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Originally Posted by ToddF
- There is a reason why high school, college, and professional coaches sometimes scream at referees. Maybe if FIRST referees got chewed out when they blow calls, it might happen less often. These games are way too competitive...
By not enforcing the rules, FIRST is very effectively teaching high school students that it is better to break the rules than to be GP. All the pep talks by mentors about being Gracious Professionals, and how cheaters don't prosper mean nothing when FIRST allows rule breakers to win matches with no prospect for even appealing an obvious missed call.
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If your students are learning that:
a) yelling at refs will get them a win,
b) it is better to risk penalties and break the rules,
c) the problem with cheating is that it leads to losing, and
d) the problem with c) is that it's incorrect,
then we aren't playing the same game. Hope I'm misinterpreting. Play hard, but always play fair, because it isn't ever about the win.