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Re: pic: BAE Systems-Granite State Regional High Score

I agree with what is mostly said already. I am also an athlete. In any other sport, it is part of the game to get in peoples heads, taunting them, doing ridiculious things, etc. etc. but this is why FIRST is different. I would see it as taunting us if they sat there and did nothing for the last 45 secs of the round, or if they spun around in circles wasting time. What do you expect them to do? If they spun around in circles for that time, there would be a topic posted about how they taunted the other time by not doing anything for the last 45 secs. As one who plays in sports, where taunting and showmanship is part of the game, I feel insulted more when someone stops trying just because they know that we have no chance of beating them. its a sport, scores like that happen. You never see a NBA team stop playing because there winning to the point that they couldn't possibly lose. You never see a football team stop playing defence because there ahead by 70 points (just a random number by the way). Its how sports work, you try your best, you see what the outcome is, you go about it in a fair positive way, and no body should feel like crap afterwards.