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brooklynite

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79. Were any of the goals scored in an unsportsmanlike way?

Thu Oct 14, 2021, 10:11 AM

Oct 2021

“Decency” does not require you to play below your abilities. We’re no talking about a parent “wrestling” with his/her kids. Two teams agreed to play soccer. The game was played on a standard field, with an equal number of players for an agreed upon time period. One team was substantially better than the other. They played that way. No reason to pull your punches to make the other side “feel” better.

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high school soccer coach apologized after letting a player score 17 goals against winless team [View all] Demovictory9 Oct 2021 OP

He definitely should have been taken out. roamer65 Oct 2021 #1

Good grief. Our country has seriously gone mediocre jimfields33 Oct 2021 #11

It's Happened In Basketball For 50 Years ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #40

Running up the score has always been classless. maxsolomon Oct 2021 #45

"you're" NoRethugFriends Nov 2021 #91

I agree with everything but the firing. Lucinda Oct 2021 #36

"Gentlemen's sport?" Bullshit! Archae Oct 2021 #2

The Packers have never had an undefeated regular season. Captain Stern Oct 2021 #12

When did the packers win every game? Nt USALiberal Oct 2021 #13

Here's a hot take: Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #14

Of course they do. People do have vast differences of opinion as to which ones and how much, though. Celerity Oct 2021 #18

You're confusing significance with value as assigned by potential to distract. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #19

I am confusing nothing. Do you say the same about art, music, film, etc, as you do about sport? Celerity Oct 2021 #20

I'm not in the habit of comparing apples to oranges, no. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #25

I refuse to use reductionist essentialism when making value judgements pertaining to human endeavour Celerity Oct 2021 #27

It was the British who invented the term "soccer" jmowreader Oct 2021 #35

It is simply football for me and most of the rest of the planet. Celerity Oct 2021 #38

I like that the United States doesn't follow and instead made their own name jimfields33 Oct 2021 #48

You didn't make your own name, you use an antiquated name from the UK because 'football' Celerity Oct 2021 #53

Oops. Didn't realize that. jimfields33 Oct 2021 #54

Teenagers are... teenagers, so I can't expect the player in question to have perfect insight, but RockRaven Oct 2021 #3

future trumps in training nt msongs Oct 2021 #4

Yes I am going there 4Q2u2 Oct 2021 #23

When my daughter was 5 years old or so she played soccer on a co-ed team . . . Journeyman Oct 2021 #5

I'd never heard of that being done. underpants Oct 2021 #9

5 years old is a world of difference from 17 or 18 years old. Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #17

For god's sake, hubby coached middle school soccer and always pulled his kids back when the score GPV Oct 2021 #6

It's absolutely expected in soccer greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #43

The reaction to that is overblown, especially calls to fire the coach Hav Oct 2021 #7

A real coach would not allow it. Nt USALiberal Oct 2021 #15

WWWHHD? JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2021 #50

It did have a mercy rule caraher Nov 2021 #90

Hmmm..when my son played high school soccer they had a mercy rule helpisontheway Oct 2021 #8

By halftime??? I had a similar experience sort of underpants Oct 2021 #10

This is news? "High school soccer team lost badly, felt bad" Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #16

Exactly... radicalleft Oct 2021 #21

Keep in mind these are the ones who for their whole lives jimfields33 Oct 2021 #49

It's definitely a shit move by the winning team. Bringing it up at a school board meeting, though, WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #22

As a competitive athlete, seems to be what the game is about. I think I would be handling the loss LizBeth Oct 2021 #24

I thought the game was about sportsmanship. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #26

Seriously? And losing is part of the sportsmanship that doesn't qualify with a whine. LizBeth Oct 2021 #68

This message was self-deleted by its author pinkstarburst Oct 2021 #28

It wasn't really a game, it was a way to get their star player into the record books Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #31

To the losers: You earned your humiliation, try not to suck so hard. Try practicing more. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #29

JFC obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #32

What? All these other people commenting on this story, why do you choose to respond Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author USALiberal Oct 2021 #39

Sounds like Donald Trump n/t kcr Oct 2021 #41

?--how so? The losing team stunk, they know it. They should up their game. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #52

Up their game? I wonder why that never occurred to them. It's all about winning and kicking ... marble falls Oct 2021 #76

I agree--I don't think the winning team's coach demonstrated Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #77

Na. LiberatedUSA Oct 2021 #78

Really, "To the losers: You earned your humiliation" Russian Spook Oct 2021 #55

Sometimes your sports team stinks and you get your ass kicked HARD. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #58

Why don't you explain to us how they earned their humiliation? That is probably what others are get Russian Spook Oct 2021 #61

No class. jcgoldie Oct 2021 #57

Why? I'm genuinely curious. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #59

Because you seem to think high school sports is about humiliation jcgoldie Oct 2021 #62

Huh? They gave up 17 goals to one guy. That's the definition Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #63

You said that a team of high school students "earned humiliation" jcgoldie Oct 2021 #65

I said they EARNED it. When you don't play well at all, and the other side Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #67

Social media was making the comments, the boys playing did not. Russian Spook Oct 2021 #70

I think the others are having issues with how it was expressed Hav Oct 2021 #69

I suppose. I just don't see it as a big deal, to stink and lose a game badly. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #71

We took some poundings in HS Water Polo Zeitghost Oct 2021 #30

I would have yanked that kid from the game Chautauquas Oct 2021 #34

And by "humiliate" you mean "continue to play by the rules both teams agreed to"? brooklynite Oct 2021 #81

THE AMAZING METS by Jerry Mitchell... brooklynite Oct 2021 #82

Is there a rule against rotating other players into the game? Chautauquas Oct 2021 #84

In fact, there is... brooklynite Oct 2021 #85

No, there isn't Chautauquas Oct 2021 #86

My dad coached high school basketball for a while back in the 40s gratuitous Oct 2021 #37

If I was the opposing coach AwakeAtLast Oct 2021 #42

Correct greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #44

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I'm really loving some of the ideas in this thread that somehow wouldn't be humiliating. Lancero Oct 2021 #51

Tough... brooklynite Oct 2021 #56

In most professional football leagues, if you're a lousy team, you get dumped... brooklynite Oct 2021 #60

But this wasn't a professional game. Happy Hoosier Oct 2021 #73

I'm not aware that Joe is opposed to.... brooklynite Oct 2021 #74

Joe is in favor of kindness and decency Happy Hoosier Oct 2021 #75

Were any of the goals scored in an unsportsmanlike way? brooklynite Oct 2021 #79

tbh those State and Nat'l records will look good on Scholarship/College Applications... WarGamer Oct 2021 #64

The record to beat... lame54 Oct 2021 #66

When I was a kid playing baseball the first year our team was all very young kids. GulfCoast66 Oct 2021 #72

17 soccer goals? What's that the equivalent of in football: 119-0? Paladin Oct 2021 #80

Yes, it's roughly like greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #83

Same thing happend at my school jonstl08 Oct 2021 #87

This is the common practice in youth soccer greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #89

I am not much of a soccer fan, but I thought the goal was to score as many goals as possible. totodeinhere Oct 2021 #88