Seems to be one of the fundamental principles in professional team sports.
"How to cheat the rules without getting caught".
This, unfortunately, happens often in every professional sport. I'm a hockey fan and an ex-player. I don't know how many times I've heard the commentator say, "Well, he got away with that one." after a player commits a penalty, hiding it from the referee with his body.
The problem is, kids emulate this kind of play. They do it when the only stakes are the pride of winning, but what kind of win is it if you have to cheat to get it? Is winning a game simply the art of cheating most surreptitiously?
In pro hockey, the league does have a practice of looking at tapes after the game. On the more egregious plays, they'll sometimes rule that a player behaved badly enough that he should be punished with a fine and/or suspension. It doesn't happen often enough; usually only if the play causes injury to another player.
Probligo and Col Hogan;
I must be a Polyanna since I don't think professional athletes should have Parole Officers and Contract Agents.
The same kind of person that shoots 'dope' to be a 'star.' I quit watching so called professional sports some years ago.
I just think sports ain't bloody enough.
But seriously, tennis tournaments, especially the Grand Slams, have started depending on the instant replays if there is a line call dispute. I think this is the right way forward.
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