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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Special Message from the GDC

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
It's bad sportsmanship and un-GP. They have rules against it in professional sports - it's called throwing a game, and people have been kicked out for it in just about every professional sport out there. I'm not suggesting we go that far, but we shouldn't be supporting teams who act like that.
I draw a distinction between throwing a game for personal enrichment (e.g. the Black Sox scandal), and not playing your best to benefit the team. After all, nobody gets banned when an NFL team starts its second-string players, having already clinched a playoff spot.
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