Could you not say its 'crafty' for a golfer to try and improve their lie? Are you OK with cheating under those circumstances? Or is it only when its considered 'part of the game' to roll around like a pansy hoping to get a penalty called on your opponent?
I know it happens in other sports (players pretending to be hit by a pitch in baseball, or pretending to be interfered with in football, for example), but not only are they less prevalent, but they are more likely to be 'caught' and not have the penalty called (or given a base or whatever). And yes, I hate it when these players do the same thing. Its not mental, its not crafty, its not pushing lines....its cheating - just like improving your lie when no one can see it. I think back to the golf tournament last year where Brian Davis, in a sudden death playoff, with Jim Furyk called a penalty on himself - which could only be seen in 'super slow motion' replay. It not only cost him the tournament, and about $400,000, but he missed out on an exception to the US Open. You will NEVER see that type of gamesmanship in a professional soccer game....EVER. On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > idk, i love it. to me, its all part of the game. sport isnt just the bat and > the ball, or the foot and the ball, its mental, its being crafty, its > pushing lines, > its subject referee's and umpires and their subjective calls. and if > im smarter or > slicker than the eyes of the official... more power to me! > > bring on the FRENCH WOMEN, its time to shut them down on wednesday. > > let's go girls! > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If pretending to get hurt to draw a penalty is 'part of the >> game'...that is not a game I wish to partake in, or even spend my time >> watching. >> >> Most times I have seen someone 'take a dive', the ref does nothing but >> call a penalty - while the player who was just writhing in pain on the >> field gets up and runs away like nothing happened. >> >> Sorry, in my opinion, that is not 'gamesmanship', its cheating or, at >> the very least, an attempt at cheating. >> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> i REALLY dont get why people have such problems with this. >>> its gamesmanship. and look where it got brazil! a LOSS. >>> >>> the only reason there was enough time for the USA to score >>> was due to the fake ass fall of the player "Erika" i think, and when >>> the ref (Who was a fucktard most of the game) saw her just walk away, etc >>> gave her a yellow card, and then went on to add more time! >>> >>> excellent mastery of the gamesmanship inside soccer. >>> >>> idk, i love it all... its all part of the game. sometimes it helps you >>> sometimes it hinders you. >>> >>> and now brazil is sitting because of it! >>> >>> w000t >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Grrr! Don't get me started. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 1:05 AM, Ray Champagne <r...@raychampagne.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Don't forget to teach them how to dive properly. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340226 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
