He didn't say competition. I quote: "do WHATEVER you can to win and try not to get caught... look at that french guy with the most blatant hands play that scored a goal, that kept the irish out of something, maybe this... you do what you can. i know i have... "
Not inadvertent handballs. Not tugging on a jersey. Not a hard tackle, or an elbow, or a flop. "WHATEVER". I have played with and against such players. And that is, by _anyone's_ definition, poor sportsmanship. I know not everyone agrees, but such players to me are small souled individuals with no sense of self. Comparing such deliberate rule breaking to other sports is unnecessary. Yes, it goes on in other sports. And yes, in those other sports it is bad sportsmanship, too. Pine tar. Stickum. Steroids. Juiced bats. Spitballs. Breaking fingers in a scrum. Kneeing a downed opponent in the head. On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow, talk about taking it to the extreme. You haven't even the least bit of > understanding about competition on the pitch if you really thought that Ras > was talking about a karate kid move. And even less sense if you are > comparing obstructing another players path during a free kick to breaking > someone's leg intentionally. > > You can drop the hollow super sportsmanship rant. There's much worse > sportsmanship in basketball, hockey, baseball and nfl as there is on the > pitch. How about batters running at pitchers with a baseball bat when they > get hit with a pitch, or bench clearing brawls, or spearing in hockey, or > boarding... and the list goes on. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321541 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
