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The difference isn't scope, the difference is in what's allowed to slide. In basketball, when does a player foul another player? When the ref calls it. If it wa
by Jach 14y ago
The difference isn't scope, the difference is in what's allowed to slide. In basketball, when does a player foul another player? When the ref calls it. If it was the home team's fault, the ref might even look the other way. The olympics are supposed to entertain the crowd. If the crowd is not entertained, the players are execu--er, expelled for being unsportsmanlike.
- kenjackson 14y agoAll sports are supposed to entertain, but virtually all sports make concessions for cases where their rules incentivize the behavior. Intentional fouling in basketball, rope-a-dope in boxing, intentional walks in baseball, sacrifice hits/bunts in baseball, gambits in chess, etc...