In pro sports,its perfectly fine. Remember when the Patriots were raping the Jets 45-3? Many butthurt and Jest fans tears were had that day. Plus,no matter what theyre still going to get paid. However,college and public school would be a problem. Some kids dont even get a chance to play.
I’ve been on teams where we were absolutely hammered, and they kept hammering us. But I was glad that we didn’t stop the game early. It actually showed respect on their behalf for us, that they played every single second of that game as if they were playing against proper opponents.
They were humble, and they played their best. They were just too good that day. We didn’t mind, because they didn’t act like dicks.
[quote]Rico Suave wrote:
Do you think its embarrassing at all though to get destroyed by another team? Would you then rather them put on their second string so you can still play against a team that might be more in your skill range?
I’m against running up the scores in olympics and tournaments. I understand the reasons behind having GF and GA as tournament tiebreakers, but I think there should be another way to settle it. I’m not a fan of seeing teams trying to make the olympics in hockey and see them get crushed 16-1. Really puts those players down and can destroy their hockey program altogether. Who would want to play when you get beat 16-1 every game?
Edit: do you think rules should be placed to prevent the scores from being run?
ex. if up by 6goals, run the clock. same example works for football and a lot of other sports too.
Any other rules you would want to see? Or none at all[/quote]
I don’t think mercy rules have any place in any professional or elite sporting events. Its just pity and an advantage for the losing team. This is the world level and your expected to play at the top level. So what if its embarrassing.
[quote]back211 wrote:
[quote]Rico Suave wrote:
Do you think its embarrassing at all though to get destroyed by another team? Would you then rather them put on their second string so you can still play against a team that might be more in your skill range?
I’m against running up the scores in olympics and tournaments. I understand the reasons behind having GF and GA as tournament tiebreakers, but I think there should be another way to settle it. I’m not a fan of seeing teams trying to make the olympics in hockey and see them get crushed 16-1. Really puts those players down and can destroy their hockey program altogether. Who would want to play when you get beat 16-1 every game?
Edit: do you think rules should be placed to prevent the scores from being run?
ex. if up by 6goals, run the clock. same example works for football and a lot of other sports too.
Any other rules you would want to see? Or none at all[/quote]
I don’t think mercy rules have any place in any professional or elite sporting events. Its just pity and an advantage for the losing team. This is the world level and your expected to play at the top level. So what if its embarrassing. [/quote]
Who’s that strawberry eating girl?
Aye. In some sports, goal difference could be the only difference between you and a rival; so if you get the chance to put goal difference etc out of the equation, do it. Score. Run it up.
Smash em into the fucking ground!!!
Especially if they are kids, if kids never experience & embrace the hurt of failure, chances are they’ll never win at much in life anyways.
Not smashing an inferior opponent into the ground with full-force is disrepectful & patronizing IMO.
*I remember, even when I was playing my parents at scrabble as a kid (or any game other game for that matter), I absolutely detested the idea that they might be going ‘easy on me’. Truly competitive people hate that, the ‘level’ of competition is irrelevant.
[quote]redstar144 wrote:
In sports where the contestants are adults, say college age and over, I say go for that. Was watching a schools rugby match today with 15 year olds. One team won 67-0 and ran up the score on purpose. I think with kids that age its not a good idea.[/quote]
I’m in between here on this one. In a lot of these high school matches where one team is running up the score the other team is going to get pissed off and start making tackles / showing some heart. So I think it can teach kids not to quit, man up and just play the game.
On the other hand, i’ve ended U13 matches early with scores like that.