Jarhyn
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You aren't exactly right about it that drivers aren't ticketed. It is "driving recklessly" when someone does it in moderate traffic, and obstructing traffic when done in heavy traffic. People don't do it often enough for it to matter, either, usually.Well, you won't find it for the same reason that you won't find anywhere in a book about how driving the same speed in the left lane of the highway as the guy in the right lane, but just far enough ahead to keep them out of your blind spot is a real asshole thing to do.Nope - the goal of team sports is to win within the rules and spirit of the game which includes good sportsmanship.
You keep repeating the false premise that one wins by playing to your utmost and scoring as many points as possible for you to score.
Strange, I don't recall reading that in the basketball rule book large margins are unsportsmanlike conduct. Mind finding that anywhere from any school for any league?
There's no law against "playing the game"
Yet the coach was suspended & drivers doing what you described aren't ticketed for it.
When it's done in a context where it causes damage, usually there ARE consequences.
I dunno? My only point in all this is that when it's done egregiously there's every good reason to respond with such harsh response as a one game suspension.There is more to winning than the point spread.Difference is, you stepped into a hard court on a hard street accepting that it was hard, so as to learn hard lessons.Learning how to lose gloriously is a lesson I'm happy to have learned. Can't tell you how many times I got 100% owned on the basketball court with no coach, school board, or referee, and still showed my appreciation to the assholes for a wild ride. I used to enjoy talking about those moments I figured out their weakness (though they simply changed up) and was able to use what I learned against people in other towns. Losing in so many incredibly bad ways made me impervious to all lessor losses and earned me above average status on the streets of Central Islip NY Wreck center after learning from the roughest and toughest and most skilled in the neighborhood. I used to go to towns like Smithtown, Hempstead & Amneiville to wreak havoc on the no so hood hood over there. Fun memories. I was playing against a gang named "The Legion of Doom" (stupid name) where rap artists like Keith Murray were a member (played against him as well). What these kids got isn't all that bad because I got my ass literally kicked (broken nose, a concussion here and there) a few times for not backing off the defense. All that and losing to boot.
I just really liked basketball until the Knicks made me kick the habit. I get it though, 92-4 is not a good look for high school games and sportsmanship. But what's there to do when they need that experience? As long as the winning team ain't breaking noses & being verbally abusive but are encouraging the other team to keep going and showing them respect for staying with it I see no foul.
That's not what this game was.
And those are all the lessons of competitive sports. High school sports build character not from holding hands and singing kumbaya but through team efforts win or lose, keep going and try to overcome challenges. If they lose against the best team playing their best they learn how to defeat teams that are not as good. Heck next time around their chances of beating the best team increase as they feed off the experience and grow. But to ask a team to hold back is doing nobody on the court favors.
I wonder what the players have to say about that game.
Nobody is suggesting holding hands and singing campfire songs. People are saying Don’t be a jerk if you can help it. Patronizing the other team is awful just as running up a score unnecessarily.
Even in the pros, players and coaches and fans appreciate generous players.
How could you lead the response with "there is more to winning than the point spread" when your argument is about your issue with the point spread, and you're responding to a post that states there is more to the sport than winning?