than there might be a small problem, but I feel it is basically normal to get addicted to things that we as human beings enjoy doing. I think doctors are just trying to play smart again, and make parents worry over something stupid. They have done so in the past, and most likely will do it again, until proven wrong once again.