Disqualified over a Friendship Bracelet

[Xujhan]

Originally Posted by failed-guardian~angel

Haha, am I the only one who says fair play to the coach?

I mean come on, you obviously want your team to win, the fault was hers, she left herself open for attack. All is fair in love and war my friends...

I mean I doubt his team would become morally skewed from this, I think they would be glad they won. An morally ambiguous victory is a victory nonetheless?

And whether or not the rules were just were neither here or there, them the rules unfortunatally, if you don't like it don't play the game. xD

And if you break them then don't blame the guy who pointed it out!

Fair play to the coach, perhaps, but how much would you respect anyone who cheered for claiming such a victory?

[dr2005]

Originally Posted by failed-guardian~angel

Haha, am I the only one who says fair play to the coach?

I mean come on, you obviously want your team to win, the fault was hers, she left herself open for attack. All is fair in love and war my friends...

I mean I doubt his team would become morally skewed from this, I think they would be glad they won. An morally ambiguous victory is a victory nonetheless?

And whether or not the rules were just were neither here or there, them the rules unfortunatally, if you don't like it don't play the game. xD

And if you break them then don't blame the guy who pointed it out!

Winning at any cost is not a healthy mentality to be instilling in young athletes - it's the same mentality which in my view has contributed significantly to the rising use of performance-enhancing drugs. By all means they should be encouraged to give their all, but part of being a sportsman is learning to accept defeat graciously and not to try and sneak a win on a technicality. That is just petty - much like, in my view, the interpretation of the rule in question which was used to disqualify the girl. Most professional athletes - including a certain Lance Armstrong - would be DQ'ed on that basis.

[Nostalgia]

some sports have rules for saftey reasons horse riding is one of them where i used to go horse riding they wont let you ride in a sleeveless top and shorts and trainers for saftey reasons, maybe she was disqualified for wearing the friendship bracelett for saftey reasons aswell ?