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Herndogger

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Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« on: May 03, 2011, 05:52:34 AM »
May be bad sportsmanship is not the right word but, in our league during position round the 1st place team was bowling the second place team with a 5 pt lead. Team 1 enjoys a few drinks during the games. Team 2 bought Red Bull vodka shots for Team 1 while drinking shots of Red Bull only . Leading team 1 to assume shots were the same. Needless to say Team 2 wins the league.........Smart or unfair??

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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2011, 02:22:42 PM »
Nobody made em drink the things.

If team 1 drank enough free booze to get soused enough to lose, it was their own fault.
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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2011, 04:43:04 PM »

Agreed



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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2011, 04:48:38 PM »
 Team 2 is PURE genius!  Probably one of the oldest tricks in the book (prolly have to dig REAL) deep to find it.  Team 2 is the thinking team, and much like genius, they KNEW their opponents personality and took advantage of their lack of discipline.  Team 2 DESERVED to win.  

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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2011, 05:09:15 PM »
 Stupid if your the first place team. Rookie mistake, hate to see it.

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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2011, 05:15:14 PM »
It was very sneaky and it was team 1's fault for not paying attention. Team 1 deserve to lose due their stupidity.

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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2011, 06:57:39 PM »
Team 1 is stupid if they did anything they wouldn't normally do.  If they normally drink, then no foul.  If they drank twice as much than normal because of team 2's "generosity" then it's a gray area.  I see team 2 as having potential bad sportsmanship.  It's kind of like sand bagging.  Their intent was to have team 1 drink more than they're team.


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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2011, 07:27:58 PM »
yea thats a pretty crappy thing to do, cant say i would hold my head high on that one



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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2011, 09:51:59 PM »
some1 was watching the cartoon channel the night b4... lol

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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2011, 07:15:33 AM »
It's called having a competitive edge and knowing your opponents weakness.  Obviously they knew they liked to drink and through the season may have noticed they tend to do worse when they've had a couple of drinks in them.  Not bad sportsmanship, remember on every bottle of booze it says "drink responsibly!"

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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2011, 07:26:33 AM »
genius. way to exploit their opponents' weakness


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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #11 on: May 04, 2011, 07:38:35 AM »
pretty assine way to win on Team 2's part...they cant beat them straight up so they get them drunk as a skunk!!!but the ultimate responsiblilty is on team 1!!!they should be able to hold their alcohol better!!!!


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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #12 on: May 04, 2011, 07:45:54 AM »
Exploiting an opponents weakness is bad sportsmanship?  No one forced ANYONE to drink, it was all done voluntarily.  The burden is on team 1 to "be better than" drinking when the league is on the line.  Again, no one forced team 1 to accept the "generosity"...and any personal feeling of "social compusion/obligation" they would feel to HAVE to drink the shot would have been internal.

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Strider wrote on 5/3/2011 6:57 PM:
Team 1 is stupid if they did anything they wouldn't normally do.  If they normally drink, then no foul.  If they drank twice as much than normal because of team 2's "generosity" then it's a gray area.  I see team 2 as having potential bad sportsmanship.  It's kind of like sand bagging.  Their intent was to have team 1 drink more than they're team.


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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2011, 07:47:29 AM »
How do you KNOW that "they cant beat them straight up"?
 



chatnboy wrote on 5/4/2011 7:38 AM:
pretty assine way to win on Team 2's part...they cant beat them straight up so they get them drunk as a skunk!!!but the ultimate responsiblilty is on team 1!!!they should be able to hold their alcohol better!!!!


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Re: Bad Sportsmanship or just getting an edge?
« Reply #14 on: May 04, 2011, 02:59:56 PM »
I said potential bad sportsmanship.  If they were implying they were drinking just as much alcohol as team 1, then it is in my eyes because they took an underhanded way to gain an advantage.  If they just straight up bought team 1 a few rounds then there is no problem.


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