[BigAnt]

Well apparently it is unsportsmanlike to win 100-0.

What are they supposed to do? Stop trying and missing shots on purpose because the other team sucks that much?

[KYA]

DoDs schools had a bullshit rule in place when i played basketball there. If we got a 40 or 50 point margin (can't remember which) then the game automatically ended.

Competition is what makes the world go around. Apologizing for demolishing the enemy? You don't do that in the business world. No need to start teaching it here.

[capty99]

if you do a full court press in the second half after being up 59-0 at halftime..... you deserve what is coming to you.

[Locke]

KYA, on 22 Jan, 2009 - 07:13 PM, said:

DoDs schools had a bullshit rule in place when i played basketball there. If we got a 40 or 50 point margin (can't remember which) then the game automatically ended.

Competition is what makes the world go around. Apologizing for demolishing the enemy? You don't do that in the business world. No need to start teaching it here.

Reason for "The Slaughter Rule" : If you can get to that high of a lead...do you really think the other team is gonna come back? Because normally it takes a good long time to build up a lead of that size, and since it takes time, the time left to close the gap is usually relatively small anyway.

Why should there be needless playing if the unprojected outcome has a 1 in a trillion^5 chance of happening? Someone could die playing basketball for all we know.

This post has been edited by Locke: 22 January 2009 - 11:29 PM

[KYA]

WHY DID YOU GET RID OF THE 37 IN YOUR NAME? I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE ANYMORE!!!

ontopic: let the 2nd and 3rd string play, poor guys need it

[Linkowiezi]

BigAnt said:

A parent who attended the game told The Associated Press that Covenant continued to make 3-pointers—even in the fourth quarter. She praised the Covenant players but said spectators and an assistant coach were cheering wildly as their team edged closer to 100 points.

Oh noes! The team continued to score points during the entire game and their coach cheered at them!
That just goes beyond common sens to fight until the end!
Who would do such a thing!?!?

[BigAnt]

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Oh noes! The team continued to score points during the entire game and their coach cheered at them!
That just goes beyond common sens to fight until the end!
Who would do such a thing!?!? tongue.gif

I would cheer if my team could get 100 point skunk too

[nofear217]

It's kind of like a team I played in high school football that was absolutely terrible. End of the first quarter we were usually up 35-0, so our coach pulled us out and put in our second string against their first string. At halftime it was 53-0, so after halftime our third string/freshman went in and the game ended 53-3. There is a certain honor code in sports that you don't just mindlessly run the score up. Hence the apology.

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Competition is what makes the world go around. Apologizing for demolishing the enemy? You don't do that in the business world. No need to start teaching it here.

Someone never studied Business Ethics.

This post has been edited by nofear217: 23 January 2009 - 07:37 AM

[KYA]

nofear217, on 23 Jan, 2009 - 07:36 AM, said:

It's kind of like a team I played in high school football that was absolutely terrible. End of the first quarter we were usually up 35-0, so our coach pulled us out and put in our second string against their first string. At halftime it was 53-0, so after halftime our third string/freshman went in and the game ended 53-3. There is a certain honor code in sports that you don't just mindlessly run the score up. Hence the apology.

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Competition is what makes the world go around. Apologizing for demolishing the enemy? You don't do that in the business world. No need to start teaching it here.

Someone never studied Business Ethics.

I'm sorry. Is the goal of starting a business to fail? In what world would you possibly want to not do well. If you have the opportunity to corner the market, then by all means do it. Has absolutely nothing to do with ethics, more like common sense.

I suppose we could all hold hands in a circle and sing kum by ya, but I'm not entirely sure how productive that would be.

This post has been edited by KYA: 23 January 2009 - 07:41 AM

[bflosabre91]

yeah, high school sports should def have stopped by the time it got to 50-0. at least. if it were a professional team, id say otherwise. but 14-15 year old girls, there should be a point where u just stop.

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[nofear217]

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I'm sorry. Is the goal of starting a business to fail? In what world would you possibly want to not do well. If you have the opportunity to corner the market, then by all means do it. Has absolutely nothing to do with ethics, more like common sense.

I suppose we could all hold hands in a circle and sing kum by ya, but I'm not entirely sure how productive that would be.

Sarcasm seems to be your common answer whenever anyone presents an opposing viewpoint. Ethics has everything to do with whether or not you will do anything and everything you can to 'win' in the business sector. Look at Enron for example, or US Steel and Standard Oil who did anything they could to corner the market.

I'm not saying that success is a bad thing, but methods to success should be observed.

[BigAnt]

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Sarcasm seems to be your common answer whenever anyone presents an opposing viewpoint. Ethics has everything to do with whether or not you will do anything and everything you can to 'win' in the business sector. Look at Enron for example, or US Steel and Standard Oil who did anything they could to corner the market.

I'm not saying that success is a bad thing, but methods to success should be observed.

Well what Enron and stuff did was illegal, there was no rule against slaughtering the opposing team, and hence they did not break any rules, and did what any team would do, win the game. Its not their fault the other team sucked so much. Why should they have to miss shots on purpose, or get less play time/waste time down.

[bflosabre91]

the fact is that they were high school girls. playing because they enjoy playing not because they are paid to do so. at some point just think about how you would feel if u were on the losing team, or were a parent of one of the girls on the losing team. idk people are taking this like its the nfl or something. run the score up all u want in the nfl(see the pats). but this was unnecessary.

[Nykc]

Well it's life. Sucks to be them - all the loser coach had to do was forfeit. Instead he/she let them get crushed. It is the fault of the coaches not the better team.

[Locke]

KYA, on 23 Jan, 2009 - 08:41 AM, said:

I'm sorry. Is the goal of starting a business to fail? In what world would you possibly want to not do well. If you have the opportunity to corner the market, then by all means do it. Has absolutely nothing to do with ethics, more like common sense.

Correct me if I'm wrong...but high school sports does not a business make. The players are there (most of the time) of their own volition. They wanted to play, that's why they tried out/signed up. If they don't make a good team...it's not necessarily their fault...but there's a point where it's just courtesy to not be total dicks to that team.

I agree, the losing coach should have forfeited. But the winning coach should have (and may actually have) put in the worst players on the team. They are both at fault.

Linkowiezi, on 23 Jan, 2009 - 04:39 AM, said:

Oh noes! The team continued to score points during the entire game and their coach cheered at them!
That just goes beyond common sens to fight until the end!
Who would do such a thing!?!?

That's not a fight. That's the equivalent of a merciless slaughter of perfectly innocent people. A fight is when you're down like...6 points.

This post has been edited by Locke: 23 January 2009 - 12:34 PM