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Originally Posted by aaeamdar
I've never been in the position of being a "loser" (i.e. a finalist) or even making it into the semi-finals. I imagine that most if not all of the people on those teams shrug this off, saying "Oh, haha, well, that's just a song." Maybe no one feels hurt by this. However, even if that's the case, it seems to me that we ought to try to express our gracious professionalism in everything that we do, and not have that tainted by anything, ideally. And furthermore, it is important to consider the feelings of defeated teams. I could certainly see myself getting more than ticked off about this after losing a close match that would have qualified my team to go to the Championships.
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Having been on the second place team for about 5 regionals in a row, that song gets old, and is slightly depressing by the last regional. I agree that it's a great song to celebrate for the winners, but it's not really the most forgiving song for those who are not as fortunate. (my saying is that second place is the first loser, which is why I always give every kind of competition my all...)
I wouldn't mind it too much if they kept it, but I wouldn't be sad to see it go either. (also because of what our team has up our sleeve for the coming season.... Unstoppable drive train, anyone?)