Middle school basketball game ends with 100-2 win

[Almighty Words]

I don't agree with the mercy rule personally because if enacted against me I would be offended.
I'm not here to harp on character building losses just as some one who has lost by a 75 point margin my self I don't see the issue. The loss drove me to be better and when you are driven to get better the next time you meet the opponent the roles could be reversed.

So yeah mercy rule is for quitters if your down by 20 then 30....then 40 you just play that much harder don't ever let them have the satisfaction of having broken you.

Also they may want to try other sports. The coach took out the starters called off the press and they still whipped em' sound to me like he gave em all the mercy they needed. And let all not forget coach thought his job was on the line he wasn't going to stop it that is the refs fault.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

No he shouldn't be punished, its not his fault the other team had no business playing basketball, no mercy rule bullcrap and let them soak in their complete failure.

Wow. You obviously have great sportsmanship, don't you?

I think they should have called in the mercy rule. After winning by 70 points, I think calling a winner would be better than continuing the game. If not, then you look like you just want to humiliate the other team.

 

[DannyJBeckett]

Look, I'm all for fair play and good-sportsmanship, but sport by it's very definition is competitive, and so when an undeniably outclassed team of junior players comes along to play against a team specifically chosen for their basketball-related prowess, no-one should be complaining when a thrashing like this happens.

If you're looking to blame anyone, then blame the people who booked this match, when it was obviously going to end in an absolutely embarrassing defeat for these poor guys.

 

[FamoFunk]

What is it about being these days not being able to take a loss, and a hard one at that?

Get over it, realise you're shit and move the fuck along.
No one should be punished for being good at something and completely owning other people while doing it, fuck, why don't we just let everyone automatically have first place in everything, spare the feeling and all that.

 

[GammaChris]

Yeah, they should have had mercy on the losing team, but it would be wrong for the winning team to catch heat from this. I watched that clip; those kids knew how to play basketball and legitimately outperformed the opposing team. This is a problem with the refs and maybe the coaches, but none of the kids should get in any sort of trouble here.

On the other hand, the losing team persevered for the entire game. Maybe they should find another sport, because they're clearly not good at basketball, but they also do not give up. They're all sort of like little, tiny Rocky Balboas.

 

[Zack84]

Uhh, well i went to a private school in junior high, but in our league we were still a pretty competitive team. I recall we played a team that was simply woefully, pathetically undersized/unskilled by comparison. We jumped out to a 20+ point lead and sat everyone on the team except for the last 5 players from the bench. We still increased the spread, beating them by over 30 points. But at least we did what we could to make a game of it, short of literally not trying.

I think a mercy rule would be okay in situations like this. However, as an underdog I can tell you that it builds character to suffer through a miserable loss like that.

I'm sick and tired of the pussification of the American child. I just turned 27, and it started in my generation with the 80's kids being born to hippies-turned-yuppies. It's gotten worse since then. Today, every snot-nosed little shitstack kid is seemingly unable to handle any sort of rejection or loss. Is it any wonder why grown women complain grown men have become wimpy and ineffectual?

Kids can learn to lose gracefully, instead of being whiny little fucks and pitching a ***** fit because they're losing. It's competition for a reason--somebody's got to lose.

Once again, in this PARTICULAR instance, I can see how a mercy rule might be appropriate. However, if I had been on that losing team, I would have been angry had I not been allowed to finish the game. I'd rather go down with the ship than give up early.

I doubt the people on this site even understand competitive sports, so I'm guessing I'll be flamed for this.

 

[dfphetteplace]

What?! I don't care about sports at all, especially in school, but they won, and too bad for the team that lost. You suck and they is your own fault. As long as the winning team didn't cheat or have some huge unfair advantage other then talent, I don't see the issue. It is only a game, and if you put your personal stock into how well your middle school team did, then too bad. Life isn't going to ease up on you because you aren't doing well later in life.

 

[Zack84]

After reading the article and seeing that they considered ending the season for the winning team, I'm simply enraged.

This namby pamby retarded fucking culture now considers punishing a young team of athletes for their success because it might hurt someone's feelings. I'm so fucking disgusted I could puke.

Boomers have ruined this country with excessive positive reinforcement and meaningless praise. Kids don't develop properly if you just constantly praise them for accomplishing nothing and telling them they're exceptional when they're not. Now we've come to the point where we're so afraid of children being competitive and so sensitive of hurt feelings that we're punishing success.

 

[Zack84]

You've. Got. To be KIDDING ME. Punished?! Why would anyone be punished for this? Am I missing something? This world keeps getting more and more wussified by the second.

THIS. It's called The Pussification of American Youth. --George Carlin

 

[Singularly Datarific]

For the love of crap, my High School lost by like 60 to 0 in football, and that's not out of the ordinary.
In my seven years (6th-12th) here, we've only won 3 games. Suck it up.

 

[sarge1942]

I don't think anyone should be punished, the winning team was punished already, they had a boring game and accomplished nothing,the losing team were the winners here, they got to see the other team play and got the opportunity to maybe observe what they did and try different strategies to stop them. I don't know about everyone else, but I see alot more value in playing against someone who is better than you as opposed to if you are always the best player out there or everyone goes easy on to make it fair then you will never get any better.

I would not appreciate the mercy rule if I was one of the players. If you are really dedicated to playing the game, keep playing until the end no matter how badly you are losing because who knows, you might score a really epic point at the end or something. Quitting is more shameful than playing until the end.

all in my opinion, if you don't agree please don't go crazy and i'll be happy to listen

 

[MellowFellow]

The team that lost had no business playing the other team, those teams should have never played each other. Also the coach took out his starting players in under 2 minutes of the game starting. Clicking on one of the links of the story puts you onto a website for the winning school and it says the coach told his team in the second half to stop playing defense so that the other team would score. They just couldn't hit wide open shots.

 

[Cipher1]

Why on earth didn't the loosing coach throw in the towel at half time why would he just sit and watch them get ground into the dirt.

 

[Giest4life]

....da fuck!?!
who would let a game go on that long?
the losing team should win for not quitting...

I heartily agree with this sentiment. The coach and of the team that lost should be commended for letting his boys play on and finish the fight.

 

[TKretts3]

The winning team should not be punished for decimating the losing team. Both teams consented to the match, knowing how they stood before they entered.

 

[Giest4life]

No he shouldn't be punished, its not his fault the other team had no business playing basketball, no mercy rule bullcrap and let them soak in their complete failure.

Wow. You obviously have great sportsmanship, don't you?

Or, and this is just a thought, he has a different notion of sportsmanship than you do? I, for one, agree with him. Fight till the final whistle is blown, no matter how badly one is losing, or how spectacularly one is winning. That is what I call "sportsmanship."

 

[MurderousToaster]

Surely it would make more sense to set up some sort of rule whereby if a team is getting absolutely cockstomped they lose automatically to avoid some sort of incredible defeat like this?

 

[Saucycarpdog]

No he shouldn't be punished, its not his fault the other team had no business playing basketball, no mercy rule bullcrap and let them soak in their complete failure.

Wow. You obviously have great sportsmanship, don't you?

Or, and this is just a thought, he has a different notion of sportsmanship than you do? I, for one, agree with him. Fight till the final whistle is blown, no matter how badly one is losing, or how spectacularly one is winning. That is what I call "sportsmanship."

You two are saying completely different things. You say you should keep fighting and never giving up. Tim is saying they should soak in their complete failure and that the other team doesn't have any business playing basketball.

Doesn't sound very motivational.

 

[Giest4life]

No he shouldn't be punished, its not his fault the other team had no business playing basketball, no mercy rule bullcrap and let them soak in their complete failure.

Wow. You obviously have great sportsmanship, don't you?

Or, and this is just a thought, he has a different notion of sportsmanship than you do? I, for one, agree with him. Fight till the final whistle is blown, no matter how badly one is losing, or how spectacularly one is winning. That is what I call "sportsmanship."

You two are saying completely different things. You say you should keep fighting and never giving up. Tim is saying they should soak in their complete failure and that the other team doesn't have any business playing basketball.

Doesn't sound very motivational.

Oh, well then that's not very sportsmanlike.

 

[idodo35]

why should the wining team be punished?
also lolololololololol