Sports Gamesmanship and Officiating
The cluster focuses on debates about strategic gamesmanship, referee impartiality, uncalled infractions, penalties, and the human element in sports like soccer, American football, and basketball, questioning whether strict enforcement improves fairness or disrupts the game.
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This is a bit like a football referee looking at the videos after a goal and deciding that it was a handball, thus invalidating the goal. It is not an easy decision to make but better to do it quickly.
I think it's like playing for penalty kicks in a world cup championship game where you think you have an advantage. People moan about that too.
that's like saying "don't worry if the defender breaks your leg because the ref will call a foul"
The question is based on a proufound misunderstanding. It's like a goalie saying people should standardize where they aim their penalty kicks.
In the NFL there is generally at least one hold on every play that goes uncalled. Far from offending our sense of fair play, we accept it as part of the game. Basketball is actually strategically centered around fouling and drawing fouls, charging players under the hoop and assuming their feet aren't set, which they usually aren't. These are perfectly accepted aspects of the sport. I hate the diving in soccer, but the push and pull of what the referee will allow you to get away with is a large p
Doesn't Football have regulations? Perhaps removing them will make the game more efficient. /s
Everything will be gamed. Penalties are part of the game.
It feels like this would make games harder to referee.
Penalize them? It's a football game.
One player playing dirty does not imply the rest are saints?