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Originally Posted by hallk
The school apologized but the coach didn't.
One of the main points of debate is the unwritten rule in basketball that when you are winning by a larger margin, you play the 'b' team and back off on the full court press. Neither of those things occured.
Someone should teach the rest of the world GP.
Or take away their ball for the next match  |
Exactly. In addition, you don't keep shooting three-pointers.
It is the same across most team-based sports. When you get up by an insurmountable lead, you pull the starters. This has a lot of benefits for your team anyway. 1) The "2nd string/line" gets experience in the game. Who knows when they will be needed down the road. Granted, this is not a pressure situation, but it is game-day experience. 2) You protect your starters from injury.
Differences from FIRST: 1) As stated earlier, FIRST is a 2-minute game while all these sports are 45+ minute games. 2) The scoring in FIRST can happen very fast (especially this year with the super cells). 3) As stated, with possible penalties, it is hard to know where you stand.
As to G-14: I personally am glad that they add the stipulation about penalties being applied after checking for score more than double. I have some concerns about the rule, but in the end, it is what we have and we have to live by them. I will hold judgment on it until I see how applicable it really is during the competition.