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Originally Posted by Koko Ed
This is why I severely dislike the term gracious professionalism more and more because people have decided to use it as a measuring tool to judge others.
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GP is overused and maligned.
There is a very simple way to interpret the intent of Woodie when he invented it. Compete fiercely, help others compete against yourself, and do it with honor and ethics.
To learn by example just look at the egregious behaviour of a couple of things that happened just in the past few weeks in sports. Both of these were covered extensively by ESPN.
1) the Georgia / Florida eye-gouging incident. The level of acceptance on both teams and the coaches is stunning.
2) the New Mexico / BYU women's soccer incident. Seems to be resolved.
Those events were absolutely nauseating.
Avoiding that type of behaviour and encouraging teams to help others is the intent of GP.
Putting the stuff on the shirts isn't something I'd recommend but there is no great harm. It isn't really a GP issue but one of decorum.