[jgannon]

I've toyed with this idea in my head before. While I understand the reasoning behind giving teams their opponents' score, I think that scoring for the other team to increase your RP is in a way like showing off. I know that that's most certainly not the intent, but there is the implicit message that "we're beating you by so much that we can afford to score for you". To apply it to sports, it's almost like scoring a touchdown to put yourself ahead by 35, doing a touchdown dance, pulling a Sharpie out of your sock to sign the football, whatever. Then, on top of that, the referees give you another point as a reward for your celebration. I've been on both sides of lopsided FIRST matches enough times to think that I probably wouldn't take it all that hard, because it's part of the game. However, I'm quite sympathetic to those who see the implicit message as being not graciously professional.