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Originally Posted by GaryV1188
The yellow and red cards were adopted from soccer (football). As a soccer ref, if I see a team deliberately breaking the rules, someone would get a caution (yellow card) for unsporting behavior. Specifically, for "bringing the game into disrepute".
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Begging your pardon, what rule was broken by the team staying in the opponents' endzone? As far as I can see, rule <G25> was followed, and that team was assessed three 10-point penalties
as per that very rule. Yellow and red cards in soccer are awarded for very specific infractions that must meet certain criteria as per the FIFA Laws of the Game. In soccer there is a specific rule against fouling someone that's clearly about to score, the penalty for which is a straight red card (and possibly a penalty shot if it's committed in the 25-yard box... Think Jens Lehmann in the UEFA Champions League Final last year, although the ref probably should have played advantage and cautioned Jens in that case... it's not important). Point is, in the FRC, the penalty is in <G25>: 10 points every five seconds,
not a card.
Now, inevitably, someone brought GP into this discussion. This has nothing to do with GP I would argue. GP is about how you and your team conduct yourselves at all times (on and off the field) and includes elements of sportsmanship, keeping a calm demeanour, and all-around resourcefulness. I'm sure there are a couple people out there that can't get their minds around the fact that the practices of defensive play, descoring, or in the case of this game, using spoilers, are perfectly legitimate. I guess what we need to do is step back and analyze whether doing this violates the spirit of any part of Gracious Professionalism:
Can we agree that there's nothing ungracious in principle about deducting your alliance a few points to deduct a few more from the opposition? Think about it; it could just save you, and even if it doesn't, you should be applauded by the other alliance for thinking on your feet rather than whined at because they foolishly thought their strategy was safe. If you agree with that much you're over the biggest hump, because I'm sure you'll all agree that there certainly isn't anything unprofessional about it; quite the opposite, it's a calculated move that might only be performed by the most reactive strategists on the field. It's more than safe to say the GDC put in a very specific rule with a very specific penalty, knowing fully well that in certain situations it would get used. They can add. If they wanted it to be a bigger deal, they would have made it so.
Un-GP play on the field in my opinion would be intent to damage, or actually trying to make the opponent take a penalty. There are however, specific rules against both of these, which is not the case with <G25>.