2016 Postmortem
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At this point, the favored team is in the 4th quarter of the round of 4, ahead by 30, with 1:00, perhaps, 1:30 minutes remaining. Ahead, is the finals, versus the Detroit Pistons (circa, late 1970-early 1980s ... i.e., the team everybody, not from Michigan, loved to hate)
The favored team, and its supporters, are happy to trade baskets and play token defense; while hoping to avoid injury. The trailing team is playing hard(as they should) and its supporters, like true fans are split between wishful and angry.
Though, most of the fans (of both teams) are looking forward to beating the hell out of the Pistons, what remains to be seen is will the Coach of the trailing team call for passing up, or encouraging, the hard foul on the break away lay-up ... and whether a fan will throw a beer onto the court, in the path of the favored team's Point Guard, as she goes in for a routine lay-up?
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aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)Although I would add that it puzzles the coach of the underdog team and most the team's fans why the team that is ahead is demanding that they forfeit instead of playing the game out and that is somehow unsportsmanlike to wish to play to the end of the game.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)First, as long as the game goes on, there is the chance of injury. Secondly, there is no sign the Coach of the trailing team is calling for his team to avoid the hard foul on the break away (again, injury risk). And third, there is every sign that one of the trailing team's fans are headed for the beer cart.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)risk of injury isn't a valid consideration.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)And for the rest of the world, the game will go on beyond the end of the Sanders' season.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)Is that something the winning team does? Either way, what is the impetus for the losing team to quit?
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)when it is extremely unlikely that one can/will win AND both teams have an interest in the competitor in the final NOT win, there is every reason to not try to hurt the team one is currently losing to.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)As you may, or may not know, I played competitive sports (football, wrestling and track) throughout high school and (a couple years) at the collegiate level.
My Junior and Senior years of high school, I was selected to play on a Football All Star team. The team played an intra-state tournament with other teams within my state, with the winner of the tournament competing against the winner of a neighboring state's All Star team.
My Senior year, my team got to our state's finals. By the closing minutes of the game, we were down ... a lot. Our Coaches instructed us to go half speed and we changed our Offensive and Defensive schemes to that of the two finalists of the neighboring state; the game became, essentially, became a practice session for our opponent.
Why did we do that? We wanted to bring home the trophy (to the state), even though we would not be getting it.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)Thanks for the useful analogy.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)an un-useful analogy?
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)useful
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)1. There is the chance of injury: Yes, but we know this going into the contest. There will be blood.
2. There is no sign the Coach of the trailing team is calling for his team to avoid the hard foul on the break away: Yes, but I've never even heard of a team forfeiting for that reason.
3. There is every sign that one of the trailing team's fans are headed for the beer cart: Its a low probability event unless we're talking about Suns fans.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)1. There is the chance of injury: Yes, but we know this going into the contest. There will be blood.
Response: Yes. But, Blood for blood's sake is not good. In a contest, there is no reason to draw blood, once the contest is out of reach.
2. There is no sign the Coach of the trailing team is calling for his team to avoid the hard foul on the break away: Yes, but I've never even heard of a team forfeiting for that reason.
b]Response: True. But, I have seen Coaches directing their teams to slow the game down to the point that injury was unlikely, again, once the contest was out of reach.
3. There is every sign that one of the trailing team's fans are headed for the beer cart: Its a low probability event unless we're talking about Suns fans.
b]Response: LOL.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)to the winning players and engage in inappropriate behavior such as calling fouls that clearly didn't happen.
aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)Wear and tear throughout the game/match/bout is the game.
Fouls are often a matter of perspective to the players in the game. That's why we have refs and umpires.
And for the record, I don't think Bernie is trying to inflict as much damage as possible for the sake of winning. I don't think HRC is either.
Gothmog
(145,129 posts)1StrongBlackMan
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BootinUp
(47,139 posts)butt kicking. 
Armstead
(47,803 posts)The favored team and te trailing team go through their squabbles and rivalries, although they mutually hate the Detroit Pistons. The favored team wins and is all set to face off against the Pistons. There is a game.
But unbeknownst to the fans and players, the owners of the finalist teams have worked together behind the scenes, and regardless of the outcome have made a deal to sell the whole thing to a consortium of transnational corporations who plan to ship it all to China.
The former fans and players in the US are allowed to watch the new China League play on their Time Warner/Comcast/GE cable systems for an additional fee. They can root for Hong Kong or Shanghai, whichever they prefer.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)you suck at sports analogies! 
Armstead
(47,803 posts)I could bring out the World Wrestling Entertainment (or whatever they call themselves these days) but I won't.
