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To: GeronL

I would say that once the score became insurmountable, the winning team could have practiced ball handling skills, dribbled around the court, took low percentage shots. There comes a point where winning becomes humiliation. Scoring 100 points to 0 against a winless and small school borders on humiliation and senseless degradation.

Is there a place in sportsmanship for taunting?

Winning is what we all strive for. To do so without honor is unacceptable.


128 posted on 01/26/2009 12:48:15 PM PST by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: Thumper1960

taunting? There was no taunting. They lined up and congratulated the losing team for playing hard.

The other team would feel mighty worse if their opponents had gone easy on them. Talk about condescending.


132 posted on 01/26/2009 12:54:00 PM PST by GeronL (Had the flu. Not well yet.)
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To: Thumper1960
There comes a point where winning becomes humiliation. Scoring 100 points to 0 against a winless and small school borders on humiliation and senseless degradation.

It be even more humiliating to me to be on the court and have the opposing teamn not even try to take a shot because they felt sorry for us.

153 posted on 01/26/2009 1:16:12 PM PST by pgkdan
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