Ultimately, if all you want good sportsmanship, go play house league.
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > > I heard. it's all good. > > Sent from my iPhone... don't hate > > On Jun 18, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hear that Weegs? You have a small soul. > > > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> 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:321551 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
