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Originally Posted by Sean Raia
As good of a strategy as it is... it IS against the rules. And youre not doing it by accident, you are intentionally aiming to do it. I define intentionally breaking the rules to get an advantage as bad sportsmanship... As smart as it may be strategicaly.
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I understand your reasoning behind that, and I agree it's not the most wholesome tactic, and I definitely understand a lot of people won't like it, but the rules are there to provide guidelines and consequences for the teams involved in a match. Now, breaking a rule to maliciously and ruthlessly undermine your opponents is one thing. If you're trying to flip them over on a bridge or damage then, THAT is bad sportsmanship because of the nature of the act. That's not a doubt.
But the consequences for stealing the opponent's balls are clearly defined, and you're not deliberatly trying to pulverize your opponent. It's a tactical advantage. If a team wants to take the penalty to do it, it's their choice. Yeah, it's not ideal, of course it's not an 'honorable play', because it does violate the rules. But to call it 'bad sportsmanship' I think think is incorrect. They're doing it in the name of the game, but not to an extreme point that makes you shake your head at the team.
I understand what you mean, they would be breaking the rules and that makes the play rather questionable in merit, but it is a plausible tactic and you can't question it's a smart play. I'm not saying I'd promote it or encourage it, but I wouldn't look down on a time who did this.