>>Sheesh, its unbelievable that people think this is a life lesson for anything except bad sportsmanship.<<
I get the feeling the definition of the word “sportsmanship” depends on the person.
If teams have that much of a disparity in their quality than any matchup is a “charity case” game for the better team. They are not their to play basketball. They are there as free therapy. That, frankly, sucks.
Maybe they SHOULD get the Harlem Globetrotters to play them.
The idea of REAL sports is that you do the best you can.
If you try to run up the score in an NFL game you just might get get clipped from behind and maybe end up a paraplegic. I saw one game like that this year with the Bengals where this hotdog with an interception with 30 seconds left tried to score even though his team was leading by 3 touchdowns. He ended up with a crossface from Hell, and almost had o be carried off the field. Sometimes it REALLY doesent pay to be an A-hole.