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posted by Taylor
Quote:Intentional walks in baseball. Intentional grounding in football. Playing the metagame is universal.

These strategies are part of a series of downs and pitches in an inning, not the whole game, the intentional walk sets up a double play and keeps the batter from hitting a home run the intentional grounding is to keep from getting sacked for a loss. In sports the more wins you have the higher seeding. Which gives you an advantage in the final game of the season (ie. superbowl, world series etc). You made the point about fouling in basketball, that is the example that might fit FIRST best. I have told my alliance to take a 3 point penalty if the out come is greater (ie. we gain points in a match or keep another team from scoring) but not to throw away a match just for seeding purposes. So comparing sports to FIRST only hurts the argument to take a dive in a match because in sports the object is to win every game.