Thread: Loss of Gracious Professionalism Among First Teams
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Originally posted by TEAM_74
Look at any porfessional sport...teams don't agree to let other teams win...they go for the kill. Sooooooo....here's an idea....if someone approaches you on an agreement....agree to it. Then show them what gracious professionalism is all about, and do the oposite of what they agreed to .....after all, what can they complain about, the fact that they're trying to cheat?"
Ok to respond to the first part. A few years ago there was an interesting situation in college basketball. A player from the UCONN womans team was about to break a points record and she twisted or broke her ankle (something like that) There was one game to go before she graduated. The next team they were up against made an agreement that basically let her hoble down the field and score her two baskets to beat this record, and in turn the other team was given the open ungaurded oppurtunity to score 4 points as well. Now I don't know how you all fell about that agreement, but I believe that was done in good faith and gracious professionalism if I have ever seen it.

Now for the second part, if you make an agreement, then go back upon it no matter how wrong it is, you either are making the agreement knowing that you are going to defy it (neither gracious or professional) or, are making the agreement on good faith, and then breaking it on even better faith which basically leads us to a pandoras box where two rights make a wrong??

That is the kicker.

Just deny it to begin with if you think it's wrong and let it go.. But be aware to see if it is being used against you in the future, and defend accordingly.
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