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Originally Posted by EricH
I have no comment on the yellow cards, as I wasn't there or watching, but the red would not have had any offending behavior--Second yellow card=red card.
[edit]Jacob, if the ref gives a red card as a joke, and doesn't label it as one, then I think the ref needs to do some hard thinking about his sense of humor. "Boy who cried wolf" and all that.[/edit]
As for the other question... I think that happens when you remove "Gracious". Professionalism is about getting the job done (within the rules, of course), regardless of what happens along the way. Or rather, it can be seen that way. Now, when the "job" is inspiring (the "I" in FIRST), cutthroat competition probably won't result. But when the "job" is winning, or winning is seen as "the way to inspire", then you can expect to have a fierce battle if you are "in the way".
The point at which GP turns into cutthroat competition is the point at which we forget what GP is and what the real job is.
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It was a post season event, and it was a joke, plain and simple.
And as soon as it was announced, Team 40 (and a large number of other people at the event) knew it was an inside joke and could not stop laughing. Trust me, I was hanging out with a bunch of people from 40 at the time.
I can see how announcing a joke red card at an official event would probably be a bad idea, but c'mon anyone who thinks it wasn't funny at an off-season event - especially considering the back story behind the inside joke - needs to lighten up a bit and have some fun.
