Losing on Purpose to Gain Advantage

[Duke461]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Except the latter happens all the time. "Tanking" is a common occasion in professional sports. From the general manager and owner on down through the players.

I'm in no way saying that it's a positive thing for FIRST (nor am I condemning it with this post), but if you're going to attempt to use a sports analogy, at least use one that doesn't counteract your point.

I dont think the focus of my post was the analogy, so im sorry if my analogy doesnt work the best (even though i dont see how thats counteracting my point), but the point here is you just dont do that. There are too many non-GP reasons to tank a FIRST game like that.

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by Duke461

I dont think the focus of my post was the analogy, so im sorry if my analogy doesnt work the best (even though i dont see how thats counteracting my point), but the point here is you just dont do that. There are too many non-GP reasons to tank a FIRST game like that.

To paraphrase:
This is bad. It's like doing a commonly accepted action.