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One reason you typically don't see really hacky/exploitative stuff in competitive sports is that... these sports are decades or even 100+ years old. Tens of tho
by JohnBooty 4y ago
One reason you typically don't see really hacky/exploitative stuff in competitive sports is that... these sports are decades or even 100+ years old. Tens of thousands of games have been played by extremely talented and competitive individuals. Thousands of exploits have been tried and written into the rulebooks.
For example, the "Sean Avery" rule in hockey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Avery#The_Avery_Rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Avery#The_Avery_Rule
That was a neat "exploit" and much respect to him for trying it, but it was outlawed literally the next day.
The incentive to pull off this kind of move,
running the clock down a bit, that was already
present. But there's a certain social
expectation that you won't game the rules so
blatantly, so that's a disincentive.
While a fun thought, I cannot understate how incorrect this is.
In basketball, football, or basically any sport with a time limit there is absolutely zero stigma or shame with regards to running out the clock if it benefits your team.
In fact, that guy would have been raked over the coals if he didn't run out the clock.
I also assure you his coach was exhorting the team to win the game by running out the clock rather than scoring with time remaining on the clock which would have given the other team another chance to score and perhaps tie/win.
I'm sure that player definitely did pull that move off in a video game, but so has everybody else, because it's also super basic football strategy!
- jefftk 4y agoI'm not a football person, but my understanding from the article is that this wasn't something that people were doing until after it became popular in the video game?
- JohnBooty 4y agoI'm not sure the Wired writer is a football person either. I can probably best explain it this way: that play does not have a name, because it's pretty basic and that guy didn't invent it. Clock management is so integral to gridiron football. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_out_the_clock#American_football https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_out_the_clock#American... You probably see that move a little bit more in video games. In real life there's more that can go wrong; you have eleven guys chasing you and you do not have 360-degree awareness. The ball could be knocked away from you, etc. Worst case scenario you hurt your teammates, lose your job, etc. So you will be more conservative. I think video games have influenced football in a lot of ways, just not that one. Particularly TV coverage - the "sky cams" on high tension wires crisscrossing the arenas, mimicking the unfettered virtual cameras in video games. Also, the superimposed CGI first down lines on the field.
- zeckalpha 4y agoFirst down lines were súper imposed before video games could do that. It just was the classic yellow straight line.
- jaywalk 4y agoI mean, video games could do it of course. But the idea definitely started with TV.
- JohnBooty 4y agoHuh! It seems so. The TV technology debuted in 1998. I was certain that games were doing it before that, but I couldn't find any evidence. I must have been mistaken - I guess TV did it first. http://insightreplay.com/the-story-behind-nfls-magic-yellow-first-line/ http://insightreplay.com/the-story-behind-nfls-magic-yellow-...
- appleiigs 4y agoDo you remember the glowing puck from 1996? For some viewers it was difficult to see where the puck was, so Fox made the puck look like a red comet on TV when someone took a shot.
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- indymike 4y agoLeveraging loopholes in the rules, using the clock and gambits where you bet on the refs officials missing a call are as old as the game in most sports. Every year, there are new rules added to the books to cover all the edge cases that were discovered during the last season.
- parineum 4y agoSince you bring up the Avery rule I'll assume you're familiar with the NHL so I'm surprised this[1] incident didn't pop unto your head. [1]https://www.nhl.com/news/hockey-world-reacts-to-flyers-lightning-tactics/c-600195 https://www.nhl.com/news/hockey-world-reacts-to-flyers-light...