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Basketball is a game, it's like chess, the move "knock the board off the table and punch the opponent" is not part of the definition of the game, and that's fin
by JulianMorrison 10y ago
Basketball is a game, it's like chess, the move "knock the board off the table and punch the opponent" is not part of the definition of the game, and that's fine, games have definitions.
But honestly, it annoys me when things like swimming and car racing bind themselves up with rules that amount to "no, do it the conventional way, not the better way". It should be legit to win by innovation.
- Hondor 10y agoI tend to feel the same way but there are often safety reasons. You can't have a popular sport where the winners are the ones who push themselves closest to death. g-forces causing harm to drivers: https://what-if.xkcd.com/116/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/116/ Smaller events also have to allow the competitors to focus on a smaller range of capabilities so they can actually find competent players. Robot and drone competitions come to mind where the equipment is often standardized so they're only testing skills or programming, not being-the-best-at-everything which would end up as "throwing the most money at it".
- dagw 10y agoAt the end of the day sport doesn't exist in a vacuum and the end goal of swimming or car racing as a sport isn't (just) to go as fast as possible, it's to put on an entertaining show that people will want to watch. Much like with any good business, the goal isn't to make the 'best' product at any cost, it's to make the most profitable product that will make your customers happy.
- imtringued 10y agoGround effect was banned because it resulted in too many crashes in F1 racing. www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/06/07/banned-ground-effects/