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To: marktwain

Just another example of punk sports culture that has infected most sports and made them unwatchable. It’s not about being a good loser it’s about sportsmanship. The end of the Stanley Cup in hockey is a great example of how it can be done. Guys who literally were trying to knock each other’s heads off line up and shake hands. To me that’s shows respect for the game and your opponent and that’s not being a loser.


16 posted on 01/06/2018 7:31:15 PM PST by freefdny
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To: freefdny

Exactly. Sports are about competition inside of rules in a society that respects the rule of law.

The “win at any cost” idea is law of the jungle stuff.

It may be appropriate when fighting for your life, or the life of your country. But not in a rule based sport.


17 posted on 01/06/2018 7:36:14 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: freefdny; marktwain
“Just another example of punk sports culture that has infected most sports and made them unwatchable.”

If you read the 2nd article you will see were a lot of players decried about the video becoming public, it was supposed to be a direct private message to the players in the locker room. It was not part of some game display.

If either of you can post where 2017 Bama football at the end of a game failed to act like sportsman after a lose please post it. I do not recall it happening.

19 posted on 01/06/2018 11:07:32 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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