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> When people first look at ways to cheat in a team sport, I would argue that using them for target practice (in a ball sport that is) is a suitable lesson. Wh
by tsumnia 8y ago
> When people first look at ways to cheat in a team sport, I would argue that using them for target practice (in a ball sport that is) is a suitable lesson.
While that will happen, as I said, as the rules exist now, house rules and social moderation are needed. If this were to graduate to "league play", then those types of penalties would need to be made as I'd argue its more difficult to enforce "target practice" against competition (or that you're only fueling the "there aren't enough rules" problem).
- jlg23 8y agoI am just trying to say that "exploiting" team sports usually has much more direct consequences than the equivalent in purely intellectual sports like IT. Thus, what's a loophole for a hacker who reads the rules, is just a raised eyebrow for a competitor or a fan in team sports. Smugness does not have a place in something based on fairness.
- philwelch 8y agoBaseball and to a lesser extent hockey are notorious for "unwritten rules" and nominally-disallowed enforcement of those rules by targeted acts of player-on-player violence.